Company Press Release:
 
BenQ Wins Five 2007 Good Design Awards

TAIPEI,  TAIWAN,  October  10, 2007 – BenQ today announces that five of its leading  lifestyle designed products have been awarded the prestigious 2007 Good  Design  Awards  (the  so called “G-mark Award”). The awarded products include  LCD  monitor,  digital camera, mobile phone and digital projector. The  2007  Good  Design Awards marks BenQ’s consecutive four-year winnings, adding BenQ’s total Good Design Awards to 34.
“The  awarded  products  are  recognized for their functionality and design originality,  which  is  a  proud brand distinction for BenQ,” said Manfred Wang, Director of BenQ Lifestyle Design Center. “We will continue to create products  that  bring  versatility,  functionality and innovative design to meet the expectations of our consumers.” 

Within  a  time  span  of  6 years, BenQ has received recognitions from the global  design  community of iF, red dot (Germany), Good Design (Japan) and IDEA   (US)   design  awards  respectively,  adding  the  total  number  of international  design  awards  to 188. The specific BenQ award winners this year  include  the  E1000 digital camera, T33 mobile phone, E72 Smartphone, FP241VW LCD monitor, and CP120 digital projector. 
  


About Good Design Award
Known  prior  to  1997 as the Good Design Selection System, the Good Design Award System was established in Japan in 1957 to increase awareness of good industrial  design  in  that  nation. At present, 70% of Japanese consumers recognize  the  G-Mark  Awards  with  further  research showing that 40% of Japanese consumers are influenced by the awards when purchasing products.

The Good Design Awards evaluate industrial design in a number of categories including  architecture  and environment design, communications design, new territory design and product design. Each entrant is judged on a wide-range of  rigorous standards that include criteria such as safety, functionality, originality,  ecological  soundness  and  leadership in the humanization of technology.

About BenQ Corporation
BenQ  Corporation,  a  leading  provider  of  networked  digital  lifestyle devices,   is   a   multi-faceted   company   with   strengths   in  mobile communications,   visual   display  and  network  and  digital  convergence technologies.  BenQ  offers  unrivalled  breadth  and depth of products and integrated  technologies  across  platforms  through  the  brand promise of “Bring  Enjoyment  and  Quality  to Life,” including digital projector, LCD monitors,  LCD  TVs,  digital  cameras,  mobile phones, laptop PCs, storage devices,  media  and  human  interface devices such as mice and keyboards. 2006 revenues of BenQ Corporation exceeded US$6.2 billion dollars.

About BenQ Group
The  BenQ  Group  is  currently  comprised  of  12  companies  that operate independently  while sharing resources and leveraging synergies among them. The BenQ Group companies include BenQ Corporation, AU Optronics Corporation (world’s   top   3   manufacturer  of  large-size  TFT-LCD  panels),  Qisda Corporation,  Darfon  Electronics Corporation, Daxon Technology Inc., Daxin Materials  Corp., BenQ Guru Software Co., BenQ Hospital, Darwin Precisions, Ltd,  Raydium  Semiconductor  Corporation, Cando Corporation and Wellypower Co., Ltd. 2006 revenues for BenQ Group exceeded US$16.5 billion dollars. For more information about BenQ, please visit website www.benQ.com.