News Release  March 18, 2002

The Grand Opening of Tatung Netherlands New Plant

TATUNG has set up a new plant in Wijchen, the Netherlands to enhance competitive advantages and to keep up with the 3C trend. The opening of the new plant, a part of Tatung's global logistics system, is to be held on March 22, 2002. The opening will be presided over by Mr. W. S. Lin, President of Tatung Company and Mrs. W.Y.K. Lin, the Executive Vice President of Tatung & Managing Director of Tatung Netherlands. Mr. Ybema, Minister of Foreign Trade; Mr. H.A.J. Aalderink, Vice Governor of Province of Gederland; Mr. G.H.W. Noordewier, Mayor of Wijchen; Mr. K.M. Shih, Representative of Taiwan Representative Office in the Netherlands; and Mr. Krist Y.B. Yen, Director of Taiwan Trade Center in Rotterdam are invited to attend the ceremony.

The new plant takes up 20,000 square meters of land with office space of 22,000 square meters. Currently there are 8 normal production lines for desktop PC assembly with higher volume and 6 cell lines for workstation / server and flat panel display products with BTCO orders. Tatung Netherlands began its operation in the European market in 1996, now with all the new facilities being up and running, Tatung is now able to accommodate a production of 200,000 units per month. The new expansion of Tatung not only enables it to increase its European IT market share by its competitiveness in cost, delivery, and responsiveness, but also helps the company to move forward to its goal of US$500 million in annual sales for European market.

In light of the global trend of customer-oriented management, Tatung has in recent years developed into a global conglomerate in information appliances, e-commerce, and internet communication. Since 1972, Tatung has established subsidiaries in the U.K., the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Southeast Asia. It also set up subsidiaries in mainland China and Mexico in April and May, 2001 respectively. To date, Tatung has built various operations procedures as well as IT and internet system that are necessary for the management mechanism of global logistics and supply chain. Based on its top-notch management team, global logistics system and excellent service network, Tatung shall stay on top of the latest market trends.

About TATUNG

    • Established: 1918
    • Overseas Sales & Manufacturing: 19 Sites in 13 Countries

(Another 15 Sites in Taiwan)

    • Capital: US$ 1.4 Billion
    • Employees: 30,000
    • R & D: 1,800 People
    • Sales in 2001: US$ 6 Billion

TATUNG (www.tatung.com), with headquarters based in Taiwan, provides world-wide customers with integrated product services (IPS) that cover advanced research, product development, fast-prototyping, manufacturing, and global logistics throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Using such services, Tatung's customers gain tremendous advantages of cost, speed, and seamless backend operation to stay ahead in today's dynamic business environment. Tatung works with its customers in ODM/OEM model in which customers take products to the market with their brand names.

Tatung develops a vast array of products including PC's, high-end servers, display products, information appliances, home appliances and power and energy products. Since 1989 Tatung has been a leading SPARC compatible vendor in the world. Tatung's SPARC products have won great reputation from professional magazines such as SunExpert and UNIXReview. Reference customers include CYRIX, NS, AMD, TI, SGS-Thomson, Lockheed, CISCO, NEC, Hitachi and Siemens.

"One Time Fulfillment @ Tatung" is the strategy aiming to provide small and medium-sized companies with internet solutions customized for their e-business. It offers companies with SUN SPARC compatible machines bundled with iPlanet's Web, Messaging, and Proxy servers. With over 83 years of history, Tatung continues to renovate itself with values that have been highly recognized by customers and partners worldwide.

Tatung Company joins the Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program as a product developer and manufacturer. 　

Press release in electronic form is available upon request. Please contact Ming at +31 024 32 87 370 if you are in the Netherlands, Angela at +886 02 2592 5252 ext 2238 if you are in Taiwan, or simply send your request to ming.ho@tatung.com

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