Acer's market share in LCDs continues to leap forward in North America

Company sees 63% year-on-year increase in shipments; Maintains No. 1 standalone LCD ranking

TAIPEI, TAIWAN (24 July, 2006) -- Acer has increased its position as the No. 3 provider of LCDs in the North American market during Q1 2006 according to DisplaySearch. Acer showed a 63% increase in shipments when comparing Q1 2005 to Q1 2006, versus the industry average of 25%. After focusing on the LCD monitor market Acer has grown its North American marketshare consistently, rising from a 0.7% share in Q1 2004 to a 6.7 % marketshare position in Q1 2006

Acer stepped up its total North American LCD shipments from Q4 2005 to Q1 2006 by 4%, despite the quantity of units shipping industry-wide during this time period declining by 6%. During the quarter, Acer was the only company among the top three to grow the quantity of units shipped sequentially.

"Acer's ability to grow its unit volume shipments into North America from 31,000 units in the first quarter of 2004 to over 600,000 into this same market in the first quarter of this year is truly a remarkable achievement," said Chris Connery, vice president of market research at DisplaySearch. "While the LCD monitor market has been one of the hottest areas of growth in technology in the last two years, witnessing a unit volume growth of 86% in North America alone, Acer's growth in that same period of over 1800% is almost unprecedented."

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About Acer
Since its founding in 1976, Acer has constantly pursued the goal of breaking the barriers between people and technology. Focused on marketing its brand-name IT products around the globe, Acer ranks as the world's No. 3  vendor for total PCs and No. 2 for notebooks, with the fastest growth among the top-five players. A profitable and sustainable Channel Business Model is instrumental to Acer's continued growth, while the successful mergers of Gateway and Packard Bell complete the company's global footprint by strengthening its presence in the U.S., and enhancing its strong position in Europe. Acer Inc. employs 5,000 people worldwide. 2007 revenues reached US$14.07 billion.

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