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Friday 17 June 2011
Inland cities of China facing labor shortage
Although most Taiwan-based notebook makers and related component makers are establishing new production lines in inland (Western) China to resolve their employee shortage issues,...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Foxconn will not quit notebook manufacturing, says company chairman
Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo, at a recent investors meeting, stated that Foxconn...
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Motherboard players see mixed result in April
Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have reported mixed result for their April...
Wednesday 6 April 2011
Dell reportedly to withdraw component purchasing rights from ODMs in 2H11, says paper
Dell reportedly will gradually retrieve its component purchasing rights from upstream ODMs in the second half of 2011 as the company is not satisfied with its ODMs for not providing...
Friday 18 March 2011
Component supply of iPad 2 still about 2-3 weeks; Foxconn to activate backup measures
As there are rumors that Apple will soon be out of product supplies because Japan's earthquake has caused shortages of components are circulating in the IT industry, Foxconn Electronics...
Friday 4 March 2011
Component makers aim to achieve profit from iPad 2 through volume
As Apple announces its new iPad 2 with upgraded specifications, while maintaining a similar price level as the first-generation iPad, sources from component makers pointed out that...
Tuesday 1 March 2011
Notebook component suppliers receiving short lead-time orders
Taiwan-based notebook component makers have received some short lead-time orders recently as brand-name notebook vendors, notably Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer, have begun to take...
Thursday 24 February 2011
No room to hike quotes in 1Q11, say Taiwan component makers
Taiwan-based notebook component makers originally planned to raise quotes to reflect increases in labor and material costs, but it is practically impossible for their clients to accept...
Wednesday 23 February 2011
Compal, Wistron may suffer lowest monthly shipments since 2009 in February
Compal Electronics is likely to ship only three million notebooks in February 2011, the lowest monthly level since June 2009, while fellow maker Wistron may also see its lowest monthly...
Friday 18 February 2011
Notebook component supplies to be short of demand, say sources
Supplies of notebook components, including CMOS image sensors, chassis, batteries, and LED chips, are likely to suffer shortages as capacities at component suppliers are also occupied...
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Notebook component makers rather than ODMs facing labor shortages
Notebook ODMs in China have not suffered labor shortages since the end of the 2011 Lunar New Year, but makers of components/materials have, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 15 February 2011
High copper price damaging profitability of notebook component makers
Taiwan-based makers of notebook components such as connector, cable, power supply and cooling modules are seeing their profitability drop as the recent global copper price is hovering...
Thursday 10 February 2011
Notebook component makers waste efforts hiring extra manpower for the holidays
As Intel's defective chip incident caused notebook brands and makers to delay their orders for new models to the second quarter, Taiwan-based notebook component makers, which had...
Friday 31 December 2010
Notebook ODMs postpone parts and components orders to January
Some ODM notebook makers have postponed their orders for parts and components to January 2011 as their shipments have been affected by continued blizzards in Europe and the US, according...
Friday 10 December 2010
Notebook connector maker ACES sees revenues bounce back in November
Notebook connector maker ACES Electronics saw its revenues grow 17.01% on month to NT$370 million (US$12.26 million) in November 2010, reversing from a five-month decline. For the...
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