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About RIGOL
July, 1998
RIGOL  was founded in Beijing.
May,1999
RIGOL's first product RVO2100, a high performance Virtual Digital Storage Oscilloscope was introduced.
March, 2002
RIGOL DS3000 series DSO, the first high performance Bench-Top DSO.
February, 2004
RIGOL DS5000 series DSO, the first 1GSa/s real-time sample rate, 200MHz bandwidth DSO from any Chinese manufacturer was introduced.
April, 2006
RIGOL received ISO9001:2000 Certification.
April, 2006
RIGOL DS1000 series oscilloscope was introduced, the best Performance/Price Mixed Signal Oscilloscope (MSO) in the world.
July, 2006
RIOGL DG3000/DG2000 series Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator was introduced. The first Mixed Signal Generator (MSG) in the world having 1 anolog channel and an option for 16 digital channels.
August, 2006
RIGOL 6 1/2 digits Digital Multimeter DM3000 series was introduced.
October, 2006
The Prestigious EDN China Annual Innovation Award for DS1000 series DSO was awarded to RIGOL along with Local Innovation Company Award, the first time it was ever awarded to a Chinese company.
April, 2007
RIGOL was invited to form the committee writing China National Standard GB/T 15289-07 of 'General  Specification and Test Method for Digital Storage Oscilloscopes'.
April, 2007
RIGOL received ISO14001:2000 Environmental Management System Certification.
May, 2007
RIGOL DS1000A was introduced. This is the first DSO in China with 2GSa/s real-time sampling rate with bandwidth up to 300MHz.
May, 2007
RIGOL DG 1000 series Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator with build-in counter was introduced.
October, 2007
RIGOL strengthens its research and development; opened R&D center in Shanghai
November, 2007
As 2006 Annual Innovation Award winner, RIGOL once again has earned EDN China Innovation Award
December, 2007
RIGOL awarded the CMIF and Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission Advanced Achievement Award
April, 2008
RIGOL DS1000B series Digital Oscilloscope was introduced. First DSO in China with 4-channel and complete LXI standard compliance.
November, 2008
RIGOL was certified as Municipal Technology Center of Beijing
January, 2009
RIGOL DS1000E series DSO was awarded “Product of the Year” by “Electronic Products” Magazine in United States
January, 2009
RIGOL became the very first official LXI-C class Test House in Asia
April, 2009
High-performance 80W 3-output programmable linear DC power supply DP1308A was introduced.
August, 2009
RF Spectrum Analyzer features digital IF technology DSA1000A series was introduced.
November, 2009
High Speed DS6000 series digital oscilloscope was introduced, the first DSO in China featuring 1GHz Bandwidth, 5GSa/s real time sample rate, 140Mpts Memory Depth and 180,000 waveform/s capture rate
February, 2010
RIGOL DP1116A with up to 160W single-output Programmable linear DC Power Supply was introduced.
July, 2010
High Performance DG5000 series signal station up to 350MHz was introduced, the world first Arbitrary/Function Generator with I/Q source in its class.
July, 2010
RIGOL's first independently developed and manufactured analytical instrument L-3000 series HPLC system was introduced.
October, 2010
High precision 61/2 digits DMM DM3068 was introduced.
June, 2011
DS6104 Digital Oscilloscope won the 2011 R&D100 Awards in USA.
June, 2011
RIGOL's first independently developed and manufactured Ultra-6000 series was introduced.
August, 2011
DG4000 Series Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator was introduced.
September, 2011
DS4000 Series Digital Oscilloscope was introduced.
October, 2011
DSA800 Series Spectrum Analyzer was introduced.