| 2000 |
|
| 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. |
 |
| 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. |
| May |
President Jackson Wang was elected as deputy chairman
of printing consumables committee of CCIA. |
| 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 |
|
| Oct. |
CE and TUV certified by SGS. |
| Nov. |
Ninestar toner cartridge remanufacturing division was
set up. |
| Dec. |
Ninestar was awarded "The best foreign enterprise"
by Zhuhai municipal government. |
| |
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 |
|
| Jan. |
Over 100 patents were granted both domestically and
internationally. |
| |
Successfully developed a series of compatible toner
cartridges with proprietary intellectual properties. |
| 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 and laserjet 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.
|
Nov.
|
Ninestar toner cartridge factory was granted STMC certification |
Nov.
|
Ninestar launched Pigment-based Everbrite ink which achieved breakthrough pigment ink performance that can match and even exceed the original. |
Dec.
|
Legend Capital invests into Ninestar |
|
| 2008 |
|
| 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.
|
| 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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|
| 2010 |
|
| Jun. |
Ninestar celebrated the 10th Anniversary by holding a gala show in Zhuhai Sports Center. |
