- Transcend
Infobox Company|company_name=Transcend Information, Inc.
company_logo=
company_type=Public (TSE:2451)
foundation = 1988
key_people =Peter Shu
location_city=Taipei, Taiwan
slogan = Exeeding Your Expectations
homepage = [http://www.transcendusa.com/ TranscendUSA.com]
products =T.sonic ,T.photo ,JetFlash ,JetRAM ,StoreJet ,aXeRAM Transcend Information, Inc., (Transcend)(TSE:2451) is a global high-technology company with its headquarters in
Taipei ,Taiwan . Transcend's product portfolio consists of over 2,000 devices including memory modules,flash memory cards, USB flash drives,digital audio player s,Portable Media Player s, portable hard drives, multimedia products,graphics card s and accessories.Transcend has governmental offices in the USA, Germany, the Netherlands, UK, Japan, Hong Kong and China. Transcend was the first Taiwanese memory module manufacturer to receive
ISO 9001 certification [http://www.asbisme.ae/Transcend Transcend ISO certification] ] and the first company in the world to offer a lifetime warranty on all of its memory modules.Recently, IDC Research India, said that Transcend ranked in the Number 1 position in sales of Portable Hard Discs, Flash Drives, Memory Cards, and Portable Media Players, beating Sandisk, Kingston and Apple. [http://www.transcendusa.com/Press/index.asp?LangNo=0&axn=Detail&PrsNo=1143 IDC Research India] ] Recently, they launched a 64GB version of the JetFlash V20
USB Flash Drive . [http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/ModDetail.asp?ModNo=105&LangNo=0 Transcend JetFlash V20 64GB] ]History
1988-
Peter Shu founded Transcend Information, Inc. in Taipei. First products: "JetMate" laser printer driver, for producing high quality Chinese characters, and "KeyPro" software protection system.-1989-Manufacturing started on the first memory product for laser printers
-1990-The USA office was opened in Los Angeles
-1991-Transcend launched a range of desktop and notebook memory products
-1992-Transcend’s German office was opened in Hamburg
-1993-Transcend launched a range of PCMCIA memory products
-1994-Transcend began manufacturing workstation memory modules
-1996-The Netherlands office was opened in RotterdamTranscend launched a range of fax machine and video game memory products
-1997-Transcend was awarded ISO-9001 CertificationJapan office was opened in TokyoTranscend launched its first digital still camera memory productsTranscend introduced PC-100 DIMMs
-1998-Transcend received the National Award for Small and Medium Enterprises from the Small and Medium Enterprises Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Taiwan R.O.C.
-1999-Transcend offered PC133 and Rambus memory modulesTranscend opened its first two retail stores in Taipei
-2000-E-Commerce was started in Taiwan with on-line B2C sales of Transcend products.Transcend penetrated the Mainland China market and opened Sales offices in Hong Kong and Beijing and executed a partnership to sell Transcend products throughout China.Transcend launched DDR memory products
-2001-Transcend held its initial Public Offering on the Taipei Stock Exchange
-2002-Expanded Flash product line with JetFlash and other devices using Flash memory chipsEstablished Peripherals Business Unit
-2003-Moved Taipei office to new headquarters in NeiHuLaunched storage products
-2004-Transcend began to offer DDR2 memory modulesTranscend introduced a number of Multimedia products to the market
-2005-Transcend expanded its range of Flash products to include T.sonic MP3 PlayersTranscend opened its United Kingdom office in HertfordshireTranscend broke ground on the future site of its factory in Shanghai, ChinaTranscend opened its East Coast office in Maryland, USA
-2006-Transcend opens a state-of-the-art Operations Facility in Shanghai, ChinaRecognized as one of Taiwan's Top 20 Global Brands
-2007-Transcend’s second Japanese office was opened in OsakaHonored as one of Taiwan's Top 20 global brands
-2008-Transcend ranks No. 62 globally in Business Week's InfoTech 100 of 2008Seoul Korea office was opened
Products
JetFlash - USB Flash Drives.
JetRAM - RAM modules.
StoreJet - External HDD Storage.
aXeRAM - High Performance RAM for overclockers
T.sonic - Portable Media Player
T.photo - Digital Photo Frame
Flash Cards [SD/MiniSD/MicroSD/Memory Stick/Compact Flash/SDHC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
] ] ]Solid Sate Flash Drives
See also
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List of Taiwanese companies References
External links
* [http://www.transcend.com.tw Official Transcend Taiwanese website]
* [http://www.transcend.nl/index.asp Official Transcend European (English) website]
* [http://www.transcendusa.com Official Transcend USA (English) website]
* [http://www.transcend-uk.com Official Transcend UK (English) website]
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