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Wednesday 13 May 2020
Xiaomi enhancing presence in overseas smartphone markets
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Xiaomi has continued to make gains in smartphone markets outside China, reducing its reliance on the domestic market to sustain its smartphone business,...
Tuesday 28 April 2020
Skyworks sees operations hit by outbreak
Skyworks has suspended manufacturing operations in Mexico due to the coronavirus outbreak, raising speculation about insufficient inventories for the power amplifier vendor's shipments...
Friday 27 March 2020
Lenovo restarts Wuhan plant production
Lenovo will resume about 60% of production at its Wuhan, China plant by the end of March, with the facility set to return to full production by mid April following weeks of suspension...
Friday 27 March 2020
Foxconn sees no major impact from India lockdown
India has been locked down since March 24 to fight the coronavirus, stalling operations at factories run by manufacturers such as Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry),...
Thursday 26 March 2020
Wistron set to grow revenues from non-China production
Wistron is looking to grow revenues generated from its factories outside of China, and expects to lower revenues from its China-based sites to about 50% of company revenues in 2021,...
Wednesday 25 March 2020
Wingtech, Huaqin and Longcheer continue to dominate 2019 smartphone ODM and IDH shipments
Shipments from ODM and IDH companies grew by 4% annually in 2019 against the declining trend in the overall smartphone market, according to Counterpoint Research. This was a result...
Tuesday 24 March 2020
Memory distributors turn cautious
Memory distributors have turned cautious about demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, and are slowing down their chip purchases, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 17 March 2020
Xiaomi smartphone shipments to Europe may be hindered by pandemic
China-based Xiaomi, which is now the largest handset brand in India and a top-4 vendor in China, has been looking to expand its presence in Europe, but its ambition may be dampened...
Wednesday 19 February 2020
Acer ranked as top gaming notebook brand in India
Acer was ranked by IDC as the largest gaming notebook brand in India for the second consecutive year in 2019. Acer also was the leading gaming brand in Canada, Thailand, Australia...
Wednesday 22 January 2020
Pegatron said to set up stylus manufacturing plant in Vietnam
Pegatron reportedly plans to set up a new plant in Vietnam as part of its plans to ramp up its overseas production in 2020, likely to produce styluses for Samsung's smartphones.
Wednesday 22 January 2020
Wistron ramping up iPhone production in India
Wistron plans to start ramping up output, including smartphones, from its third plant in India after kicking off trial production at the plant in November 2019, according to company...
Tuesday 21 January 2020
Inventec expects 10% revenue expansion in 2020
Taiwan-based ODM Inventec expects each of its three major product lines to register about 10% revenue expansion in 2020 and a higher growth in 2021, with plans to simultaneously expand...
Thursday 16 January 2020
New Kinpo Group expects over 10% on-year growth in 2020 operation
The New Kinpo Group expects its operation to see a double-digit percentage growth on year in 2020 and many of the group's subsidiaries will be going public beginning this year, according...
Tuesday 14 January 2020
K Laser to expand capacity in India
Holographic material maker K Laser Technology will expand production capacity at its factory in India in 2020 to enhance marketing in the country and tap markets in Bangladesh, the...
Thursday 9 January 2020
Xiaomi now top smart TV vendor in China
Chinese handset vendor Xiaomi has also emerged as the largest smart TV brand in China by leveraging the strategy of high price-performance ratios, outracing many veteran peer brands...