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Taiwanese manufacturer
Inventec Corporation
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Native name
่‹ฑๆฅญ้”ๅ…ฌๅธ
Company typePublic
TWSE: 2356
IndustryComputer hardware
Founded1975; 51 years ago (1975)
Headquarters,
Revenue๐Ÿ‘ Increase
$7.2 billion USD (2006)
8,184,463,000 New Taiwan dollar (2016) ๐Ÿ‘ Edit this on Wikidata
4,971,373,000 New Taiwan dollar (2016) ๐Ÿ‘ Edit this on Wikidata
Total assets182,373,217,000 New Taiwan dollar (2016) ๐Ÿ‘ Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
23,000+
SubsidiariesKohjinsha
Websitewww.inventec.com
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Inventec building in Taipei
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OKWAP subsidiary-branded RS-MMC card
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Inventec Enterprise Systems motherboard

Inventec Corporation (Chinese: ่‹ฑๆฅญ้”ๅ…ฌๅธ; pinyin: Yฤซngyรจdรก Gลngsฤซ; TWSE: 2356) is a Taiwan-based Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) making notebook computers, servers and mobile devices. Originally established in 1975 to develop and manufacture electronic calculators, major customers include Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Acer, and Fujitsu-Siemens.

Inventec Corporation has major development and manufacturing facilities in China and is one of their largest exporters. The company opened its first development center in China in 1991 and its first manufacturing facility in Shanghai in 1995. In addition, the company has configuration, and service centers in the United States, Europe, and Mexico.

The company has a workforce of over 23,000 employees, including over 3,000 engineers. It partially owns a Japan-based mini notebook brand vendor, Kohjinsha (KJS), which was established in Yokohama.[1] [2]

Products

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Name Category Operating system Reference
Lyon tablet Windows [3]
N18C (Dr.Eye) laptop Android [4]
OKWAP mobile phone Windows Mobile [5]

Mobile phones

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Clients

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Client Product Reference
Amazon Amazon Fire, Amazon Kindle [6]
Apple Apple Newton [7]
IPod [8]
AirPods [9]
HomePod [10]
Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble Nook [11]

Inventec BESTA

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Inventec Besta 9200 Dictionary
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Inventec Besta 9200 Dictionary
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Besta booth at fair in Taipei
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A Besta CD-800.

BESTA is an independent subsidiary company of the Inventec Group first launched in Taipei in 1989 to produce compact English/Chinese electronic dictionaries. BESTA has expanded its product line to PDAs, tablet computers and translators in multiple languages (including Korean and Japanese).

BESTA currently produces over 30 models on the market in Taiwan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. The Thai distributor CyberDict offers customized products with additional Thai dictionaries.[12]

BESTA also manufactures a line of language products designed specifically for the North American market, where it has become the leading provider of English/Chinese and English/Korean electronic dictionaries. In the US, BESTA products are sold under the BESTA (Chinese) or OPTIMEC (South Korean) labels and are exclusively distributed and serviced by Moy Sam Corporation (New York) and Maxmile Corporation (Los Angeles). In Canada, BESTA products are found in Toronto and Markham.

Several BESTA models come with slots for inserting SD/MMC data cards containing additional specialized dictionaries (such as medical or business). It has been ranked in 1st place for "Taiwan's Ideal Electronic Dictionary Brand" for twelve consecutive years. Inventec Besta became a listed company in Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2007.[13]

History

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1989

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Inventec Besta Co., Ltd was founded.

1999

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Merged with the Inventec's References System Division, Lin Kou Factory, and Inventec (Xi'an) Company

2000

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Acquired Golden Atom Holdings Ltd. and invested in Besta Technology (HK) Co., Ltd.and Besta Technology (China) Co., Ltd

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Inventec subsidiary launches not-so-MIDs". DIGITIMES. 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  2. ^ "WinHEC 2008: Inventec KJS S32 UMPC awarded for connectivity". DIGITIMES. 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  3. ^ "Company you've never heard of shows off 7-inch Windows 8 tablet". PCWorld. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  4. ^ "Inventec's Dr. Eye puts Android in a pocket-sized laptop". Engadget. 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  5. ^ "Inventec's Windows Mobile 6-powered K871 shown at Computex". Engadget. 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  6. ^ "Tech giant to begin $55M project in Katy". khou.com. 2025-09-08. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  7. ^ McGee, Patrick (13 May 2025). Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company. Simon & Schuster. pp. 74โ€“116. ISBN 978-1-6680-5339-3.
  8. ^ "Inventec Appliances execs fail to disclose iPod order cuts, could face prison". Engadget. 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  9. ^ "Inventec to expand AirPods production with an eye on rival Luxshare". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  10. ^ Austin, Patrick Lucas (2018-04-12). "Looks Like Nobody Wants to Buy Apple's HomePod". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  11. ^ "Microsoft sues Barnes & Noble, Foxconn, Inventec over Android e-readers". ZDNET. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  12. ^ "The Company". CyberDict. 2014-12-22. Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
  13. ^ "About". Inventec Besta. 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-20.