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COMPANY PROFILE

Founded:

April 29, 1991

Headquarters:

No. 20, Creation Road I, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, R.O.C. (See Map)

USA Section:

5694 Stewart Ave., Fremont, CA 94538

BACKGROUND

Founded in April 1991 by a group of engineers with strong engineering expertise, Avision designs, manufactures, and markets a complete range of quality, high performance scanners and key components for multi-function products. Through innovative product development, strategic partnerships and successful business models, Avision has become a leading supplier in the scanner industry.

To ensure the world class product quality and reliability, Avision attained ISO-9001 certification in 1993 and ISO-14001 certification in early 2002. The implementation of ISO-9001 significantly helps every employee build quality into every aspect of the company¡¦s operation.

Avision understands that continuous innovation is the key to success. Hence we unceasingly encourage creative ideas and invest a significant portion of our revenue in research and development to enhance our product quality and features. Due to these efforts, our business success is achieved.

To meet the strong demand from the market, Avision has expanded its scanner capacity to 300,000 units each month and also extended its factories overseas. As a reputable company committed to providing complete customer satisfaction, Avision will continue to provide high-performance and innovative products for its worldwide customers.

Avision Milestones

Date	Milestone/Event
April 1991	Established in Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park.
November 1992	ODM Contracted with Fujitsu for the document scanners.
September 1993	Obtained ISO 9001 certificate.
September 1994	ODM contracted with Xerox to offer key component for multifunction products.
March 1995	New plant ground breaking.
May 1996	New plant grand opening.
December 1997	Annual sales exceeded NT$1,200M (US$34M).
December 1998	Annual sales exceeded NT$3,800M(US$108M). Company stocks went public at the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
July 1999	Completed the additional construction of 3rd and 4th floor of factory(entire working space 30,253 square meters).
December 1999	Annual sales exceeded NT$6,200M(US$177M).
February 2000	Obtained ISO-14001 certificate.
December 2000	Annual revenue exceeded NT$9,400M (US$268M).
June 2001	Increased capital to NT$1,836,319,000(US$52.4M).
November 2001	Suzhou (China) factory grand opening (31,000 square meters).
SEP 1998	Taiwan's Finance Ministry's Security & Futures Committee permits Avision Inc. to go public.

Honors and Awards

Date	Milestone/Event
January 1992	Received R&D grant from Science-Based Administration.
December 1993	Received second R&D grant from Science-Based Administration.
October 1995	Sheetfed scanner (AV100P, ODM) won PC magazine's Editor's Choice.
December 1995	Received the 5th fastest growing company award from Science-Based Administration.
February 1996	Document scanner (AV800C) and sheetfed scanner (AV100C) won "Taiwan's Symbol of Excellence" from the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
October 1996	Professional flatbed scanner (AV6240) won "Taiwan's Symbol of Excellence" from the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
February 1997	Sheetfed scanner AV100C won Mac User¡¦s Editor's Choice.
December 1997	Compact flatbed scanner (AV260C) won "Taiwan's Symbol of Excellence" from the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
December 1998	A3 size scanner (AVA3), digital copy device (DS300) won "Taiwan's Symbol of Excellence" from the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
May 1999	Ranked 1998's fastest growing company in Information and Electronics industry.
December 2000	Network scanner @V2000 Received Award from Taiwan¡¦s Information Month.
November 2001	Received Industrial Sustainable Development Excellent Award from the Ministry of Economic Affairs.


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