Wistron

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Wistron Corporation
legal form Corporation
ISIN TW0003231007
founding May 30, 2001
Seat Taipei , TaiwanTaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) 
management Simon Lin, CEO & Chairman
Number of employees > 60,000 (2015)
sales EUR 17.1 billion (2015)
Branch electronics
Website www.wistron.com
As of September 11, 2016

The Wistron Corporation ( Chinese  纬 创 资 通 ) is a large Taiwanese contract manufacturer of information and communication technology . The name results from the English words "wisdom" (wisdom) and "electronics" (electronics).

history

From the Design and Manufacturing Services (DMS) division of Acer Inc. , Wistron emerged as an independent company in 2000 ( spun off from the Acer Group ) in order to achieve a clearer separation of the business under its own brand name from the OEM production. The Wistron Corporation was officially founded on May 30, 2001 in Taipei as an independent company.

On August 19, 2003, Wistron went public on the Taiwan Stock Exchange .

In October 2010 the Wistron Foundation was launched, which is responsible for the company's corporate social responsibility .

Products

Smartbook from Wistron

Wistron is a manufacturer of information and communication technology . The company mainly produces notebooks and mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets on behalf of large electronics manufacturers. Customers include, for example, Apple , Dell , Motorola and Microsoft . In 2009 Wistron was the third largest manufacturer of notebooks in the world.

Locations

Wistron has locations all over the world. Most of the production takes place in Asia, but there are also individual locations in Europe and North America. The company's global research and development center is also located in Taipei , Taiwan .


Production facilities

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual Report 2015. wistron.com, archived from the original on September 16, 2016 (English). ;
  2. ↑ Press release from March 25, 2016. wistron.com, archived from the original on September 16, 2016 (English). ;
  3. ^ The Company Behind Your Laptop. forbes.com (English). ;
  4. ↑ Wistron Company Brochure 2011. wistron.com, archived from the original on September 16, 2016 (English). ;
  5. ^ Jiangsu Province Taizhou economic development zone. Web library 0430.com (English). ;