AOC Introduction
1934 – Admiral, AOC former company, was founded in Chicago, Illinois by Ross Siragusa. Admiral Overseas Corporation (AOC) was established in 1967 in Taiwan. With long-term dedicated research and development, AOC today offers a wide range of top performing CRT & LCD monitors, LCD TVs.
AOC witnesses tremendous growth in the recent years. On a year-to-year basis, AOC maintains an average growth of above 20% for the past consecutive 3 years. In 2008 alone, AOC shipped 8.4 million units of PC monitor and TV products, representing an annual growth of 20.8%. AOC achieved impressive sales performance in Asia Pacific & South America. AOC market share increased 2.1% from 12.2% in Y2007 to 14.3% in Y2008 in Asia Pacific, which IDC AP ranked AOC second in volume in Asia Pacific (ex. Japan) (Source: IDC AP non-bundled PC Monitor Tracker Q4 2008.
AOC is positioned to be one of the top global players in providing the best value display technology. Nowadays AOC offers not only a cold hardware, but also unique lifestyle feeling. AOC LCD monitor brings green, entertainment, human-element life experience. AOC- art of colors, color your life.
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AOC History
1934 - Admiral was founded in Chicago, Illinois by Ross Siragusa.
1947 - Admiral company and brand established in USA; one of the first to produce color television sets.
1951 - Admiral sold 5 million television sets.
1967 - Admiral Overseas Corporation (AOC) was established in Taiwan; 1st manufacturer of color televisions for export.
1978 - Admiral Overseas Corporation was renamed to AOC International.
1979 - Started direct marketing under AOC brand name.
1982 - AOC brand was registered worldwide.
1988 to 1997 - AOC established sales offices in United States, China, Europe, and Brazil selling monitors.
1999 to 2001 - AOC entered the display markets in New Zealand and Australia.
2005 - AOC was launched in India.
2006 - AOC was launched in Mexico.
2007 to 2009 - AOC is selling in more than 40 countries globally; products include CRT & LCD monitors, LCD TVs, and All-In-One PCs.
AOC Brand’s Achievements
With continuing improvements on customer service, AOC has gained market recognitions in various continents:
2002, 2003 & 2008 - AOC received Champion of the Distribution Channel by CRN Magazine in Brazil.
2004 - AOC became No.3 in Brazil monitors market.
2006 - AOC became No.2 in branded monitors market in China.
AOC was elected in Info 200 Company – top 200 in technology (from 82nd in 2005 to 59th position in 2006), Brazil.
2007 - AOC ranked Top 3 in monitors and LCD TV markets in Latin Americas countries such as Chile and Peru.
AOC ranked Top 3 in monitor category in “2007 Best Brands Survey” by PC World in Brazil.
AOC received “Fast growing company in LCD monitors market” from CCID in China.
AOC became “China Well-Known Mark”.
AOC ranked Top 4 in Mexico monitors market (by Select).
2008 - AOC was ranked 33 of 2008 Global Top 50 CE Brands by IDG in CES Daily magazine.
AOC received “Consumers’ Brand Of Choice” by China Computer Users Association.
AOC received Best in Hardware IT Monitors (Top 100 IT & Telecom, IDG ComputerWorld Magazine) in Brazil.
AOC ranked No.1 in Philippine monitor market.
AOC ranked No.3 in Vietnam non-bundled monitor market.
AOC ranked No.3 in India non-bundled monitor market.
AOC in only two years of operation won 14% of Monitor market share in Mexico.
2009 - AOC was awarded as Power Brand Malaysia 2009 (Global CEO Magazine) in Malaysia.
AOC became No.3 minitor brand in Slovenia in Q1 2009.
AOC Product’s Achievements:
Year 2007
AUG- AOC 32”W TV ranked Top 5 by PC Magazine, North America.
AOC 511Vwb, 199P & 198Pw won DNA Design Award, China.
OCT - 173P received Info Magazine Best Buy Choice, Brazil.
Year 2008
FEB - AOC 416V was recommended by PCMagazine, Mexico.
MAY - AOC 917Vw won Best Buy Award by Digit Magazine, India.
AOC 22LVWk received 5 Stars ranking - Windows Vista Magazine, Brazil.
JUN - AOC Angelo and Cha-Cha won 2008 Red Dot Awards.
AOC 2217Pwc received Top Product award by Chip magazine, Malaysia.
JUL - AOC 2230Fm won 5-star Recommendation by Living Digital magazine, India.
OCT - AOC 2218Ph won Top Tech Design award by PC World magazine, Philippine.
NOV - AOC Verfino was recommended by Digital Home magazine, China.
DEC -
AOC F19 won PC3 Design Award by PC3, Hong Kong.
Year 2009
JAN
AOC 2219P2 won 4-Star Recommendation by PC Power Play, Australia.
FEB
AOC 2230Fm won No.1 monitor from PC Format Magazin in Poland.
AOC 931Fwz won Best Product by PC Media Magazine, Indonesia.
MAR
AOC L32W861 was ranked No.8 in 32-Inch TV by Consumer Reports.
AOC 36th series won EPEAT GOLD.
APR
AOC 2230Fh won Silver Award by HWM Magazine, Indonesia.
AOC 919P2 won No.1 in PC go Germany.
JUN
AOC 2434PW won Gold Award by HWM Magazine, Malaysia
AOC F22 won Gold Award by HWM Magazine, Indonesia
AUG
AOC 2434Pw got 9 out of 10 by PC World, New Zealand
AOC F19 and 2230Fm won BEST BUY Award by DIGIT Magazine, 2236Vw won EDITOR’S PICK Award by DIGIT Magazine, India
SEP
AOC 2236Vw won Silver Award by HWM Magazine, Thailand
OCT
AOC won Asia Pacific Super Excellent Brand Award and Malaysia Power Brand Award.
NOV
AOC 2434Pw LCD Monitor Awarded "Best monitor 2009” by Infokomputer Magazine, Indonesia
DEC
AOC 930Fwz LCD Monitor Awarded " Best 19 inch monitor 2009” by PC Media, Indonesia
AOC Awarded as GOLD BRAND in the Philippines for 2009-2012
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