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ECS, one of Asia's leading ICT product and service providers, achieved its goal of becoming a billion-dollar company three years ago. In 2002, it reported a turnover exceeding S$1 billion (US$593 million).

Listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange since 2001, ECS Holdings (ECS) is the holding company of a group of five subsidiary companies comprising ECS Computers in Singapore, ECS Technology in China, ECS Kush in Malaysia, The Value Systems in Thailand and ECS Indo in Indonesia.

Headquartered in Singapore, ECS has additional offices in five countries: China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. It has a wide network of over 13,000 resellers and partners in the region.

Besides IT product distribution, ECS has two other key business areas: enterprise systems and IT services. As an enterprise systems provider, ECS provides application integration, database, security and systems management solutions from a diverse group of IT vendors. Its professional and technical support services focus on four areas: storage and data availability, info-security, e-services, and application integration.

Financials
Fiscal year-end Dec FY05 FY04 FY03 FY02 FY01
Global full-year
revenue (US$millions)
1,111.0 847.3 705.9 328.7
Global full-year net
income (US$millions)
8.0 3.7 8.4 8.0

Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years 55.3 %
Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years 21.7 %
Percentage of revenue from Asia 100.0 %
Percentage of Asian revenues from channel 100.0 %

Operations:
Founded Singapore/1998
First Asian office
Global employees 1,479
Employees in Asia
Asian countries:
Total 6
China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
Notes All of ECS' business is generated in Asia, excluding Japan and Korea. It relies 100 percent on its partners for sales. It employs 1,479 people in Asia, excluding Japan and Korea.
* Data correct as at September 2005. Information was compiled by ZDNet Asia from sources such as official reports, corporate Web sites, and Hoover's. ZDNet Asia strived to get the latest information but does not guarantee the correctness or completeness of the data. The information provided on this site is for general informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell any securities.

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