World Class

D-Link is a world-class manufacturing company. With more than a million two hundred thousand square feet of manufacturing space and capability, an equally impressive range of high-tech manufacturing machinery and test equipment, and extremely well trained people, the Company is in a good position to meet the challenges of growth that lay ahead.

Whether D-Link begins by creating the reference design for a chipmaker, or for the development of a specific technology, the Company is capable of providing every step of the manufacturing process from design concepts to the delivery of finished goods with unsurpassed quality.

Our engineers work up advanced concepts, detailed designs and advance the development of standards-based technology. Then, the process is carried to the next level from prototype to pilot creations and onto the massive manufacturing processes.

With our highly skilled and knowledgeable labor force we execute manufacturing efficiency programs that leverage production and raw material sourcing techniques for greater cost savings.

To increase the core equity, and future capability of the company, D-Link has continually invested profits back into the company to buy sophisticated manufacturing and test equipment. This commitment to manufacturing allows D-Link to control the quality, reliability and compatibility of the products its sells.

Facilities
D-Link now has seven state-of-the-art facilities in four countries. They are: Hsin-chu, Taiwan; Dongguan, China; Wujiang, China; three in Goa, India; and Irvine, California, United States.

D-Link's main production facilities are located in Hsin-chu, Taiwan, Dongguan, China and Wujiang, China. The Company has three manufacturing plants in Goa, India and one in Irvine, California, USA.

D-Link's production line in Irvine, California is engaged in the manufacturing of high-end products for the U.S. market, as well as the world market. The D-Link plants in Goa produce timely shipments in the subcontinent and to nearby markets.

The Hsin-chu facility in Taiwan has a total floor area of 452,000 square feet. The plant has seven Surface Mount Technology (SMT) lines, which can be joined together to produce three extra long SMT lines if required. It also has four through-hole (manual insertion) lines, six final assembly lines and an automated warehouse system. The facility runs three full shifts per day.

The Dongguan facility in China has a total floor space of 426,000 square feet, with six SMT and through-hole lines, and five final assembly lines and can be expanded to accommodate up to fourteen SMT lines. The plant's most important advantage to D-Link is its proximity to Taiwan headquarters.

The China plant also provides the benefits of inexpensive labor and cost-effective product components. In addition, a common language and culture with the head office enables the company to easily achieve expansion and economy of scales.

Quality
Achieving world-class quality manufacturing is a challenge that D-Link has embraced with great success. Signifying a strong dedication to the art of making superior finished goods, the company employs quality procedures and processing, advanced manufacturing techniques,

and rigorous testing before the D-Link name is stamped on the product. Engineers, technicians and quality specialists closely examine the products as they are manufactured to ensure that all products leaving the facility are fully functional and without defect.

Industry Certifications
On June 22, 1994, D-Link became Taiwan's first network equipment manufacturer to earn the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification for quality assurance in design/development, production, installation and servicing.

The ISO is a worldwide federation that has created a set of certifications that are based on universal rules for governing stable quality in manufacturing that transcends all languages, interpretations, and equivocations.

D-Link manufacturing facilities have earned the ISO 9001, ISO 9002, and the ISO 14001 certifications.

ISO 9001 and ISO 9002 certifications designate that the Company has defined processes for establishing and maintaining an effective, quality system for manufacturing. These certifications outline a guide for quality products and have become an international reference for quality requirements in business to business dealings.

The ISO 14001 designation certifies that the Company has demonstrated a successful Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and underscores D-Link's serious concern to make environmentally friendly products. The certification requires strict adherence to existing environment protection laws, expansion of in-plant recycling and improvement of the production process, to reduce harmful effects on the environment.

Technical Excellence
The Symbol of Excellence is an award that honors Taiwan's best-designed, most innovative and highest quality products. It is awarded annually to a select group of products and is considered to be the most prestigious recognition program in Asia. Each year, hundreds of Taiwan companies compete for the award and are evaluated in five distinct categories: quality system, product design, R&D/innovation, market position and brand awareness.

Since the inception of the Symbol of Excellence Award in 1993, D-Link has won twenty-four Symbol of Excellence awards for outstanding products; five of which went on to win the Gold National Award of Excellence. In 2001, D-Link garnered three Symbol of Excellence Awards and one Gold National Award of Excellence.

Quality Assurance Testing
D-Link has established comprehensive quality testing methods that are part of our Quality Assurance Center to monitor and control product quality in strict adherence with international standards.

Quality control procedures include: a burn-in period for finished products, production reliability audits, failure analysis for identification of production problems and customer service. The testing systems assure the quality of D-Link's products and help control manufacturing costs.