High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Advantech Corporation, or Advantech Co., Ltd (TPE: 2395), is a Taiwanese company with direct operations in 18 different countries and employs over 3,417 employees. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, it is a manufacturer of industrial PC, embedded single board computers, and automation controllers & software. Their industrial PC products include Rackmount computers (used for industrial control, ISPs, machine vision, telephony, plant automation, data acquisition applications, and networking purpose) and wall mount computers (which are designed for installation in machineries or for mounting on walls). Their embedded single board computers include the 3.5 Embedded Board and the 5.25 Embedded Board. Their automation controllers & software include IO Modules and Softlogic Software. They also provide a large variety of products that range from Human Machine Interface (HMI), Vehicle PC Solutions, Chassis, Ethernet Networking, PICMG Backplanes, Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs), and software. Advantech Co., Ltd distributes its products to overseas markets in Asia, Europe and the Americas, and the domestic market. In 2007, the company obtained 17%, 21%, 22%, and 40% of its revenue from applied computing platforms, industrial control systems, embedded cards, and industrial PCs, respectively. The company revenue that was earned, in 2007, totaled at $482 million (USD).