ASUS Named on Fast Company’s Most Innovative List for 2010
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:21 am
ASUS Named on Fast Company’s Most Innovative List for 2010
-- ASUS’s Innovation Recognized in the Consumer Electronics Category --
-- ASUS’s Innovation Recognized in the Consumer Electronics Category --
Fremont, CA (Feb 18, 2010) — Fast Company magazine just announced its annual World’s Most Innovative Companies list for 2010 and named ASUS as No. 8 on their list in the Consumer Electronics category. Fast Company praised ASUS for inventing the popular netbook category and states "It’s the company’s 'Willy Wonka' innovation philosophy that makes ASUS really cool—products that nobody ever dreamed of. …"
To create the Most Innovative Companies list, Fast Company’s editorial team analyzed information on thousands of businesses across the globe. The team identifies creative models and progressive cultures that define the many forms of innovation that exist across the business landscape.
Having pioneered the netbook segment with its Eee PC™, ASUS continues to strive for innovation that will help to simplify and improve the quality of our digital life. Steve Chang, President of ASUS Americas, stated, "We are honored to receive this recognition. During the last two years, ASUS has brought numerous innovations to market which include the world’s first bamboo PC, the first tablet netbook and the first real 3D notebook. In the near future, our highly anticipated Eee Keyboard PC™ and NX90 will become available to provide consumers with a new exciting digital experience."
Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies issue (March 2010) is on newsstands now, and is online at
http://www.fastcompany.com/mic/2010/ind ... -companies
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About ASUS
ASUS is a leading company in the new digital era, with an extensive product portfolio that includes notebooks, netbooks, motherboards, graphics cards, displays, optical drives, desktop PCs, servers, wireless solutions, mobile phones and networking devices. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person. ASUS won 3,268 awards in 2009, and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with the Eee PC™. With a global staff of more than ten thousand and a world-class R&D design team, the company's revenue for 2008 was 8.1 billion U.S. dollars. ASUS ranks among BusinessWeek's InfoTech 100, and has been on the listing for 12 consecutive years.