Transcend Information
Public | |
Traded as | TWSE: 2451 |
Industry | Storage devices |
Founded | 1988 |
Founder | Peter Shu |
Headquarters | Taipei, Taiwan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Chongwan Shu (Chairman & CEO) |
Products |
Flash memory cards USB flash drives External hard drives DRAM Digital Audio Players Portable Media Players Graphics cards |
Revenue | US$ 1.1Billion (2007)[1] |
Number of employees | 2,200 (2011) |
Website |
www International websites, see "External Links" section in this article. |
Transcend Information, Inc. (Chinese: 創見資訊股份有限公司; pinyin: Chuàngjiàn Zīxùn Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a Taiwanese company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan that manufactures and distributes memory products. Transcend's product portfolio consists of over 2,000 devices including memory modules, flash memory cards, USB flash drives, digital audio players, portable media players, portable hard drives, multimedia products, graphics cards and accessories.[2]
It has offices in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, China, India and South Korea. It was the first Taiwanese memory module manufacturer to receive ISO 9001 certification. The company distributes its products primarily in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
In 2007, Gartner reported that Transcend has been ranked as the world's third largest manufacturer of USB flash drives behind SanDisk and Kingston, with 8.7% global market share.[3]
History
Peter Shu founded Transcend Information, Inc. in Taipei in 1988. Its first products were: "JetMate" laser printer driver, for producing high quality Chinese characters, and "KeyPro" software protection system. Manufacturing started on the first memory product for laser printers in 1989.
In 1997 Transcend was awarded ISO-9001 certification. The Japanese office was opened in Tokyo and the first range of digital still camera memory products launched. PC-100 DIMMs were also introduced. In 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.
In 2006, Transcend opened a state-of-the-art Operations Facility in Shanghai. It was honored as one of Taiwan's Top 20 global brands.
Selected products
- JetFlash - USB flash drives.
- JetRAM - RAM modules.
- StoreJet - External HDD storage.
- aXeRAM - High performance RAM for overclocking.
- T.sonic - Portable media player.
- PF Frames - Digital photo frame.
- Flash cards.
- Solid-state drives.
- Apple solutions http://uk.transcend-info.com/apple/
Global Locations
Taiwan, Los Angeles, Maryland, Maiami, Silicon Valley, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Shenzhen (China), Hong Kong (China),
See also
References
- ↑ "Transcend's global sales revenue reaches US$71.73 million in November 2008". Transcend. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ↑ "About Transcend". Transcend. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ↑ "Transcend Among Top 3 USB Flash Drive Manufacturer : Gartner". Transcend. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
http://uk.transcend-info.com/ Website
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Transcend Information. |
- Official Transcend Taiwanese website
- Official Transcend European (English) website
- Official Transcend (English) website