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| legal form | Public |
| founding | 1918 |
| Seat | Zhongshan (Taipei) |
| management | Weishan Lin, CEO |
| Number of employees | approx. 35,000 |
| sales | NT $ 43 billion (2007) |
| Branch | Computer hardware, electronics |
| Website | http://www.tatung.com |
Tatung ( Chinese 大同 公司 , Pinyin Dàtóng gōngsi ) is a Taiwanese hardware manufacturer and was founded in 1918 by Lin Shan-Chih. The company was named after the old quarter 大同 , Dàtóng of Taipei and is one of the world's largest manufacturers of information systems. Tatung employs 35,000 people and has a product range of 300 different products in over 100 countries. Tatung has years of experience as an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) for world-famous brands such as Sony and Hitachi .
In the course of opening up the world market, the additional company headquarters in Long Beach (California) in the USA and a factory in Bridgenorth in the United Kingdom were created , which were replaced by smaller sub-factories.
Tatung manufactures personal computers , plasma screens , media players , video telephones , blade servers and household appliances , among other things . In Taiwan, Tatung became synonymous with household appliances through the manufacture of televisions. At that time, the buyers received a Tatung male as an addition, which is now of high collector's value. The electric pot ( Chinese 大同 電 鍋 / 大同 电 锅 ) is also known to every Taiwanese.
Tatung also produces PC hardware on an OEM basis for Hewlett-Packard , Compaq , and Dell .
