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Kingston Technology Ranked #1 Third-Party Memory Manufacturer by iSuppli Corporation
Kingston Technology Holds Top Spot with 20.9 Percent Market Share
[06 May 2004] Kingston Technology, the world's largest independent memory module manufacturer,
was ranked by iSuppli Corporation as the world's number one memory module manufacturer among the
third-party memory market.* Kingston Technology now holds the top spot with more than 20.9 percent
market share - an increase of 6.4 percent from 2002.
Over the past year, Kingston Technology placed greater emphasis on its ValueRAM, Digital Media, and OEM
divisions and as a direct result, sales exceeded expectations with each market segment performing
exceptionally well. The company also broadened its global production focus and augmented capital
investment, revealing plans to increase its manufacturing capacity by significantly expanding
production facilities in Shanghai, China.
"By empowering employees to attain their goals and in developing close partnerships with key memory
suppliers, we were able to introduce new levels of service and product quality to the memory market
in 2003," said John Tu, president, Kingston Technology. "Kingston Technology's philosophy is that
our people are the strength of the company. This ensures Kingston Technology customers the best
possible products and care - the proof is our success."
"As the top memory module manufacturer, Kingston Technology 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
Technology has grown to more than 2,000 employees worldwide and exceeded over $1.8 billion in annual
sales for 2003
About Kingston Technology Company, Inc.
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory products.
Kingston Technology operates manufacturing facilities in Malaysia, Taiwan, China and Fountain Valley,
Calif., including Payton Technology Corp., Kingston Technology's back-end processing facility supporting
memory packaging, test and logistics. With the advent of Payton, Kingston Technology supports all memory
processing functions from receipt of wafer to completed module. Kingston Technology serves a network of
distributors, OEMs and retail customers in more than 3,000 locations worldwide. For more information on
Kingston Technology, call the European toll free number on 00800 8888 0101 or go to
www.kingston.com/uk.
For further information please call the international free phone line 00800 8888 0101.
For further information, please contact:
Stephen Clarke or Andy Chatterton
Fresh Communications
Tel: 020 7739 7744
Fax: 020 7739 7789
Email: andrew@freshcommunications.com
or stephen@freshcommunications.com
Brigitte Haas
PR Manager EMEA
Kingston Technology
Tel: 01932 738813
Fax: 01932 738811
Email: bhaas@kingston-technology.com
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