AOC delivers high-quality monitors to Latin America. (Focus on).

With a fast-growing line of high-quality monitors, AOC provides Latin American organizations with all the benefits of advanced display technology at competitive prices. As a global leader in the monitor industry, AOC is dedicated to providing excellent value to businesses throughout the region.

"AOC offers quality and value at the right price," says Alec Chan, director general, AOC do Brasil Monitores Ltda. "Our highest objective is customer satisfaction."

With its well-designed and carefully manufactured monitors, AOC Latin America met its objectives for the year, despite the region's many economic challenges. "We had to make several adjustments in our strategy at the beginning of the year," says Chan. "We focused our efforts on stable economies like Chile and Ecuador, as well as the Caribbean and Central America. However, we have maintained our presence in all major markets, and offer our total product support everywhere."

In 2002, AOC's line included cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors in 15-inch, 17-inch, and 19-inch sizes, as well as an introductory 15-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) flat-screen monitor. This year, AOC is introducing its 17-inch and oversize 19-inch LCD flat-screen models in certain markets, as well as LCD television monitors for the high-end consumer market.

"Our LCD monitors are ideal for users who work at their computers all day and can benefit from a bigger screen with sharper focus," says Chan. "Our LCD monitors also take up much less real estate on the desk."

AOC's 19-inch LCD, the LM914, delivers sharp text and icons and natural-looking colors in photographs, according to a recent review in PC World magazine, which also praised the speakers' "surprisingly big sound" and convenient volume controls. Overall, PC World ranked the LM914 as one of its' top 10 monitors, and called the AOC model "a great buy."

As part of its aggressive Latin American marketing strategy, AOC has unveiled a new corporate logo, as well as new retail and corporate packaging for its monitors. "We are investing in the AOC brand," says Patricia Fuller, director of marketing. "Our new logo and marketing materials reinforce our message of providing value and quality to Latin American companies."

AOC has been investing in Brazil since 1998, and its factory in Manaus supplies the Brazilian and Mercosur markets. AOC is an important player throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, with offices in Miami, Santiago, Montevideo, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires, and channel partners who cover the entire region. AOC is a subsidiary of China-based Top Victory Electronics Co., Ltd. (TPV), the worlds second-largest monitor manufacturer.

Declining worldwide prices for monitors create opportunities for Latin American companies to upgrade their technology, even on limited budgets. "With our strong lineup of LCDs and traditional monitors, AOC is ideally positioned to expand our share of the Latin American market," says Chan. "We will do our part to make our high quality advanced technology more accessible to businesses and end users."

For more information, visit www.aocmonitor.com.