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Microtek International Inc.
Toàn hữu máy tính cổ phần công ty hữu hạn
Native name
Toàn hữu máy tính cổ phần công ty hữu hạn
Company typePublic
TWSE:2305
IndustryComputer hardware
Electronics
PredecessorMultitech International
FoundedOctober 23, 1980;43 years ago(1980-10-23)
FounderBobo Wang
HeadquartersHsinchu Science and Industrial Park,Hsinchu,Taiwan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Luke Liu (Spokesman)
  • Benny Hsu (Chairman)
ProductsScanners,digital imaging,medical imaging,LCDs
RevenueNT$715 million (2016)[1]
(NT$116 million) operating loss (2016)[1]
NT$33 million (2016)[1]
Total assetsNT$2.8 billion (2016)[1]
Total equityNT$1.7 billion (2016)[1]

Microtek International Inc.(Chinese:Toàn hữu máy tính cổ phần công ty hữu hạn;pinyin:Quányou Diànnǎo Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is aTaiwan-basedmultinationalmanufacturer ofdigital imagingproducts and otherconsumerelectronics.It produces imaging equipment for medical, biological and industrial fields. It occupies 20 percent of the global imaging market and holds 450 patents worldwide.[citation needed]

It is known for its scanner brands ScanMaker and ArtixScan. The company launched the world's firsthalftoneopticalfilm scannerin 1984, the world's first desktop halftone scanner in 1986, and the world's first color scanner in 1989. It has subsidiaries inShanghai,Tokyo,SingaporeandRotterdam.It expanded its product lines into the manufacturing of LCD monitors, LCD projectors and digital cameras.[2]

History

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1980-1985: Founding and incorporation

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Main article:Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park

In 1979, theTaiwanese governmentlaunched theHsinchu Science and Industrial Park(HSIP) as a vision ofShu Shien-Siuto emulateSilicon Valleyand to lure back overseas Taiwanese with their experience and knowledge in engineering and technology fields. Initially there were 14 companies, the first was Wang Computer ( Vương thị máy tính ), by 2010 only six of the original pioneers remained:United Microelectronics Corporation( điện báo ),Microtek International, Inc.( toàn hữu ), Quartz Frequency Technology ( tần suất ),Tecom( đông tin ), Sino-American Silicon Products Inc. ( trung mỹ tịch tinh ) and Flow Asia Corporation ( phúc lộc Viễn Đông ).[3]

Microtek (Microelectronics Technology) was co-founded in HSIP in 1980[4][5]by five Californian Taiwanese, three were colleagues who had worked atXerox[6]Bobo Wang ( vương bột bột ), Robert Hsieh ( tạ chí hồng ),[7][8]Carter Tseng ( từng hiến chương )[9][10][11][12]and two were colleagues from theUniversity of Southern California,Benny Hsu ( hứa chính huân )[13][14][15]and Hu Chung-hsing ( hồ trung tín ).[3]They decided to set up root after Hsu was invited by HSIP Manager Dr.Irving Ho( gì nghi từ ).[16][17]In September 1983, the Allied Association for Science Parks Industries ( Đài Loan khoa học viên khu công hội abbr. Trúc khoa ) was established and Hsu was elected to be its first Chairman.

Microtek first entered the industry in 1983, when scanners were little more than expensive tools for hobbyists. In 1984, it introduced the MS-300A, a desktop halftone scanner. At about the same time, the company realized a need for scanning software for mainstream users and developed EyeStar, the world’s first scanning software application. EyeStar made desktop scanning a functional reality, serving as the de facto standard for image format for importing graphics beforeTIFFcame to fruition. Microtek proceeded to develop anOCR,or Optical Character Recognition, program for text scanning, once more successfully integrating a core function of scanning with its machines.[citation needed]

1985: Microtek Lab, Inc.

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In 1985, Microtek set up itsUnited Statessubsidiary, Microtek Lab, Inc.,[18]inCerritos,California.The company went public in 1988. It was one of Taiwan's initial technologyinitial public offerings.[4]Microtek hasresearch and developmentlabs located in California and Taiwan dedicated to optics design,mechanicalandelectronic engineering,software development,product quality, and technological advancement.[19]According toAnnaLee Saxenian's 2006 bookThe New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy,Microtek has produced more than 20% of the worldwideimage scannermarket.[20]

1989: Ulead Systems

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Main article:Ulead Systems

In 1989, Microtek invested inUlead Systems[20]: 166 (based inTaipei) which became the first publicly traded software company in Taiwan in 1999. Ulead System was founded by Lotus Chen, Lewis Liaw and Way-Zen Chen three colleagues from Taiwan'sInstitute for Information Industry.Microtek helped Ulead by jointly purchasingCCD sensorsfromKodakwhich benefited both companies as it was a component not yet locally produced at the time.

