since 1962 02 09 industry computer hardware electronics founded 1918 headquarters zhongshan taipei taiwan key people weishan lin chairman of the board general manager products personal computers lcd tvs home appliances and others revenue nt 43.072 billion 2007 us 1.351 billion website www.tatung.com tatung company twse 2371 tatung ; chinese ; pinyin d t ng g f n y uxi n g ngs is a multinational corporation established in 1918 1 and headquartered in zhongshan taipei taiwan . 2 contents 1 description 2 history 3 affiliations 4 see also 5 references 6 external links description edit tatung designs and manufactures an array of digital consumer products including personal computers liquid crystal display televisions plasma displays network connected devices storage based media players videophones and home appliances . tatung also produces products for business computing such as tablet pcs blade servers and wireless thin clients . tatung has power and energy businesses in the industrial sector and is one of the world s biggest producers of cables electric cables telephone cables etc. . among its broad range of products are air conditioners ac motors transmissions reducers inverters frequency converters ventilators liquid rheostat marine use and land use diesel generator sets hydraulic generator sets castings magnets precision cnc lathes milling machines compressors medical equipment dehumidifiers air purifiers refrigerators electric fans microwave ovens blenders toasters oxygen concentrators low frequency stimulators wrist sphygmomanometers ear thermometers earphones loudspeakers information network systems digital engineering systems and pbx systems . 1 a tatung twn 5213 cu tablet running pc native oberon . tatung manufactures pc hardware on an oem basis for a number of hardware companies including hewlett packard compaq acer and dell . it continues to make products such as televisions and music players for the european market . other industrial categories in which it is involved are publishing horticulture and industrial coatings . 3 tatung has ten factories in taiwan 3 three factories in china one in mexico and one was in plze pilsen czech republic the pilsen plant was suddenly left in the 2014 with debt to suppliers . tatung also maintains a regional headquarters in long beach california for the u.s. market . other regional offices are in norway sweden denmark germany and spain . the regional office in czech republic was suddenly closed in 2014 . worldwide the company employs 20 000 people . 3 history edit this section is incomplete . april 2015 the company was founded by lin shan chih as the shan chih business association in 1918 . 3 after a few decades as a construction firm its leader retired with the significant pronouncement of the company s future role in partnering with educational institutions to promote the trades stimulate professional growth and to provide and train a skilled workforce . 3 tatung created the tatung einstein 8 bit home computer in the 1980s developed and assembled in the uk . starting in the mid 1990s tatung was a manufacturer of sparc based workstation and server systems compatible with the solaris operating system . in 2006 tatung established the factory in plze where were produced all of its lcd tvs for the european market . in 2014 tatung left the plant in pilsen czech republic with debt to suppliers . formerly from 1998 tatung s european head office had been located in wijchen netherlands where it produced lcd tvs and computers . before that tatung had a factory in bridgnorth near wolverhampton in the united kingdom during which time it sponsored the wolverhampton wanderers fc before moving in the late 1980s to the stafford park industrial estate in telford . in september 2009 tatung opened a retail outlet that sells flat panel tvs directly from its factory . both the retail store and factory are located in ciudad juarez mexico . affiliations edit tatung f.c. football club tatung university tatung institute of commerce and technology tatung high school see also edit taiwan portal companies portal list of companies of taiwan references edit a b tatung co ltd 2371 taiwan company description . bloomberg.com . retrieved 30 april 2015 . contact us . tatung company . retrieved on 15 march 2010 . a b c d e history of tatung co. . funding universe . citing international directory of company histories vol . 23 . st. james press 1998 . retrieved 30 april 2015 . external links edit official website official eu website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tatung company & oldid 740064790 categories companies established in 1918manufacturing companies based in taipeicomputer hardware companieselectronics companies of taiwanhome appliance manufacturershvac manufacturing companiesvideotelephonytaiwanese brandshidden categories use dmy dates from april 2013articles containing chinese language textarticles to be expanded from april 2015articles using small message boxes 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