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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 5 September 2012
Taiwan-based panel makers expect most orders to be driven by tablet and notebook demand in 2H12
Taiwan-based panel makers expect most of their orders in the second half of 2012 to come from growing tablet and notebook demand as ultra-mobile devices are showing increasing popu...
Tuesday 4 September 2012
Digitimes Research: HP and Acer to enjoy on-month shipment growth in August
The global top-five notebook brand vendors are expected to have achieved shipment increases on month in August, especially Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer, which should enjoy more than...
Tuesday 4 September 2012
Compal/Lenovo joint venture expected to output 3-5 million notebooks in 2013
The notebook manufacturing joint venture of Compal Electronics and Lenovo in Hefei, China was reported by local media to enjoy more than 10 million units of notebook production volume...
Tuesday 4 September 2012
Notebook ODMs pushing production capacity in inland China for higher profit
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have recently been accelerating the process of moving production lines into inland China (western China) for the purpose of raising their profits, as they...
Monday 3 September 2012
Compal lowers 2012 notebook target shipments
Taiwan-based ODM Compal Electronics has downward adjusted its 2012 target notebook shipments from 47 million units, to around the same level as the 40.5 million units shipped in 2011...
Friday 31 August 2012
Inventec sees strong 2Q12 profits, benefiting from server business
Inventec has announced its first half financial report with net profit after tax of NT$1.78 billion (US$59.45 million), up 153.51% on year, and EPS reaching NT$0.50, up from 0.24%...
Friday 31 August 2012
Quanta announces 2Q12 results; details future planning
Quanta Computer has announced its financial report for the second quarter with net profit after tax of NT$5.99 billion (US$200.06 million) and EPS at NT$3.80, helping the company's...
Thursday 30 August 2012
Compal nets NT$0.79 per share in 1H12
Taiwan-based notebook ODM maker Compal Electronics has released its financial report for the first half of 2012, recording consolidated revenues of NT$326.186 billion (US$11.06 billion),...
Thursday 30 August 2012
Asustek outlines future plans
Asustek Computer hosted an investors conference on August 29, announcing that the company's sales performance in the second quarter was better than expected and achieved new records...
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Asustek may rank second globally in 4Q12 portable shipments
Asustek Computer is expected to ship more than eight million notebooks, tablet PCs and netbooks in total in the fourth quarter of 2012, ranking second next only to Apple among vendors,...
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Notebook component makers face clients asking for price cuts
Notebook vendors have asked component makers to reduce prices, and the makers are also under pressure from price competition from fellow makers, according to sources from the upstream...
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Touch-enabled notebook penetration will struggle to reach 20% in 2013 due to high costs
Vendors including Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Asustek Computer and Lenovo plan to launch notebooks equipped with touch screens to support Windows 8's touch functions, but it will be difficult...
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Notebook shipments unlikely to achieve strong growth in 4Q12
Notebook ODM shipments in the fourth quarter are unlikely to achieve their original goal of seeing double-digit percentage growth despite the fact that Microsoft will launch its latest...
Monday 27 August 2012
Notebook chassis makers expand capacity at Chongqing plants in 2H12
As notebook ODMs have recently started accelerating their expansion of production capacity in Chongqing, their upstream chassis suppliers – Zhanyun Chongqing Electronics, Ju...
Monday 27 August 2012
Notebook panel prices drop in August
Notebook panel prices have dropped during August due to lack of recovery in North American and European economies as well as weak demand from markets awaiting the fourth-quarter release...