Albacomp Co.

Albacomp, has been a leader in the Hungarian IT sector since 1985. Apart from operating Hungary’s largest PC and notebook assembly plant, Albacomp is also well known for major network and system integration projects. 100% Hungary-owned, the company is among the top 5 Hungarian IT companies and is one of the Top 200 companies on Figyelo’s list. Among the company’s 300 highly skilled employees, 180 are part of the sales & service staff which is dispatched in 14 cities, providing efficient customer service. 269 employees specifically work on IT matters.

Albacomp annual revenues reach HUF 13.1 billion. With its own capital of USD 12 million, Albacomp’s manufacturing capacities reach 25 000 PCs per annum, 15% of which are exported. In 2003, 20,000 PCs were manufactured at the company’s assembly plant, of which 3,000 were exported. The company is organised in several divisions, each of which is dedicated to a specific field: Governments division, Small and Medium factor division, Large company division, Military division, System planning division, Applications Developments division and New Solution division.

With its own Albacomp Activa desktop PC and Albacomp Activa Mobil notebook lines, the company has been actively involved in several IT projects, some partially funded by the government, including the Doctors PC and Employees PC Programs, ITP tenders published by the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications, and the Sulinet Expressz Program launched by the ministries of labour, information technology and education. Well aware of the opportunity to expand its customer base, Albacomp Co. has played a significant role as an integrated IT solutions provider to local governments that are in the process of setting up their local e-government services.

Hungarian brand in the public procurement sector

Since the enactment of the Public Procurement Act in 1995 and the later introduction of the centralized public procurement tendering system, Albacomp has been an active participant in public procurement tenders. Based on a contract signed with the Central Procurement Services Directorate, Albacomp, as the largest Hungarian IT brand, has its own contract as of January 30, 2004 for the delivery of ready-to-ship PCs. As part of this contract, a full range of computer products (desktop and notebook PCs, servers, operating systems) are being offered to buyers participating in the public procurement system. Albacomp is also listed as a certified supplier in the centralized purchase agreements of the individual manufacturers in the computer systems, printers and software products categories. The company offers a complete range of computer products and related services to its public procurement partners. Albacomp Co. offers, for each product it sells, a 1 or 3 year full-scale on-site warranty depending on the make/model. A complete range of support services are offered nationwide, even beyond the warranty period, by its service network of qualified engineers and technicians.

Research & Development

One of Albacomp Co.’s main objectives is to further creativity, and to provide a platform and support to develop new products. Since the early 1990s, Albacomp’s own R&D team has created several unique products. Albacomp web-enabled, database-driven eInfoPoint touch screen terminal, found at shopping malls, local government offices, special events, and even McDonald’s outlets, combines the benefits of multimedia and the Internet effectively to offer round-the-clock access to much-needed information at public places. The Personal Monitor, another Albacomp flagship product developed in-house, is a head-mounted display device that is capable of producing 180 000 pixel images in colour that seem to be 2 meters away from the user. Due to its easy wearability, the Personal Monitor is perfectly suited for situations requiring mobility, and enables the wearer to monitor the video image and the surroundings simultaneously. Apart from the above, several other software applications and custom-made solutions have been developed by Albacomp’s R&D team.

Quality Policy  
In August 2003, the company received, as a result of a quality assurance and environment management audit, the ISO 14001:1996 certificate for its complete range of activities, while at the same time renewing its ISO 9001:2000 quality assurance certificate.

The environment management audit focused on the selective collection of waste resulting from the manufacturing processes, and the destruction of such wast e. Albacomp met requirements in both regards.

Based on the ISO certification, the Technological Office of the Ministry of Defense audited the company's quality management system as per the requirements of the AQAP 110 (MSZK 1174) standard. The certificate attests that Albacomp Rt meets those additional requirements that are necessary to be listed as a "NATO-approved supplier".