Started pre-operation preparation in Philippines.

Company was formally established and started commercial operations in Laguna under PEZA (Philippine Export-Zone Authority) registration as APTi-Philippines, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advanced Peripherals Technologies Inc. (APTi) of Japan

Main business was development of firmware, microcode, device drivers and software utilities for workstation printers and related peripherals

Cebu Extension Office was established

Business registration was changed from PEZA to BOI (Board of Investments)

Head Office was transferred from Laguna to Makati

Inauguration of 1 st subsidiary Alsons/APTi Information Systems, Inc. (AAISI) , a joint venture company with the Alcantara Group (Alsons), one of the biggest conglomerates in the Philippines

AAISI's main business is Systems Integration for Philippine-based companies

Head Office was transferred from Makati to Alabang

Expansion of Business Areas to:

• Quality assurance and software development for mobile devices (Notebook PCs, Cellular phone, etc.)
• Middleware development for Point-of-sale (POS) Systems
• Business Applications Solutions Development
• Microcode and device driver development for Multi-function devices (MFP)

Company ownership was transferred from Advanced Peripherals Technologies, Inc. (APTi) to a new company.

Changed company name to ADTX Systems, Inc. and expanded business areas to:

• Storage-related Solutions Development

ISO 9001:2000 Certification was awarded to Alabang and Cebu offices

Selected as one of the representatives of the Philippine IT industry
in the 1st Philippine e-Services Exhibition in Japan, held together with
the state visit of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to Japan.

Establishment of Makati Extension office

Multi-Monitor Control Panel (MMCP), was awarded as Grand Prize Winner under the e-Business Solutions Category of Best Product and Service Award Contest at e-Service Philippines 2003

Establishment and inauguration of the Company's Training Center, AWS's Center for Technology Incubation (ACTION)

Selected as one of the Philippine representatives for the Software
Development Expo & Conference in Tokyo 2003.

ADTX Systems, Inc. is now a part of the WCL Group (WCL Co., Ltd.)

Establishment of Japan Company AWS, Inc.

Company name is changed to Advanced World Systems, Inc.

The Makati office, which focuses on business applications development, was established as a separate company, named as Advanced World Solutions, Inc.