Elitegroup Computer Systems

Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd.
Native name
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	精英電腦股份有限公司
Hanyu Pinyin
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jīngyīng Diànnǎo Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Wade–Giles	Ching¹-ying¹ Tien⁴-nao³ Ku³-fen⁴ Yu³-hsien⁴ Kung¹-ssu¹
Type	Public
Traded as	TWSE: 2331
Industry	Computer hardware; Electronics;
Founded	1987; 34 years ago
Headquarters	Taipei City, Taiwan
Key people	(CEO & chairman); Shunyi Ni (MD);
Products	Motherboards; Graphics cards;
Number of employees	15,493[when?]
Website	www.ecs.com.tw/en

ECS headquarters building in Neihu District, Taipei City.

Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd. (ECS; Chinese: 精英電腦股份有限公司; pinyin: Jīngyīng Diànnǎo Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī; Wade–Giles: Ching¹-ying¹ Tien⁴-nao³ Ku³-fen⁴ Yu³-hsien⁴ Kung¹-ssu¹) is a Taiwan-based electronics firm. It is the fifth largest^{[citation needed]} PC motherboard manufacturer in the world (after Asus, Gigabyte Technology, ASRock, and MSI), with production reaching 24 million units in 2002.

The company has since concentrated on broadening its product range. After ECS's purchase of laptop manufacturer Uniwill in 2006, the company has been involved in the design and manufacture of laptops, desktop replacement computers and multimedia products. ECS computers used to be sold by Fry's Electronics under the "Great Quality" ("GQ") brand.

Design & Production[]

While Elitegroup Computer Systems is headquartered in Taiwan, the company has^[when?] production facilities in Asia and North America:

Special Economic Zone Shenzhen: (ECS Manufacturing) & Golden Elite Technology & China Golden Elite Technology
Suzhou: (China ESZ)
Juarez, Mexico: China EMX, Mexico EMX Plant

Design of the products is probably done in Taiwan.^{[speculation?]}

OEM[]

Many of these motherboards have been produced for OEM customers and are used in systems assembled and sold by such brand-name companies as Lenovo, HP and Zoostorm. Its main competitors are Micro-Star International and ASRock.^{[citation needed]}

ECS has also produced computers for Acer.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

former PCChips Logo

Founded in 1987, ECS is headquartered in Taiwan with operations in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. The company merged with PCChips (Hsing Tech Enterprise Co., Ltd), a major manufacturer of low-cost motherboards, in 2005.^[1] In June 2003, ECS was selected for two years in a row for Business Week magazine’s exclusive Information Technology 100 list.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ PCChips USA, Elitegroup Computer Systems Merger, Creating a New Era in the PC Industry Fremont CA - 1 June 2005 (archived)

External links[]

[1] PCChips USA, Elitegroup Computer Systems Merger, Creating a New Era in the PC Industry Fremont CA - 1 June 2005 (archived)

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