Kingston #1 in iSuppli Independent Memory Manufacturer Market Share Ranking
Boost to 27 Percent Market Share Keeps Kingston in Top Spot
Hsinchu, Taiwan - May 26, 2005 - Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the world's largest independent memory module manufacturer, has been ranked by iSuppli
Corporation as the world's number-one memory module manufacturer for the third-party memory market.* This announcement marks the second consecutive year that Kingston
holds the top spot with a market share of more than 27 percent - an increase of seven percent from 2004.
Sales forecasts for 2004 exceeded Kingston's original projections and several factors contributed to the company's growth: placing greater emphasis on its ValueRAM, Digital Media,
and OEM divisions; as well as increasing global production by significantly expanding production facilities in Shanghai, China.
"By empowering employees to achieve their best and developing key partnerships with our suppliers, we introduced new levels of service and product quality to the memory market,"
said John Tu, president, Kingston. "Kingston's philosophy is that our people are the strength of the company; this ensures our customers of the best possible products and care - the
proof is our success," continued Tu.
"As the top memory module manufacturer, Kingston plays a key role in the technology circles of the PC industry, serving as partners to DRAM component manufacturers; distributors
and resellers; PC OEMs and system integrators," said Nam Hyung Kim, principal memory analyst, iSuppli Corporation.
Starting out with only two employees and $120,000 in annual sales for its first year in 1987, Kingston has grown to more than 2,000 employees worldwide and exceeded over $2.4 billion in
annual sales for 2004. For a complete listing of the iSuppli top companies, please visit the Kingston Web site at
http://www.kingston.com/company/marketshare.asp
About Kingston Technology Company, Inc.
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Kingston operates manufacturing facilities in Malaysia, Taiwan,
China and Fountain Valley, Calif., including Payton Technology Corp., Kingston's back-end processing facility supporting memory packaging, test and logistics. With the
advent of Payton, Kingston supports all memory processing functions from receipt of wafer to completed module. Kingston serves a network of distributors, OEMs, and
retail customers in more than 3,000 locations worldwide. For more information on Kingston, please go to www.kingston.com/india.
* Source - iSuppli Corporation, April 2005
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