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  • 2007

    Established ELSA (Shenzhen) Technology Inc Beijing Office in Beijing, China.
    Launched the brand new product ranges: workstation barebones and motherboard.
    Top Ten Graphics Card Brands at Zhongguancun Computer Festival 2007.
    First prize, Graphics Accelerator Category, Consumer’s Best Choice, NOVA Channel Award 2007.
    Brand of the Year, Graphics Card Category, Reader’s Best Choice 2007, PCDIY!.

  • 2006

    Top Ten Graphics Card Brands at Zhongguancun Computer Festival 2006.
    First prize, Graphics Accelerator Category, Consumer’s Best Choice, NOVA Channel Award 2006.
    Brand of the Year, Graphics Card Category, Reader’s Best Choice 2006, PCDIY!.
    Established ELSA (Shenzhen) Technology Inc in Shenzhen, China.

  • 2005

    Top Ten Graphics Card Brands at Zhongguancun Computer Festival 2005.
    First prize, Graphics Accelerator Category, Consumer’s Best Choice, NOVA Channel Award 2005.
    Brand of the Year, Graphics Card Category, Reader’s Best Choice 2005, PCDIY!

  • 2004

    Launched all new product line: ELSAVISION Series multimedia products
    First prize, Graphics Accelerator Category, Consumer’s Best Choice, NOVA Channel Award 2004.

  • 2003

    ELSA Technology Inc further expanded the scope of operations.
    Became sole agent of ATI FireGL and ATI FireMV professional graphic products in Asia Pacific.
    Launched brand new product series: ELSA FALCOX Series Graphics Cards
    First prize, Graphics Accelerator Category, Consumer’s Best Choice, NOVA Channel Award 2003.

  • 2000

    Established ELSA China and Korea offices in Beijing and Seoul respectively.

  • 1999

    Further expansion of the European market.

  • 1998

    Publicly traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Germany

  • 1997

    Established the ELSA Asia and ELSA Japan subsidiaries

  • 1996

    Began cooperation with the first international OEM partner, Compaq.

  • 1995

    Passed the ISO9001 certification

  • 1991

    Established ELSA Asia Office as a procurement center in Taiwan (forerunner of ELSA Asia)

  • 1989

    Established the first overseas subsidiary, ELSA America, Inc

  • 1988

    ELSA launched modem products to Germany.

  • 1986

    Merged with Beisch Elektronik to develop and produce graphics cards.

  • 1982

    Beisch Elektronik (forerunner of ELSA) launched the company’s first graphics accelerator.

  • 1980

    ELSA was founded in Aachen, Germany.

History

ELSA has more than 20 years of experience in graphic and data communication solutions. ELSA became a world-leading brand and maintains leadership in the highly competitive market for its belief in innovative R&D technologies, pursuit of perfection, and putting the customer first. More importantly, to allow customers finish work efficiently within the shortest time is the prime target of our product design.

In addition to the support from ELSA Headquarters, the continual growth of ELSA is attributed to our excellent engineers from all parts of the world, the determination to continually introduce new products, and the core technical support from ATi and Nvidia.

We have a wish, the biggest then, a wish that you can experience of ELSA products and make them a part of your life and your partner at all times. Our commitment: to fight for your best benefit.

Globalization

ELSA establishes worldwide locations to further expand its scope of operations. Currently, we have subsidiaries in Taipei (Taiwan), Beijing (China), Seoul (Korea) and Shenzhen (China), and we wish to provide worldwide consumers prompt and nearby services.

After introducing the ELSA FireGL Professional Graphics Series to Asia Pacific, we have continued to launch the NVIDIA and ATI Multimedia Graphics Card Series in order to provide consumers with multifaceted products and services. Also, with the complete dealer and channel network and technical support system, we wish to consumers provide brander sales and services. Our efforts over the years have been witnessed by all. In the future, we will continue to provide worldwide users with the fullest sales and technical services through our global network.

Strategy and policy

Though ELSA is already a paradigm in professional graphics cards, we never give up on general consumers requiring multimedia graphics cards. This explains why ELSA is one of a few graphics card manufacturers which can maintain a full product range from high-end to low-end graphics card products.

ELSA is committed to fulfilling the graphics card demands of all consumers. Therefore, even if you have a smaller budget for graphics cards, ELSA offers you products and services of premium quality in the same price range. By partnering with NVIDIA and ATI, the two leading graphics chipset suppliers, we offer consumers with a brander range of choices. Whatever products and features you want, you are always fulfilled at ELSA.

Uncompromised technology and quality, reliable performance and user-friendlier interfaces are the standard features of ELSA products. Through different service planning, we can always fulfill the needs of consumers with different service interfaces, such as multilingual user’s manual, product enquiry and online technical support.

To fulfill the needs of users, advanced users and workstation consumers across the world, ELSA has established the Taipei Headquarters to communicate directly with all consumers, to develop excellent products and to establish future operation plans and policies.