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Medion AG 
Type Public (ISIN: DE0006605009) Industry Electronics Founded 1982[1] Headquarters Essen Area served United States, Europe, Asia-Pacific Products computers
televisions
refrigerators
toasters
fitness equipmentRevenue € 1,41 billion (2009) [2] Employees 1138 (2007) Website Medion Global Site Medion AG is a German consumer electronics company. It operates in Europe, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region. The main products are computers and notebooks, but also TVs, refrigerators, toasters, and fitness equipment. The company is becoming popular in Europe but has had mixed success in the North American market.
1 June 2011, Lenovo Group Ltd. (LNVGY) announced plans to acquire Medion AG. Since August 2011 they hold the majority stake in Medion.[3]
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Products
Medion products in Australia & America are available exclusively at Aldi & Super Billing Computers, with some products (such as DVD players) branded as Tevion. Some of their laptops are selling in North America in Best Buy stores. Also sold in Canada at Future Shop as Cicero Computers. Somerfield and Aldi supermarkets in the United Kingdom now stock 17" Medion TFT monitors, Portable Digital Audio Players, Satellite Navigation systems (uses Physical Storage Format), desktops, laptops and Personal Digital Assistants. Woolworths in the United Kingdom also stocked Medion laptops and desktop packages that included tower unit, monitor, mouse, keyboard, and printer. Woolworth stores used to stock a few of Medion's laptop range. Tesco have also been known to stock a Medion satellite navigation system as well as the Medion Quad Core computer system, though the Medion Quad Core has been discontinued in Tesco stores.
Medion also manufactures Medion Akoya Mini E1210 Netbook PC which is the OEM version of MSI Wind.
Medion Akoya E1210.
Sponsorship
Medion sponsor current Sahara Force India Formula One Team driver Adrian Sutil since coming to Formula One in 2007.
Medion Brands
Other brands used on Medion products:
- Cybercom
- Cybermaxx
- Life
- Lifetec
- Micromaxx
- Tevion
- Traveler
These Medion products can be recognized by the serial number starting with "MD" or "LT".
References
- ^ "Medion: the Retail "Orchestrator" in the Computer Industry" (PDF). Personal Computing Industry Center. Personal Computing Industry Center. 2006. http://pcic.merage.uci.edu/papers/2006/Medion.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
- ^ EANS-Adhoc: MEDION AG
- ^ China Tech News: Lenovo Completes Acquisition Of Majority Stake In Medion
External links
Categories:- Computer hardware companies
- Companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- Electronics companies of Germany
- Netbook manufacturers
- German company stubs
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