Operations
Pegatron's principal executive offices and many assets are located in Taiwan.[19] As of March 2010, Pegatron had approximately 5,646 employees stationed in Taiwan, 89,521 in China, 2,400 in the Czech Republic and 200 in the United States, Mexico, and Japan.[1] Pegatron has manufacturing plants in Taiwan, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Indonesia, and China, and customer service centers in the United States and Japan.[1]
Subsidiaries
Unihan Corporation
As part of the corporate restructuring of Asus in 2007, Pegatron acquired Unihan Corporation from Asus in January 2008.[20] Since 2008, the Unihan Corporation has been a subsidiary of Pegatron Corporation that designs and manufactures computers, computer peripherals and audio-video products.[3]
Unihan Corporation
As part of the corporate restructuring of Asus in 2007, Pegatron acquired Unihan Corporation from Asus in January 2008.[20] Since 2008, the Unihan Corporation has been a subsidiary of Pegatron Corporation that designs and manufactures computers, computer peripherals and audio-video products.[3]
Corporate social responsibility
In June 2008, Pegatron launched its PUreCSR corporate responsibility system and became a member of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC). The EICC promotes the implementation of a Code of Conduct in the electronics and ICT supply chain, aiming to ensure safe working conditions, uphold employee dignity, and support environmentally responsible manufacturing.[21] Pegatron's corporate responsibility system, PUreCSR (which stands for Pegatron & Unihan reduce, reuse, recycle, recovery, replace & repair Corporate Social Responsibility), meets the international standards: the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health & Safety Management System, and the QC 080000 Hazardous Substance Process Management System.[22] On 18 May 2010, the board of directors at Pegatron unanimously approved to appropriate a sum within 0.5% of net income every year to charity.[22]
PEGA Design and Engineering (PEGA D&E)
PEGA Design and Engineering is Pegatron's design team that was originally branched off from the Asus design team. The PEGA D&E helps Pegatron's clients with product development, including market research, conceptualization, product design, materials study, and production.[23] In addition to 3C (computer, communication, consumer) electronic products, Pegatron designs home appliances and home decor products such as LCD TVs, LED lighting, phones and more.[24]
PEGA CASA (Pegatron MID - ID design team)
Led by Alain Lee, the PEGA CASA design team (originally branched off from the Asus design team) is dedicated to the design and development of non-IT products in addition to the existing IT product design, including notebooks, smartphones, e-books, network communication equipment, displays, projectors, cleaning robots and more. These non-IT products include home appliances (PEGA CASA), fashion accessories, vehicle accessories (PEGA MOTORS), building interior design and building materials, multimedia ads and marketing, and cultural businesses.
