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Taiwan notebook ODMs
Taiwan notebook Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) account for more than 90% of global notebook production and Digitimes is there to provide daily updates on shipments, supplier contracts and financial data on the more than 10 Taiwan makers involved in notebook manufacturing.
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Wednesday 14 May 2014
Quanta expects 10% sequential growth in 2Q14 notebook shipments
Quanta Computer expects its notebook shipments in the second quarter of 2014 to increase 10% sequentially mainly due to growing global demand for low-price models, according to company...
Monday 12 May 2014
Rising labor costs to impact notebook supply chain in 3Q14
With several provinces and cities in China continuing to raise their minimum wages and some even planning to have another increase in July, notebook component suppliers are expected...
Monday 12 May 2014
Pegatron only Taiwan notebook ODM to see sequential growth in April revenues
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs Compal Electronics, Inventec, Wistron and Pegatron have reported consolidated revenues for April, with only Pegatron seeing on-month growth, according to...
Friday 9 May 2014
Notebook vendor shipments see instability due to lack of panel access
Some notebook vendors' shipments are being affected due to lack of panel access as panel makers shift their production capacity to mobile and TV panels.
Friday 9 May 2014
Supply chains see increased orders for 2-in-1 notebooks
Supply chains are seeing increased orders from notebook vendors for 2-in-1 units. Lenovo, Asustek Computer and Acer are all putting in orders to supply chains for the units as they...
Friday 9 May 2014
Pegatron expects sequential growth of up to 5% in 2Q14 notebook shipments
Pegatron expects ODM notebook shipments in the second quarter of 2014 to grow up to 5%, and motherboard and desktop shipments to decline 15-20%, company CEO Jason Cheng said at a...
Friday 9 May 2014
Compal expects over 10% sequential growth in 2Q14 notebook shipment, says president
Compal Electronics shipped 8.9 million notebooks in the first quarter of 2014 and expects an on-quarter increase of over 10% in the second quarter, company president Ray Chen said...
Thursday 8 May 2014
Asustek, Acer, Lenovo snatching notebook market share from Samsung and Sony in Europe
Asustek Computer, Acer and Lenovo are expected to see their notebook market shares in Europe grow as both Samsung Electronics and Sony are paying less attention on their notebook...
Wednesday 7 May 2014
Asustek sees profit drop in 1Q14; ships 4.9 million notebooks
Asustek Computer has announced net profits of NT$4.36 billion (US$144.69 million) for the first quarter, down 23% on quarter and 28% on year with EPS reaching NT$5.87. Asustek shipped...
Wednesday 30 April 2014
Acer debuts new products
Acer held a global launch event themed A Touch More Connected in New York on April 29, unveiling four new notebooks, two tablets, two AIO (all-in-one) PCs and a notebook/tablet 2-in-1...
Tuesday 29 April 2014
Cando approves capital reduction amid lower-than-expected shipments of touch notebook panels
Touch panel maker Cando's board of directors have passed a decision that will decrease the company's capital by NT$2.88 billion (US$95.32 million).
Tuesday 29 April 2014
Notebook makers brace for minimum wage hike in eastern China
The minimum wage in Jiangsu Province, eastern China, is expected to hike by 14.86% from CNY1,480 (US$239) currently to CNY1,700 in July 2014, which will affect Taiwan-based notebook...
Monday 28 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan to see decreased 2Q14 notebook ODM shipments
Taiwan-based ODMs will ship a total of 33.476 million notebooks in the second quarter of 2014, accounting for 83.91% of global total. The volume will represent a sequential decrease...
Friday 25 April 2014
Coretronic expects TV and notebook BLU shipments increase in 2014
BLU maker Coretronic expects to see 15% on-year shipment growth for products used in TVs, up from original estimates of 10%, and also expects its notebook BLU shipments to grow 15%,...
Thursday 24 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments drop 5.5% on year in 1Q14; HP, Asustek, Apple enjoy growth
Taiwan and worldwide notebook shipments dropped 13.8% and 14.2% sequentially, and 6.8% and 5.5% on year, respectively in the first quarter of 2014, according to Digitimes Research's...