Company:FUNTORO

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FUNTORO
IndustryAutomotive & Commercial Electronics
Founded2008
HeadquartersNew Taipei, Taiwan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Scott Chen, Managing Director
ProductsTelematics products
Fleet Management Services
Cloud Management Platform
Commercial Digital AD products
Media-on-demand Infotainment products
MOD Technology
Railway Infotainment products
Sightseeing products
Stadium & Arena products
Hospitality products

FUNTORO is a Taiwan-based subsidiary brand of the Micro-Star International (MSI) group and global provider of telematics and infotainment solutions for commercial vehicles and venues. It also supplies global OE manufacturers including Mercedes Benz, MAN, Scania and IRIZAR as well. It designs, develops and supplies Fleet management services, a Cloud management platform, commercial digital AD products, Media on Demand Infotainment products, Stadium & Arena products and Hospitality products to commercial sectors, public transportation and automotive industries. An estimated 1,000,000+ terminals across 38+ countries run the system on commercial vehicles, railway, stadium and other venues.[1][2][3][4]

Stadium media management system as example of FUNTORO product

History

  • 2008 -FUNTORO was founded. It was initially focused on Automotive Electronics’ research, development and software integration.[5] After becoming part of MSI (Micro-Star International) Group,[6] FUNTORO acquired experience and resources of embedded system and vehicle Telematics, resulting in a product-line expansion. In the same year FUNTORO officially launched Media on Demand products[7] to provide passengers with multimedia entertainment and information for intercity long-distance buses.[8]
  • 2009 -FUNTORO expanded its business territory to Europe, UAE, Southeast Asia and obtained highest market share[9] in Turkey and Latin America.[10] In the same year, FUNTORO also released Telematics products for commercial vehicles providing functions like fleet management, safety monitoring, vehicle information, driver behavior and Cloud management platform for fleet managers.
  • 2010 - FUNTORO MOD products entered the intercity bus market in Japan and started to cooperate with the biggest coach bus body builder in China - Yutong.[11] In the same year, equipped with FUNTORO Telematics products, a new generation of citybus in Taichung City makes commuters' daily life more convenient and informative.[12][13][14]
  • 2011- started a cooperation with Autosound – the leading provider of bus and coach multimedia systems in United Kingdom .[15]
  • 2012 - in cooperation with municipal government of Brazil , establishes a new series of city buses for its public transportation infrastructure in Rio de Janeiro. In the same year, FUNTORO cooperates with top 3 bus operators in Mexico – Primera Plus, Transpais and Omnibus de México.[16]
  • 2013 - partners with two of the biggest bus fleet in Latin America – Cruz del Sur[17] and Tur-bus[18] to equip buses traveling between all major cities in Peru, Chile and Colombia with FUNTORO Infotainment products. Meanwhile, Lux Express and Student Agency, biggest international coach operators in the Baltic region & Czech Republic, launched their new luxury buses with FUNTORO solution.[19][20]
  • 2013 - FUNTORO Railway Infotainment products started operation on railway routes in Central and Eastern Europe.[21]
  • 2014 - Sightseeing bus “SKYBUS” in Kyoto, Hop-on Hop-off Sightseeing bus in Shanghai, Vienna Sightseeing Tram "Ring Tram" implement FUNTORO products. Taiwan Taxi implements FUNTORO Smart AD products, generating additional advertising revenue in the amount of multi-millions US dollars per year.[22]
  • 2015 - Vodafone Park stadium in Istanbul, Turkey implemented FUNTORO Stadium & Arena products[23] as a part of its modernization project. The project was awarded "Project of the Year Award at The Stadium Business Design & Development Summit" in 2017.[24][25] Launched a new generation of Telematics products for Heavy duty trucks, coaches & buses.[26]
  • 2016 - Sombat Tour in Thailand and Alsa, the biggest bus operators in Spain , implement FUNTORO Infotainment solution[buzzword] in their first-class coach buses.[27][28]
  • 2016 - officially became a subsidiary-brand of MSI. Meanwhile, FUNTORO Hospitality products experience a steady growth in Hotel industry in Southeast Asia & Europe
  • 2017 - started a cooperation with MAN, providing Telematics products along with a Cloud management platform for their Heavy duty trucks.[1] Conducted a railway modernization project with Government of India[29]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "MAN Philippines launches new Fleet Management Systems - Truck & Bus News" (in en). AutoIndustriya.com. 2017-10-10. https://www.autoindustriya.com/truck-bus-news/man-philippines-launches-new-fleet-management-systems.html. 