Products

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Herbarium Specimen Digitization

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  • ObjectScan 1600[21]is an on-top scanner designed for capturing high resolution image of herbarium specimen. The device is bundled with ScanWizard Graphy which provides scanner setting and image correction tools. The maximum resolution is 1600 dpi.
  • ScanWizard Botany is a workstation software for specimen image processing, electronic data capture software, and uploading metadata to database or server. The software has OCR (Optical Character Recognition) function which can automatically detect label information and read barcode information on botanical collections. The information will be saved as metadata. It also includes image processing tools such as brightness adjustment and contrast adjustment.
  • MiVAPP Botany is a botanical database management system and web-server system. This system allows a botanical garden, university, and museum to share their collection online.

Operations

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Taiwan

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  • Microtek International Inc.: Headquarters, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu City
  • Taipei Office: Da-an District, Taipei City

Mainland China

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  • Shanghai Microtek Technology Co., Ltd: Shanghai
  • Shanghai Microtek Medical Device Co., Ltd: Shanghai
  • Shanghai Microtek Trading Co., Ltd: Shanghai
  • Microtek Computer Technology (Wu Jiang) Co., Ltd: Jiangsu

See also

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References

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  2. ^Yadav, Arjun."Microtek Launches New Inverter and UPS Series; IPO Coming In September, 2022".BW Businessworld.Retrieved2022-01-27.
  3. ^abLý (Lee), tuần anh (Hsun-Ying) (2010-12-13).Trúc năm đó chỉ một cửa sổ hiệu suất cao hiện tại để ý phản đào thải.Kinh tế nhật báo (Economic Daily News)(in Chinese).Retrieved2017-05-02.
  4. ^abFunabiki, Jon (1987-05-15)."Technology seen as the answer - The question being, what will extend the economic boom?".The San Diego Union-Tribune.Archived fromthe originalon 2024-04-05.Retrieved2017-04-28.
  5. ^"Business information".Hsinchu Science Park Bureau, Ministry of Science and Technology(in Chinese).Retrieved2017-04-30.
  6. ^Tanzer, Andrew (1991-06-24). "Bobo Wang's midlife crisis. (president of Microtek International Inc.)".Forbes.{{cite web}}:Missing or empty|url=(help)
  7. ^"Robert Hsieh".Bloomberg.Retrieved2017-05-02.
  8. ^"Applied Magic Corporate Management Team"(PDF).PRwriterPro.Retrieved2017-05-02.
  9. ^"Carter Tseng".Committee of 100 Extraordinary Chinese Americans.Retrieved2017-05-02.
  10. ^"Executive Profile & Biography: Carter Tseng".Bloomberg.Retrieved2017-05-01.
  11. ^"Dr. Carter Tseng".Little Dragon Foundation.Retrieved2017-05-01.
  12. ^"Starting Up a Successful Business"(PDF).North America Taiwanese Engineering & Science Association (NATEA).2003-10-06.Retrieved2017-05-01.
  13. ^Rowen, Henry S.; Gong Hancock, Maguerite; Miller, William F. (2007).Making IT: The Rise of Asia in High Tech.Stanford, California:Stanford University Press.p. 107.ISBN978-0-8047-5386-9.Retrieved2017-05-01.
  14. ^Royal, Weld (2004-12-21)."Made in Taiwan".Industry Week.Retrieved2017-05-01.
  15. ^"Executive Profile & Biography: Benny Hsu".Bloomberg.Retrieved2017-05-01.
  16. ^"High-Tech Leadership: Irving T. Ho".Taiwan Today.1988-04-01.Retrieved2017-05-02.
  17. ^"Taiwan's Silicon Valley: The Evolution of Hsinchu Industrial Park".Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.Stanford University. 2000-01-11.Retrieved2017-05-02.
  18. ^"Microtek Lab, Inc".Bloomberg.Retrieved2017-05-02.
  19. ^Hoffenberg Amsden, Alice(1992).Taiwan's enterprises in global perspective.Armonk, New York:M. E. Sharpe.pp. 269–296.ISBN978-1-5632-4071-3.
  20. ^abSaxenian, AnnaLee(2006).The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy.Cambridge, Massachusetts:Harvard University Press.pp.164–167.ISBN978-0-6740-2566-0.Microtek.
  21. ^"Microtek Object scanner ObjectScan 1600 the Herbarium specimen digitization solutions".microtek.Retrieved2019-07-23.
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