| 2000 |
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| June |
Ninestar Technology Co.,Ltd was formed. |
| Aug. |
Opened three US distributing subsidiaries in Los Angeles and NewYork. |
| Sept. |
Opened the Bramble distributing subsidiary in Germany. |
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| 2001 |
|
| July. |
Two domestic branches--- Beijing branch and Guangzhou
branch were founded. |
| Sept. |
Launched the innovative sponge free ink cartridge and
leaded the market for 6 months. |
|
| 2002 |
|
| April |
Passed ISO 9001 certification. |
| Aug. |
Adopted the new VI system and Branding strategy, hired
a famous popstar as the company image representative for
the domestic market. |
| Nov. |
The monthly ink cartridge production capacity reached
2 million and became one of the largest compatible ink
cartridge manufacturers in the world. |
|
| 2003 |
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| Oct. |
CE and TUV certified by SGS. |
| Dec. |
Ninestar was awarded "The best foreign enterprise"
by Zhuhai municipal government. |
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Globally released the chipped compatible large format
ink cartridges. |
|
| 2004 |
|
| April |
Successfully applied the Micro-pressure theory in Compatible
Canon ink cartridge, enhanced Ninestar’s leading position
in technology among the industry. |
| May |
Ninestar moved to the new operation and manufacturing
base with over 100,000 squaremeters field size and more
than 1,000 employees. |
| July |
Ninestar Holland warehousing and distributing center
was built. |
| Nov. |
G&G ink cartridge was ranked No 1 in the independent
reference test conducted the German TEST magazine. |
| |
Ninestar compatible ink cartridges with proprietary
technologies achieved successful sales in US and European
Market. |
|
| 2005 |
|
| May |
ISO 14001 certified. |
| Dec. |
Production compacity for compatible ink cartridges reached
8 million per month and retained the industry leading
position. |
|
| 2006 |
|
| Jan. |
The number of domestic regional branches reached seven
and a national distributing network was formed. |
| Feb. |
Ninestar decided to respond to the USITC 337 investigation
filed by Epson and resolutely defend Epson's patent challenge,
acted as a leader in the compatible ink cartridges industry. |
| Sept. |
Ninestar acts as a joint constitutor for the first national
industry standards of the inkjet supplies. |
| |
Ninestar was awarded as "Top 100 Foreign Invested
Enterprises" by Guangdong Province. |
| Oct. |
G&G was elected as "Top brand" by Guangdong
provicial government. |
| Nov. |
Awarded " Golden Fishing Girl" for its steady
growth by Zhuhai government. |
|
| 2007 |
|
In 2007 |
Ninestar ranked Top 5 in Recycler Magazine's First Fifty 2007 for cartridges remanufacturers worldwide.
|
In 2007 |
Ninestar was awarded the model enterprise in terms of Intellectual property rights in Guangdong province.
|
Jan. |
Ninestar reorganzied and optimized its company structure
to a company based group and a management company was
formed for the supervision of the group's operation.
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Nov.
|
Ninestar launched Pigment-based Everbrite ink which achieved breakthrough pigment ink performance that can match and even exceed the original. |
Dec.
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Legend Capital invests into Ninestar |
|
| 2008 |
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| In 2008 |
Ninestar is nominated as Quality Leader for Inkjet in Recharger Readers Choice Awards. |
| In 2008 |
Ninestar’s G&G brand was awarded as “Reader’s First Choice Brand” and “the Most Favored Brand” by Computer Enthusiasts magazine. |
| April |
Ninestar released series Canon PGI-5 & CLI-8 Chipped ink cartridges, with unique innovative design and in-house advanced chip technology development. |
| May |
ISO 14001 certified. |
| In 2008. |
Ninestar’s products are sold in over 80 countries and regions globally, taking up 20% market share of the global aftermarket printer consumables. |
|
| 2009 |
|
| May. |
Ninestar was recognized as provincial enterprise technology center in Guangdong province. |
| May. |
Ninestar cooperated with Dalian University of Technology and successfully developed a new type
of special dye ink with the property of weather resistance.
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|
| 2010 |
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| Jun. |
Ninestar celebrated the 10th Anniversary by holding a gala show in Zhuhai Sports Center. |
| Jul. |
In July, according to Germany’s most authoritative and most valued product testing publications “Stiftung Warentest July 2010” and its latest test result, Ninestar products (iColor Brand) won in the category “Best Quality Products”, equaling to Epson original products.
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