Acer Overview
Acer is one of the most popular electronics brand selling a great variety of products for their customers globally. The main headquarters of the company is situated in Xizhi, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The total revenue generated by this multinational company was NT$ 263.8 billion. The major products manufactured and distributed by the company are laptops, netbooks, smartphones, tablet, video projectors, desktops, handhelds, e-business, and many more.
The company was established on 1stAugust 1976 by Stab Shih, George Huang, and Carolyn Yeh. After their establishment, the company has acquired many companies, such as Altos Computer Corporation, Texas Instruments, Counterpoint Computers, Packard Bell, Xplova, and many more.
Acer Operations
The company has operations in more than 70 countries that include United States, Australia, Indonesia, Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada, China, and many more. They distribute their products through a network of 95,000 retail locations globally. In order to control such a big network, the company has divided their work into various subsidiaries, such as Acer Computer Australia, Acer India Pvt. Limited, Acer America Corporation, and PT Acer Indonesia. The products of the company are sold under the name of brands, such as eMachines, Gateway, Predator, Pawbo, Xplova, and Packard Bell.
Acer Important Details
The company’s shares are available on the London Stock Exchange as well as Taiwan Stock Exchange. In addition to manufacturing electronics products, the company is also involved in the making of wearable devices and integration of cloud services. They were world’s six biggest personal computer vendor in 2015.
