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AVer Information Inc. (traditional Chinese: 圓展科技股份有限公司; pinyin: Yuánzhǎn Kējì Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) (TWSE: 3669) is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of visualizers (document cameras), interactive pens, surveillance systems and video conferencing systems. Its global headquarters are located in New Taipei City, Taiwan, with multiple branch offices/local representatives across North America, South America, Europe and Asia. AVer is consistently ranked among the top three producers of visualizers (document cameras) globally and has been the number one market-leader in the United States and W. Europe since 2009. As of July 2011, AVer has garnered numerous world-class awards, such as the iF Product Design Award,  the Red Dot Design Award,    the Good Design Award from Japan,  the Worlddidac Innovation in Education Award,  the COMPUTEX TAIPEI D&I Gold Award,  the International CES Best of Innovation Award,  and Taiwan Excellence Gold & Silver Awards.

History
AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1990 by Mr. Michael Kuo. In January 2008, AVerMedia Information, Inc. was spun off from AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. as a part of the AVerMedia Group. On July 1, 2011, the company broke off from the AVerMedia Group and announced its new corporate identity as AVer Information Inc. as well as a new corporate logo.

Corporate Information
AVer Information Inc.’s global headquarters are located in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The CEO and co-founder of AVer Information is Mr. Michael Kuo; the President of AVer Information is Mr. James Chang; the CFO of AVer Information is Ms. Jenny Kang; and, the Executive Vice President of AVer Information is Mr. Alex Lee. AVer has 8 branch offices worldwide (the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, China, Japan, Thailand and the United States). The United States branch office, known as AVer Information Inc. USA, is the largest of the eight branch offices, handling AVer’s operations in North America and Brazil. The U.S. office is currently run by AVer Information Inc. USA co-founder and President Arthur Pait. In addition, to its 8 branch offices, AVer has local sales representatives in Italy, Germany, Russia, Turkey, India, Malaysia, Korea, Mexico and Brazil. The company also claims to have market presence in near 100 different countries.

Product Range
AVer refers to itself as “a major global provider of presentation and education solutions, security surveillance solutions and video conferencing solutions.” AVer’s presentation and education solutions consist of its market-leading AVerVision® line of  visualizers (document cameras)  and its unique line of interactive pens, formerly known as the AVerPen. The company also develops its own software, includiung A+ Interactive Software (formerly AVer+), a platform for integrating its presentation solutions, and the AVerVision Flash Plug-in for viewing live images from an AVerVision visualizer on an interactive whiteboard. AVer develops a wide range of surveillance solutions, including Hybrid NVRs/DVRs, IP cameras and software-based solutions, as well as mobile applications for Android, Blackberry and iPhone/iPad users. The company’s surveillance solutions were sold under the name AVerDigi® until mid-2011. In December 2010, AVer entered the video conferencing solutions market with the launch of its H series video conferencing systems, formerly sold under the name AVerComm.

Innovations & Milestones
AVer Information Inc. claims ownership over 200 patents. It attributes this achievement in part to its large in-house R&D staff, which accounts for over 40% of its worldwide staff. Below is a list of the company’s major innovations/milestones since 2006.
 * AVer introduces the world’s first 3.2-megapixel portable visualizer (document camera) – 2006
 * AVer introduces the world’s first 5-megapixel platform visualizer (document camera) – 2007
 * Founding of AVerMedia Information, Inc. – 2008
 * AVerVision SPB350 visualizer (document camera) wins the Taiwan Excellence Gold Award – 2008
 * AVer introduces its first generation of interactive pen (AVerPen), a unique teaching tool that integrates popular features from wireless slates, wireless presenters, interactive voting systems and interactive whiteboards – 2009
 * AVerVision SPB350, AVerVision VP-1 & AVerVision CP300 visualizers (document cameras) win the Good Design Award from Japan’s G-Mark – 2009
 * AVer introduces the world’s first 32-channel PCI-e 4x capture card at D1 resolution – 2009
 * AVer introduces the world’s first 4-channel wireless NVR – 2009
 * AVerVision CP300 visualizer (document camera) wins the iF Product Design Award – 2009
 * AVerVision SPB350 visualizer (document camera) wins the Red Dot Product Design Award – 2009
 * President James Chang is honored with the 2009 Taipei IT Month Outstanding IT Talent Award – 2009
 * AVer introduces the world’s first full GUI Linux embedded hybrid DVR – 2009
 * AVer introduces the world’s first HD video conferencing system with direct recording to a USB flash drive (H300) – 2010
 * AVer introduces the world’s first portable visualizer (document camera) with direct A/V recording to a USB flash drive or SD card (AVerVision355AF) – 2010
 * AVerVision355AF visualizer (document camera) wins the Worlddidac Award – 2010
 * AVer’s second generation of interactive pen (AP20 interactive pen) wins the 2011 COMPUTEX TAIPEI D&I Gold Award – 2011
 * AVer introduces the world’s first portable visualizer (document camera) with direct (onboard) annotation (AVerVision F50) – 2011
 * The company officially announces name change to AVer Information Inc. and introduces new “AVer” brand – 2011
 * AVer Information Inc. becomes a publicly listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange on August 25, 2011 (TWSE: 3669) – 2011