from the city of Buenos Aires They make and sell notebooks for the whole country. Built from scratch and distributed from a factory in the heart of Parque Patricios Asus X515EA laptops They have a very silver print and are distributed nationwide by PC Arts. Asus X515EA has a 15.6-inch screen (1366 x 768 pixels), Core i3, i5 or i7 processors; 4 GB RAM (expandable up to 12 GB), 256 or 512 GB SSD storage, 37 Wh battery and 1.8 kg weight.

We visited the factory and he was able to see the entire production process of these notebooks, which are the same as those produced in the main factory in Taiwan. The company has Only two factories abroad: in Brazil and Argentina. Asus PCs assembled by PC Arts have 15-inch screens and configurations starting with 4GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage.

The The components are the same as those used in other manufacturing plants from Asus and they come from different vendors. In other words, the notebooks produced here are identical to those sold in China and other countries, but with one major difference: “They have a keyboard Ñ keyboard, which notebooks sold in other countries do not include.” and has a charger adapted to local needs. They can be purchased in installments, now with benefits granted by 12, 18 or 24 programs,” explained Asus Argentina Product Manager Andres Lee, who was one of the people responsible for the end-to-end process. Production of notebooks in the country.

The PC Arts factory located on Avenida Brasil in the Autonomous City of Buenos AiresSame as notebooks in 2010 Connect Equality program. Project with Asus to assemble notebooks Started locally in 2015, but after a delay of several years, it was renewed in 2021, with an investment of about 10 million dollars. currently, The factory has 25 employees who assemble up to 350 models per day.

Operators are trained by Asus to perform the task and have an inventory of parts to ensure continuity of production. In fact, there was a specific plan to implement the project: “We had no problems because Argentina had priority in supplying materials, knowing that there was a production project, different from other countries that only sell finished products”, he explained. PC Arts Director of Operations Diego Pacheco.

How is the equipment arranged?

The circle, away from online work, consists of Three stages: assembly, testing and packaging. First, the chassis is picked up by a skilled operator in the manufacturing process, who is responsible for assembling all the components (chassis, motherboard, panel, 11th generation Intel Core processors, SSD storage, RAM memory) that make up the notebook. Except that he is the one who knows all the phases. Follow the specific instructions provided by Asus. Each operator assembles about 35 notebooks per day8 hour shifts, Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

After arming the laptop, he experiences a Testing process for each component. This is also done according to the protocol provided by Asus. If a problem occurs, the device is returned to the operator who built it to make the necessary adjustments, unless of course it is a component defect.

Once everything is fine, the teams go through the process The packaging includes the charger, the instruction manual on paper and puts them in the box. But before being sent out for distribution across the country, some devices are randomly selected and undergo final testing, already at the level of how buyers would use them.

This is the last stage of testing, where it is finally decided whether these teams (and therefore all those who are going to be sent) meet all the requirements and are available for sale.

teams Distributed exclusively throughout the Argentine market. According to Matias Plaul, Sales Manager of Asus Argentina, the best-selling models in Argentina are those that come with an Intel Core i5 processor, “because the pandemic has changed usage habits and many people have started to prioritize performance, quality and reliability.” hardness. A notebook at its price.’