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Inventec Corporation (; ) is a

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-based

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(ODM) making notebook computers, servers and mobile devices. Originally established in 1975 to develop and manufacture electronic calculators, major customers include Hewlett-Packard,

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, Acer, and

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. Inventec Corporation has major development and manufacturing facilities in

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and is one of their largest exporters. The company opened its first development center in China in 1991 and its first manufacturing facility in Shanghai in 1995. In addition, the company has configuration, and service centers in the United States, Europe, and Mexico. The company has a workforce of over 23,000 employees, including over 3,000 engineers. It partially owns a Japan-based mini notebook brand vendor,

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(KJS), which was established in Yokohama.

Group information

Inventec Group comprises five companies:

Inventec Corporation

Noted above

Inventec BESTA

BESTA is an independent subsidiary company of the Inventec Group first launched in Taipei in 1989 to produce compact English/Chinese electronic dictionaries. BESTA has expanded its product line to PDAs, tablet computers and translators in multiple languages (including Korean and Japanese). BESTA currently produces over 30 models on the market in Taiwan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. The Thai distributo
CyberDict
offers customized products with additional Thai dictionaries. BESTA also manufactures a line of language products designed specifically for the North American market, where it has become the leading provider of English/Chinese and English/Korean electronic dictionaries. In the US, BESTA products are sold under the BESTA (Chinese) or OPTIMEC (South Korean) labels and are exclusively distributed and serviced by Moy Sam Corporation (New York) and Maxmile Corporation (Los Angeles). In Canada, BESTA products are found in Toronto and Markham. Several BESTA models come with slots for inserting SD/MMC data cards containing additional specialized dictionaries (such as medical or business). It has been ranked in 1st place for "Taiwan's Ideal Electronic Dictionary Brand" for twelve consecutive years. Inventec Besta became a listed company in

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in 2007. Key Development of Inventec Besta Co: Year 1989—Inventec Besta Co., Ltd was founded. Year 1999—Merged with the Inventec's References System Division, Lin Kou Factory, and Inventec (Xi'an) Company Year 2000—Acquired Golden Atom Holdings Ltd. and invested in Besta Technology (HK) Co., Ltd.and Besta Technology (China) Co., Ltd

Inventec Micro-Electronics

Inventec Appliance Corporation

Tablets

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* N18C (Dr.Eye) *

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Mobile phones

* OKWAP * J98 * PHS-I99 * PHS-PG900 * PHS-PG901 * PHS-I92 * PHS-i501

References

{{Reflist 1975 establishments in Taiwan Electronics companies of Taiwan Mobile phone manufacturers Companies based in Taipei Electronics companies established in 1975