ASUS - UK’s 5th Largest Notebook Vendor

10th March 2009


ASUS have today announced their blast into the Top 5 charts for UK notebook sales, following the release of figures announcing their position as the fifth largest notebook vendor in the UK and Ireland and the 3rd for EMEA. 

Tables showing breakdown of the figures can be found in the full PDF press release available online:

www.tru-pr.co.uk/press/clients/asus/ASUS5thLargestVendorPRFinal.pdf

About ASUS

ASUS is a leading company in the new digital era. With a global staff of more than ten thousand and a world-class R&D design team, the company’s revenue for 2008 was 8.1 billion U.S. dollars. ASUS ranks among the top 10 IT companies in BusinessWeek’s “InfoTech 100”, and has been on the listing for 11 consecutive years.

Over a remarkably short period of time ASUS has become one of the top laptop manufacturers worldwide creating compelling computer experiences that have delighted consumers across the world. ASUS are the Fastest Growing Laptop Brand in Europe and ASUS sales are outstripping manufacturers who traditionally dominated the market. 

ASUS notebooks have changed the face of the consumer electronics market place with the introduction of highly original and ground breaking notebooks like the Eee PC™ family and the Lamborghini range.  ASUS’s design excellence is renowned and it is always informed by the life-style needs of consumers creating laptops that are technologically advanced, sophisticated and refined yet ruggedly robust.
ASUS is the world’s leading enterprise of new digital era. ASUS has been ranked in Business Week InfoTech 100 for 10 straight years, and was rated No.1 in quality and service by the Wall Street Journal Asia. With an unparalleled commitment to innovation and quality ASUS won 2568 awards in 2007 – an average of 7 awards for every day of the year.

ASUS some facts and figures:
* Employs over 130,000 people worldwide
* Revenue in 2007 exceeded £11billion
* Shipped over 60 million PC motherboards that equals one in three desktop PCs shipped during 2007 was powered by an ASUS motherboard
* Ranked in the top four worldwide notebook manufacturers.
* Listed in the world’s top 100 IT companies by the Business week USA for the tenth year
Ranked among the world’s top 500 corporations by Fortune magazine USA

Notes to Editors
If you would like a product review for your organisation, we have a limited number of samples available upon request (see sample request form on the press assets pages).

In addition we are able to organise interviews with the Marketing Specialists for ASUS UK.  Please contact the press office to request an appointment.

Scans, specs and further information can be found on the following link:
www.tru-pr.co.uk/press/client.php?c=asusindex
Detailed stockist information can be found on the following link: http://uk.asus.com/wheretobuy_new.aspx?sltLanguage=en_GB&country=1339

Contact Information:

Sales enquiries:
ASUS Sales Team
t: +44 (0) 1442 202720
http://uk.asus.com

Press enquiries:
Danielle Schofield, Tru PR
t: +44 (0) 845 833 8292
e: asus@tru-pr.co.uk
www.tru-pr.co.uk