Melco

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Melco Holdings Inc. is a pure holding company that holds the shares of subsidiaries involved in various businesses, supports business operations, and carries out integrated administration through directing management. The core businesses of Melco Group involve PCs and the internet.

The Group's principal activity is to manufacture computer peripheral equipment and software. The products of the Group include random access memory products, Flash memory products, USB products, CD-ROM and DVD-RW drives and hard disks, local area network products includes internet terminal business, and printer buffers. The Group is also involved in providing services such as Internet set-up, terminal installation and set-up, education and maintenance. The Group also manufactures liquid crystal displays, Microsoft windows accelerators, personal computer components and CPU accelerators.

Buffalo Technology (USA) is the American subsidiary of the group and is based in Austin, Texas.

Leadership

(2005)

• President and CEO, Makoto Maki
• Senior Managing Director, Kuniaki Saiki
• Managing Director, Hiromichi Maki
• Director, Hidetoshi Yamaguchi
• Director, Hiromi Maki
• Director, Iwao Tsusaka
• Senior Corporate Auditor, kiyoshi Kobayashi
• Corporate Auditor, Toshio Nishikawa
• Corporate Auditor, Yuzuru Kawashima
• Corporate Auditor, Tomotsune Sumi

Corporate Headquarters

• Address: Kamiya Bldg., 11-50, Ohsu 4-chome, Naka-Ku, Nagoya 460-0011, Aichi 460-0011, Japan
• Phone: +81 52 251 6891
• Fax: +81 52 251 6816

Company Timeline

• May. 1975 MELCO founded as an audio equipment manufacturer.
• Aug. 1978 MELCO Inc. established. Markets a high-end string driven turntable.
• Jul. 1981 Enters personal computer peripherals market. P-ROM Writer 'RPP-01'
• Nov. 1982 Launches Printer Buffer "PB-32"
• Oct. 1986 Opens a sales branch in Tokyo.
• Oct. 1988 Markets Japan's first EMS board. EMS board EMJ-8000
• Sep. 1990 Established BUFFALO LOGISTICS INC.　
• Sep. 1991 Opens an office in Osaka.
• Oct. 1991 MELCO registered with JASDAQ market.
• Jan. 1992 Opens High-Technology Center in Nagoya.
• Jun. 1992 Forms BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY INC., in Taiwan.
• Aug. 1992 Markets LAN and CPU accelerators.
• May. 1993 Enters multimedia field with Windows Accelerator.
• Oct. 1993 Receives US Mentor Graphics' PCB Technology Award.
• Mar. 1994 Fully enters data storage drives, becoming a comprehensive PC peripherals manufacturer. Hard disk "DNA-515"
• Sep. 1994 Receives NSB "Over-the-Counter Blue Chip Stock" award.
• Jan. 1995 Expands the line-ups of IBM PC peripherals.Listed in second section of Nagoya Stock Exchange.
• Aug. 1995 Listed in second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
• Sep. 1995 Receives ISO 9001 certification.
• Nov. 1995 Began marketing DOS/V component PCs; shifted emphasis from manufacture of computer peripheral devices to manufacture of PC components. * Dec. 1995 Opened agencies in Fukuoka and Sendai. (now the Sendai and Fukuoka sales offices)
• Jan. 1996 Markets ISDN Remote Brouter.
• Jul. 1996 MELCO TECHNO SCHOOL INC. commenced operations at its computer technology school. (Japan)
• Sep. 1996 Listed in the first section of Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchanges.
• Oct. 1996 Marketed Component PC "Mini-Compo". Made CFD SALES INC. a subsidiary.
• Feb. 1997 Opened Nagoya Customer Support Center. (Japan)
• Apr. 1997 Opened Akihabara Customer Support Center. (Japan)
• Oct. 1997 Introduced divisional organization. Opened Osaka Customer Support Center. (Japan)
• Jan. 1998 TechWorks(Delaware),Inc.became a subsidiary. (U.S.A)
• Apr. 1998 Markets PC/100 compatible memory "VSJ" series.
• Sep. 1998 Opened Atsuta Office. (Japan)
• Dec. 1998 Acquired TechWorks (UK) Limited and TechWorks (Ireland) Limited.
• Jan. 1999 Launched the wireless LAN to the market.
• Aug. 1999 MELCO FINANCE INC. commenced operations in securities.
• Nov. 1999 Began marketing memory for Rambus devices.
• Feb. 2000 Established BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY (U.S.A.),INC.

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