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| | year  | business source | 
 | 2009 | Acer is a fabless company, it doesn't operate any manufacturing plant and subcontracts all the manufacturing of all its products. | Les Echos | 
 | 2008 | In 2008, Acer sold 8 million desktop PC, 20 million laptops and 5 million mini-PC. | Les Echos | 
 | 2007 | During the second term, Acer sold 7.2% of the PCs bought in the world. | Les Echos | 
 | 2007 | During the third term, Acer sold 8.1% of the PCs bought in the world. | Les Echos | 
 | 2005 | Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC seller. | Les Echos | 
 | 2005 | With Gateway, Acer is the world's third-largest PC seller. | Le Monde | 
 | 2003 | Acer sells 9,3% of the laptop computers bought in France | Les Echos | 
 | 1997 | Acer sells 3,2% of the Personal Computers bought in the world | Les Echos | 
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| | country  | address & contact : production type incentive source | 
 |  Costa Rica |  Zona franca Ultrapack & 2932333 :    Procomer | 
 |  Mexico |  BAUDELIO PEREZ MUCHARRAS No. 420 ZARAGOZA   32570  CHIHUAHUA   JUAREZ & 183030 :   Sistema de Informacion de la Industria Maquiladora | 
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| | year  | employees <> |  social impact : country source | 
 | 2008 | -122  | Internal restructuring: Packard Bell reorganizes its plant in Angers.:  France | Les Echos | 
 | 2007 |  |  ILO violation 1, 87, 98, 138 : 200 employees work up to 84 hours per week to manufacture computer equipment for Dell and Acer in Shenzhen.:  China | UFC Que Choisir | 
 | 2006 |  |  ILO violation 1,26 : At subcontractor plants, workers work 12 hours a day, six days a week. Wages are insufficient to cover food expenses, let alone rent, clothing and education.:  Philippines | SOMO Center for Research on Multinational Corp. | 
 | 2006 |  |  ILO violation 87,98,26,1 : At subcontractor plants, workers work 12 hours a day, six days a week. Wages are below legal minimum and insufficient to cover food expenses. Workers can't join independant union, only the party's union.:  China | SOMO Center for Research on Multinational Corp. | 
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| | year  |   | sales | income |  |  | source | 
 | 2008 |  | 16,7 |  |  |   | billion US$ | Les Echos | 
 | 2006 |  | 11,3 | 0,31 |  |   | billion US$ | Les Echos | 
 | 2005 |  | 9,7 | 0,26 |  |   | billion US$ |  | 
 | 2002 |  | 3,07 | 0,25 |  |   | billion US$ |  | 
 | 2001 |  | 3,22 | 0,03 |  |   | billion US$ |  | 
 | 2000 |  | 4,76 | 0,2 |  |   | billion US$ |  | 
 | 1999 |  | 5,78 | 0,23 |  |   | billion US$ |  | 
 | 1998 |  | 5,07 | 0,07 |  |   | billion US$ |  | 
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| | year  | financial misdemeanor | sales | income | assets | buyback | source | 
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| | year  | dubious practice : image source | 
 | 2005 | slogan: Empowering people; |  | 
 | 1998 | slogan: The second most amazing machine.; |  | 
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