  2. ↑ 中時電子報. "大車隊多媒體機 今年營收拚1億" (in zh-TW). 中時電子報. http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20140703000203-260206. 
  3. ↑ "České noviny | ČeskéNoviny.cz" (in cs). http://magazin.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/student-agency-chce-letos-prepravit-8-milionu-cestujicich-hleda-ridice/1243159. 
  4. ↑ "Тайвань - царство автокомпонентов - журнал За рулем". https://www.zr.ru/content/articles/495644-tajvan_-_carstvo_avtokomponentov/. 
  5. ↑ "FUNTORO Introduction". http://www.cefks.com/company-detail-cht.aspx?id=3A76. 
  6. ↑ "微星車電賺錢了 上半年EPS逾1元 | 蘋果日報" (in zh-TW). 蘋果日報. https://tw.appledaily.com/finance/daily/20130619/35092840. 
  7. ↑ "Multimedia On Demand System". Ubergizmo. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2009/03/multimedia-on-demand-system/. 
  8. ↑ "FUNTORO solution adds fun and excitement to road trips". http://www.computex.biz/computex2011_en/SourcingGuide_Detail.aspx?index=35431. 
  9. ↑ "Şehirler arası otobüste okey keyfi". Teknokulis. http://www.teknokulis.com/haberler/guncel/2011/07/30/sehirler-arasi-otobuste-okey-keyfi. 
  10. ↑ "2+1 KOLTUKLU OTOBÜSLER HAKKINDA DETAYLI BİLGİLER+ FOTOLAR » Sayfa 1 - 8". 13 June 2013. https://forum.donanimhaber.com/2-1-koltuklu-otobusler-hakkinda-detayli-bilgiler-fotolar--76365412. 
  11. ↑ "FUNTORO's Newest Infotainment System launched on"Yutong Bus"in Busworld Asia" (in en-US). https://ph.msi.com/news/detail/00KTZGj7GTLJIXnrBot9nuqey6DpClzOvWyhNFrWytYF_YR2qUN9ocxkK3i8639EPByUf_I_0QczMGFVy4_j1w~~. 
  12. ↑ ETtoday新聞雲. "新消息！京都引進「露天雙層巴士」1小時看知名景點" (in zh-TW). ETtoday 旅遊雲. https://travel.ettoday.net/article/595426.htm?t=%E6%96%B0%E6%B6%88%E6%81%AF%EF%BC%81%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%BC%95%E9%80%B2%E3%80%8C%E9%9C%B2%E5%A4%A9%E9%9B%99%E5%B1%A4%E5%B7%B4%E5%A3%AB%E3%80%8D1%E5%B0%8F%E6%99%82%E7%9C%8B%E7%9F%A5%E5%90%8D%E6%99%AF%E9%BB%9E. 
  13. ↑ "MSI、車載情報端末ブランドを日本市場に" (in ja). ITmedia PC USER. http://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcuser/articles/1106/30/news079.html. 
  14. ↑ 株式会社インプレス (2010-01-12). "WILLER TRAVEL、座席にVOD映画を備えた高速バスを運行" (in ja-JP). AV Watch. https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/341930.html. 
  15. ↑ "Autosound » Funtoro" (in en-US). https://www.autosound.co.uk/product-range/funtoro/. 
  16. ↑ "Viajando en ODM Plus". https://cokiemoster3.blogspot.tw/2015/01/viajando-en-odm-plus.html. 
  17. ↑ "Expreso Brasilia y la transportadora peruana Cruz del sur conectan a Colombia con Suramérica". Autos F1Latam. http://www.f1latam.com/autos/noticias.php?idn=2417. 
  18. ↑ "Buses in Chile - Carry on Wandering" (in en-US). Carry on Wandering. 2015-05-03. http://carryonwandering.com/2015/05/03/buses-in-chile/. 
  19. ↑ "Tablet w siedzeniach autobusów Lux Express - mobiRANK.pl" (in pl-PL). mobiRANK.pl. 2015-02-05. https://mobirank.pl/2015/02/05/tablet-w-siedzeniach-autobusow-lux-express/. 
  20. ↑ Objedname.cz (2014-06-27). "10 nových autobusů IRIZAR PB – Volvo pro STUDENT AGENCY" (in cs-CZ). BusPress cz. http://www.buspress.eu/10-novych-autobusu-irizar-pb-volvo-pro-student-agency/. 
  21. ↑ "Railway MOD" (in zh-TW). http://railwaymod.com/. 
  22. ↑ 中時電子報. "大車隊多媒體機 今年營收拚1億" (in zh-TW). 中時電子報. http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20140703000203-260206. 
  23. ↑ "Arena Seating | Spectator Seating | Comfortable Stadium Seats | Outdoor Sports Seating |". http://www.mirarena.com.tr/en/projects. 
  24. ↑ Turkish Football. "Liverpool FC & Las Vegas project pipped by Besiktas Vodafone Park for stadium 'Project of the Year Award'" (in en). Emre Sarigul. http://turkish-football.com/liverpool-fc-las-vegas-project-pipped-by-the-besiktas-vodafone-park-for-stadium-project-of-the-year-award/. 
  25. ↑ "Beşiktaş J.K. Official Web Site". http://www.bjk.com.tr/en/news/71643/vodafone_park_wins_ldquo_project_of_the_year_rdquo_award_in_barcelona.html. 
  26. ↑ Association, Taiwan Telematics Industry. "(TTIA NEWS) KADIN & TTIA ICT/ Telematics Business Partner Summit - Taiwan Telematics Industry Association". http://www.ttia-tw.org/news.php?wshop=ttia&Opt=detailed&tp=News&lang=en&news_id=11626. 
  27. ↑ "Travel north in glamorous, first class 'Viengping Bus' (PHOTOS) | Coconuts Bangkok" (in en-US). Coconuts. 2016-12-23. https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/travel-north-glamorous-first-class-viengping-bus-photos/. 
  28. ↑ "New S519 HD for ALSA Supra" (in en-US). Evobus Spain Blog. 2015-12-30. https://evobusspainblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/new-s519-hd-for-alsa-supra/. 
  29. ↑ "Tejas Express flagged off: Know everything about Mumbai-Goa high-speed train" (in en). hindustantimes.com/. 2017-05-22. http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-goa-high-speed-train-fares-facilities-frequency-know-everything-about-tejas-express/story-AveWOqKXccizrnJWMFdjcN.html. 



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