Company:Elitegroup Computer Systems

Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd.

Native name	Template:Infobox chinese
Type	Public
Traded as	TWSE: 2331
Industry	Computer hardware Electronics
Founded	1987 (1987)
Headquarters	Taipei City , Taiwan
Key people	Max Chung (Chairman & CEO) James Wang (GM)
Products	Motherboards Graphics cards Education NBs Mini PCs EVCs Gaming PCs
Number of employees	15,493
Website	www.ecs.com.tw/en

ECS headquarters building in Neihu District, Taipei City

Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd. (ECS; Chinese: 精英電腦股份有限公司) is a Taiwan-based electronics firm. It is the fifth largest PC motherboard manufacturer in the world (after Asus, Gigabyte Technology, ASRock, and MSI), with production reaching 24 million units in 2002.

The company has since concentrated on broadening its product range. After ECS's purchase of laptop manufacturer Uniwill in 2006, the company has been involved in the design and manufacture of laptops, desktop replacement computers and multimedia products. ECS computers used to be sold by Fry's Electronics under the "Great Quality" ("GQ") brand.

Design & Production

While Elitegroup Computer Systems is headquartered in Taiwan, the company has production facilities in Asia and North America:

• Special Economic Zone Shenzhen: (ECS Manufacturing) & Golden Elite Technology & China Golden Elite Technology
• Suzhou: (China ESZ)
• Juarez, Mexico: China EMX, Mexico EMX Plant

OEM

Many of these motherboards have been produced for OEM customers and are used in systems assembled and sold by such brand-name companies as Lenovo, HP and Zoostorm. Its main competitors are Micro-Star International and ASRock.

ECS has also produced computers for Acer.

History

Former PCChips logo

Founded in 1987, ECS is headquartered in Taiwan with operations in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. The company merged with PCChips (Hsing Tech Enterprise Co., Ltd), a major manufacturer of low-cost motherboards, in 2005. In June 2003, ECS was selected for two years in a row for Business Week magazine’s exclusive Information Technology 100 list.

External links

• ECS Factory Tour in Shenzhen, China