Acer was founded by Stan Shih Chen Jung and his friends in 1976. Their journey of first two decades started from teaching others about microprocessor technology to becoming one of the world's top ten PC vendors was speechless. In the year 2001, Acer evolved from a manufacturing powerhouse to a globally-recognized computer brand, providing quality IT products and services. In 2007, it ranked as world's 3rd PC vendor. And with the change in time & their passion they transformed Acer from a hardware company into a "hardware + software + services" company by providing Desktops, laptops, netbooks, servers, smartphones, tablet computers, storage, handhelds, monitors, televisions LED, LCD & Plasma, video projectors, e-business.