AOC International

"ΛOC" redirects here. For other uses, see AOC (disambiguation).

AOC International (trading as AOC, formerly Admiral Overseas Corporation and stylized as ΛOC; Chinese: 冠捷科技有限公司; pinyin: Guānjié kējì yǒuxiàn gōngsī) is a multinational corporation and electronics company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, and a subsidiary of TPV Technology. It designs and produces a full range of LCD TVs and PC monitors, and formerly CRT monitors for PCs which are sold worldwide under the AOC brand.^[2] The typeface used in the logo is a modified Eurostile.

AOC International

Trade name	AOC
Founded	1934; 91 years ago (1934) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. (as Admiral Overseas Corporation)
Founder	Ross Siragusa
Headquarters	Taipei, Taiwan
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Monitors, TVs, other displays
Number of employees	569 (as of 2019)[1]
Parent	TPV Technology
Website	www.aoc.com

History

AOC Porsche Design 27" monitor

Admiral Overseas Corporation (AOC) was founded in Chicago, Illinois, by Ross Siragusa as the Asian arm of his Admiral Corporation, and later established in Taiwan in 1967 as the first manufacturer of colour televisions for export. In 1978, Admiral Overseas Corporation was renamed AOC International. Direct marketing under the AOC brand name began in 1979. From 1988 to 1997, AOC established its sales offices in United States, China, Europe, and Brazil. AOC was launched in India and Mexico in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Today,^[when?] AOC products including CRT and LCD monitors, LCD television sets, all-in-one units and Android tablets, are available in more than 40 countries worldwide.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022, AOC's AGON line of gaming monitors was the best-selling gaming monitor brand, with a 29% market share.^[3]

In 2024, with its Graphic Pro series, AOC presented monitors aimed at professional users in the field of image and video editing for the first time.^[4][5]

Awards

2007

• Several awards were conferred to AOC products in India by Digit & Chip magazines.^{[6][failed verification]}

See also

• List of companies of Taiwan