Thumbdrive News & Events

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2001--TREK 2000 International Ltd (SGX:TREK) and its subsidiary TREKSTOR USA, Inc., which offer state-of-the-art design solutions catering to the fast-changing electronic industry, announced today that IBM(R) has chosen TREK's ThumbDrive(TM) mobile storage device technology to supply the IBM 32MB USB Memory Key. This optional storage device is available for use with IBM's award-winning line of IBM ThinkPad and NetVista systems.

"We are very happy that IBM has selected to use our ThumbDrive mobile storage device technology for its products," said Henn Tan, CEO of TREK 2000 International Ltd. "This is a strong endorsement of our technological capabilities and is a recognition of our world-class achievements. We hope our relationship with IBM will broaden and deepen in the years ahead."

"TREK's ThumbDrive mobile storage technology allows us to provide customers with a portable solution to easily store and transfer files," said Bob Galush, Vice President Marketing and Business Line Management, IBM Personal Computing Division.

The IBM 32MB USB Memory Key is a pocketable and portable USB storage device that allows users to share data between notebook and desktop systems with a functional USB port -- without the use of a floppy disk! The IBM 32MB USB Memory Key boasts ultra-small dimensions and offers the capacity equivalent of about 22 1.44MB diskettes to store text, presentations and multimedia files. The memory key is Plug-and-Play ready and requires no software, batteries or external power supply.

About TREKSTOR USA, Inc.

TREKSTOR USA, Inc. and its parent company TREK 2000 INTERNATIONAL LTD offer state-of-the-art design solutions ranging from portable storage devices, digital audio and video products to sophisticated ASIC design -- all catering to the fast changing digital industry. TREK has offices all over the world including the U.S., Malaysia, Thailand, India, Hong Kong and Singapore to serve the rapidly expanding markets in all regions. A public company on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX:TREK), TREK 2000 INTERNATIONAL LTD is named by Forbes Global as one of the Best Small Companies in the World for 2000. TREK 2000 INTERNATIONAL LTD is also ranked as the Best Managed Small Company in Singapore by AsiaMoney (of Euromoney).

For more information, visit http://www.trekstorusa.com.

Trekstor USA Contact: 
TREKSTOR USA, Inc., San Ramon
Elvin Low, 1888-TREK-199 
elvinlow@trekstorusa.com 

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