BENQ

BenQ-Siemens was the mobile communications subsidiary of Taiwanese BenQ Corp. The division was formed out of BenQ's acquisition of the then struggling Siemens mobile group in 2005. The stated goal of the company is to pull together BenQ's lifestyle experience, their renowned design team and Siemens' engineering capabilities to create a new leader in the mobile communications arena. The newly-formed company won the most iF design awards in 2006 and also won many design awards in Germany's reddot competition.
Unfortunately, because of BenQ stopping to pay for the German division of the company, it filed for bankruptcy in a Munich court in 2006. This sparked a big debate in Germany over whether BenQ only acquired the Siemens mobile division for all its patents and IP, and that it didn't intend to continue manufacturing mobile phones in Germany. BenQ has stated that it intends to continue its mobile business from Asia.
On January 30, 2007, the BenQ Mobile factory in Kamp-Lintfort finally closed its doors, after no suitable investors for the German division were found. Representatives of the labor union IG Metall bid farewell to the last 165 workers with flowers. [1]
BenQ-Siemens A38 BenQ-Siemens A58 (cancelled) BenQ-Siemens AL26 BenQ-Siemens C52 (not presented) BenQ-Siemens C81 BenQ-Siemens CF61 BenQ-Siemens CL61 (not presented) BenQ-Siemens CL71 BenQ-Siemens E52 BenQ-Siemens E61 BenQ-Siemens E71 BenQ-Siemens EL71 BenQ-Siemens EF71 BenQ-Siemens EF51 BenQ-Siemens E81 BenQ-Siemens EF81 BenQ-Siemens EF82 (not presented) BenQ-Siemens EF91 BenQ-Siemens M81 BenQ-Siemens P51 BenQ-Siemens S68 BenQ-Siemens S81 BenQ-Siemens S88 BenQ-Siemens SF72 (not presented) BenQ-Siemens SL80 BenQ-Siemens SL91 (cancelled) BenQ-Siemens SL98 (not presented)