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{{Infobox Company|company_name=Transcend Information, Inc.
|company_logo=[[Image:Transcend_Logo.gif|128px]]
|company_type=[[Public company|Public]] ([[Taiwan Stock Exchange|TSE]]:2451)
|foundation = 1988
|key_people = [[Peter Shu]]
|location_city=[[Taipei, Taiwan]]
|slogan = Exeeding Your Expectations.
|homepage = [http://www.transcendusa.com/ TranscendUSA.com]
|products = [[T.sonic]], [[T.photo]], [[JetFlash]], [[JetRAM]], [[StoreJet]], [[aXeRAM]]
}}
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'''Transcend Information, Inc.''', (Transcend)([[Taiwan Stock Exchange|TSE]]:2451) is a global high-technology company with its headquarters in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]. Transcend's product portfolio consists of over 2,000 devices including [[Random access memory|memory modules]], [[flash memory]] cards, [[USB Flash Drive|USB flash drives]], [[digital audio player]]s, [[Portable Media Player]]s, portable [[Hard Drive|hard drives]], multimedia products, [[graphics card]]s and accessories.
Transcend has governmental offices in the USA, Germany, the Netherlands, UK, Japan, Hong Kong and China. Transcend was the first Taiwanese memory module manufacturer to receive [[ISO 9001]] certification and the first company in the world to offer a lifetime warranty on all of its memory modules.
==History==
1988-
[[Peter Shu]] founded Transcend Information, Inc. in Taipei. First products: "JetMate" laser printer driver, for producing high quality Chinese characters, and "KeyPro" software protection system.
-1989-
Manufacturing started on the first memory product for laser printers
-1990-
The USA office was opened in Los Angeles
-1991-
Transcend launched a range of desktop and notebook memory products
-1992-
Transcend’s German office was opened in Hamburg
-1993-
Transcend launched a range of PCMCIA memory products
-1994-
Transcend began manufacturing workstation memory modules
-1996-
The Netherlands office was opened in Rotterdam
Transcend launched a range of fax machine and video game memory products
-1997-
Transcend was awarded ISO-9001 Certification
Japan office was opened in Tokyo
Transcend launched its first digital still camera memory products
Transcend introduced PC-100 DIMMs
-1998-
Transcend received the National Award for Small and Medium Enterprises from the Small and Medium Enterprises Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Taiwan R.O.C.
-1999-
Transcend offered PC133 and Rambus memory modules
Transcend opened its first two retail stores in Taipei
-2000-
E-Commerce was started in Taiwan with on-line B2C sales of Transcend products.
Transcend penetrated the Mainland China market and opened Sales offices in Hong Kong and Beijing and executed a partnership to sell Transcend products throughout China.
Transcend launched DDR memory products
-2001-
Transcend held its initial Public Offering on the Taipei Stock Exchange
-2002-
Expanded Flash product line with JetFlash and other devices using Flash memory chips
Established Peripherals Business Unit
-2003-
Moved Taipei office to new headquarters in NeiHu
Launched storage products
-2004-
Transcend began to offer DDR2 memory modules
Transcend introduced a number of Multimedia products to the market
-2005-
Transcend expanded its range of Flash products to include T.sonic MP3 Players
Transcend opened its United Kingdom office in Hertfordshire
Transcend broke ground on the future site of its factory in Shanghai, China
Transcend opened its East Coast office in Maryland, USA
-2006-
Transcend opens a state-of-the-art Operations Facility in Shanghai, China
Recognized as one of Taiwan's Top 20 Global Brands
-2007-
Transcend’s second Japanese office was opened in Osaka
Honored as one of Taiwan's Top 20 global brands
==Products==
JetFlash - USB Flash Drives.
JetRAM - RAM modules.
StoreJet - External HDD Storage.
aXeRAM - High Performace RAM for overclockers
T.sonic - Portable Media Player
T.photo - Digital Photo Frame
Flash Cards [SD/MiniSD/MicroSD/Memory Stick/Compact Flash]
Solid Sate Flash Drives
== See also ==
* [[List of Taiwanese companies]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.transcend.com.tw Official Transcend Taiwanese website]
* [http://www.transcend.nl/index.asp Official Transcend European (English) website]
* [http://www.transcendusa.com Official Transcend USA (English) website]
* [http://www.transcend-uk.com Official Transcend UK (English) website]
[[Category:Electronics companies of Taiwan]]
[[Category:Computer memory companies]]
[[Category:Computer peripheral companies]]
[[Category:Computer storage companies]]
[[Category:Graphics hardware companies]]
[[Category:Companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange]]
[[Category:Companies of Taiwan]]
[[Category:Audio equipment manufacturers]]
[[Category:Electronics companies]]
[[Category:Portable audio player manufacturers]]
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