Gateway was founded in Iowa, USA on 1985, and now it has grown into one of the most famous PC brands in the United States, winning the favor of tens of millions of users. In June 2007, Acer Acer acquired Gateway Company for US$ 765,438+0 million.
history
Gateway (Chinese trademark: Gateway) was founded in 1985 in a farm in the midwest of the United States, and now it has grown into one of the most famous technology brands in the world, with millions of satisfied customers. Ted Waitt, the founder of the company, started with a loan of $65,438+00,000 guaranteed by his grandmother to the bank, a rented computer and a three-page business plan, and developed Gateway into a revolutionary company, whose innovation changed the face of the technology industry.
199 1 year, the company (formerly known as Gateway 2000) launched a unique cow box trademark, which showed its background of running a pasture and was recognized by consumers all over the country. 1993 entered the world's top 500, listed on Nasdaq, and then transferred to NYSE on 1997. The following year, Gateway moved its headquarters from North Sioux City, South Dakota to Southern California.
In March 2004, Gateway acquired eMachines, one of the fastest growing and most efficient PC manufacturers in the world. EMachines is the second largest retail brand of personal computers in the United States, with low-priced PCs as its main business, and its technical support and quality have won numerous awards. In September 2004, the company moved its headquarters to Irvine, California. Gateway's nickname in Chinese mainland is Spotted Bull.
condition
At present, Gateway is the third largest PC manufacturer in the United States, ranking 10 in the world. The company's eMachines brand is exclusively sold by famous domestic retail giants, while Gateway's value-added products are provided to major retailers by telephone, Internet and direct sales. Gateway respects customers and focuses on improving service quality and value. In terms of customer loyalty, it ranks first in the industry for many years.
Acquired by Acer
On June 5438+ 10, 2007, Gateway was acquired by Acer, headquartered in Taiwan Province Province. After the acquisition, the joint venture company has become the third largest PC company in the world. [1] In 2008, the GateWay team managed Acer's global desktop business. Acer has higher expectations for desktop business, and the gateway team has rich R&D and market experience in desktop. Therefore, it was decided that the gateway team would manage its global desktop business.
Channel strategy
The company's brand products have entered the United States, Mexico, Canada, Japan, China and more and more Asia-Pacific markets through major retailers, electronic retailers and channel partners.
Persevering mission
Gateway has always been committed to the pursuit of making customers feel convenient and worry-free when buying, owning and using PCs. In the process of Gateway entering new markets, the company will continue to adhere to its original goal: to help people improve their quality of life through technology.
Sales model
Gateway products are sold by designated retail partners.
contact address
3rd Floor, Metropolitan Headquarters Building,No. Tibet Middle Road 168, Huangpu District, Shanghai (20000 1)
Summary of 20 10 portal media awards
Gateway brand brand computer newspaper may best service award gateway notebook NV49C China computer education newspaper June 28th best product gateway notebook NV49C microcomputer 165438+ 1 October Bust Shopping Gateway Notebook NV49C83C Computer Newspaper 65438+February 20, 2065 Recommended Award Gateway Notebook NV4435c Zhongguancun Online 65438+April 38, 2065 Recommended Product Gateway Desktop FX6840-000C Zhongguancun Online 65438+February 2066 PConline 65438+February 27 Best Appearance Award Gateway Notebook EC39PC. Online 65438+Best Appearance Award on February 27th Gateway Ultraportable Notebook Lt 315c PCLINE 65438+Editor's Recommendation Award on February 27th Gateway Notebook E.C39c PCPOP 65438+Best Design Award on February 30th Gateway Notebook ID 49cit16865438+/Kloc.
Summary of 20 10 Gateway foreign awards
Gateway Notebook EC39C 10 Japan Excellent Design Award Gateway Display FHD2303L 10 Japan Excellent Design Award Gateway Display FHD2303L10 February iF Product Design Award. Product Design Award Packard Bell Notebook Easy Note Butterfly 65438+February iF Product Design Award Product Design Award GTW EC39C and Gateway Desktop FX Series 65438+February 20 1 CES Innovation and Engineering Design Award.
Gateway tablet TP series A60 appears.
Gateway, owned by Acer, added some of its own elements to the original cellular tablet and relaunched it to become the TP series A60. Of course, there is not much difference between the specifications and A500, and NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM and 16GB built-in storage are also used. In addition, there are 5 million/2 million pixel primary and secondary lenses and 802. 1 1 b/g/n Wi-Fi connection. Not only that, the price of A60 is similar to that of A500, both of which are US9 (about 2574 yuan).