BenQ-Siemens was the mobile communications subsidiary of Taiwanese

Taiwan

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 BenQ Corp

BenQ

BenQ Corporation is a Taiwanese multi-national company that sells and markets consumer electronics, computing and communications devices under the "BenQ" brand name, which stands for the company slogan Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to life .- Company :BenQ sells and markets technology products,...

. The division was formed out of BenQ's acquisition of the then struggling Siemens

Siemens AG

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 mobile group in 2005. The stated goal of the company was to pull together BenQ's lifestyle experience, their design team and Siemens' engineering capabilities to create a new leader in the mobile communications arena. The newly formed company won the most iF product design award

IF product design award

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s in 2006 and also won many design awards in Germany

Germany

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's red dot competition.

Unfortunately, because of BenQ stopping to pay for the German division of the company it filed for bankruptcy in a Munich

Munich

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 court in 2006.