AOC International

AOC International (trading as AOC, formerly Admiral Overseas Corporation, ) is a multinational electronics company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, and a subsidiary of TPV Technology. It designs and produces a full range of LCD TVs and PC monitors, and formerly CRT monitors for PCs which are sold worldwide under the AOC brand.
History.
Admiral Overseas Corporation (AOC) was founded in Chicago, Illinois, by Ross Siragusa as the Asian arm of his Admiral Corporation, and later established in Taiwan in 1967 as the first manufacturer of colour televisions for export. In 1978, Admiral Overseas Corporation was renamed AOC International. Direct marketing under the AOC brand name began in 1979. From 1988 to 1997, AOC established its sales offices in United States, China, Europe, and Brazil. AOC was launched in India and Mexico in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Today, AOC products including CRT and LCD monitors, LCD television sets, all-in-one units and Android tablets, are available in more than 40 countries worldwide.
Awards.
In 2006, AOC was selected in Info 200 Company – top 200 in technology, Brazil (from 82nd in 2005 to 59th position in 2006). AOC ranked Top 3 in monitor category in the "2007 Best Brands Survey" by "PC World" in Brazil. The same year AOC received the "Fast-growing company in LCD monitors market" award from CCID Consulting in China. AOC was ranked 33 of Global Top 50 CE Brands by IDG in CES Daily magazine in 2008. AOC received the Consumers' Brand of Choice from the China Computer Users Association in 2008. The same year AOC received Best in Hardware IT Monitors (Top 100 IT & Telecom, IDG ComputerWorld Magazine) in Brazil. In 2009, AOC was awarded as Power Brand Malaysia 2009 (Global CEO Magazine). Over the years AOC products have won several design awards including the Red Dot Design Award in 2008. In 2007 and 2008 several awards were conferred to AOC products in India by "Digit" & "Chip" magazines.