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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...
Monday 6 December 2010
Notebook shipments to HP, Acer lower than expected in November, say Taiwan component makers
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer took deliveries of 3.3-3.4 million and 2.9-3 million notebooks, respectively, from Taiwan-based makers in November, with the volumes smaller than the...
Wednesday 3 November 2010
China coastal manufacturers preparing for labor shortage
Labor shortage around Chinese New Year has become an annual problem for China's coastal manufacturers as most workers return home for the holidays. New government policies and industry...
Monday 25 October 2010
Notebook component makers Alltop and Simplo to announce 3Q10 results
Connector maker Alltop Technology and notebook battery manufacturer Simplo Technology will announce third-quarter 2010 results soon.
Friday 3 September 2010
Solid capacitor maker Feei Cherng enters HP notebook component supply chain
Solid capacitor maker Feei Cherng has reportedly entered the component supply chain for Hewlett-Packard (HP) notebooks, which will increase the company's shipments in the second half...
Monday 30 August 2010
Notebook players taking measures to avoid risk from inland advance
Taiwan-based notebook and upstream components makers, which were originally set to establish plants in inland China, following Hewlett-Packard (HP), have recently started taking measures...
Wednesday 25 August 2010
Compal to set up joint venture in China with LG Display
Compal Electronics has announced the establishment of a joint venture, Lucom Display Technology (Kunshan), in eastern China with LG Display, with a total investment of US$15 million...
Thursday 12 August 2010
Notebook component makers conservative about 2H10
Although several notebook players are still expecting performance to pick up in August and September, their upstream component partners are turning conservative as order visibility...
Friday 6 August 2010
Notebook inventory levels higher than normal in North America and Europe
Notebook inventory levels in the channel in North America and Europe are currently at 5-6 weeks, higher than the normal levels of 3-4 weeks, due to weakened demand, according to notebook...
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Taiwan component makers benefiting from growing shipments of Samsung notebooks
Samsung Electronics expects its monthly shipments of notebooks to increase from nearly one million units in the second quarter of 2010 to more than one million in the third, and therefore...
Wednesday 23 June 2010
Increasing labor cost unlikely to impact channel demand significantly, say component makers
Despite that several IT players are already being affected by the trend of raising minimum wages, sources from component makers believe that from components to the assembly of IT...
Tuesday 20 April 2010
Clevo expects to ship 470,000 notebooks in 2Q10
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Clevo expects to ship 470,000 notebooks in the second quarter of 2010, up 51.6% from 310,000 units shipped in the first quarter, mainly due...
Tuesday 6 April 2010
Chongqing government plans to establish zones for notebook component makers
As Taiwan-based notebook makers Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), Quanta Computer and Inventec have decided to establish production bases in Chongqing, China, and...
Friday 19 March 2010
Notebook makers having difficulty shifting costs to upstream suppliers
Notebook makers are unlikely to be able to shift some of their costs to upstream components suppliers in 2010 since most of the notebook components are currently in tight supply,...