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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 12 September 2012
RFQ drop suggests 1H13 notebook shipments may decrease, say Taiwan component makers
Viewing that significantly fewer requests for quotation (RFQ) have, so far, been received from notebook ODMs than in previous years, Taiwan-based notebook component makers have commented...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Acer, Asustek up and Wistron down in August revenue performance
Notebook brand vendors Acer and Asustek Computer, and notebook maker Wistron have announced their August revenue performances with both vendors seeing on-month growth, while Wistron...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
HP, Acer raise notebook shipment proportion from Chongqing to 60% in 2013
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer have reportedly notified their upstream supply chain partners that they will raise their Chongqing, China, plants' shipment proportions to 60% in 2013...
Monday 10 September 2012
Supply chain to face challenges preparing for Windows 8 notebooks
Windows 8-based notebook shipments are expected to start increasing in September as the launch date of the operating system approaches, but because most orders are scheduled for shipping...
Thursday 6 September 2012
Lenovo acquires CCE in Brazil
Lenovo Group has announced the acquisition of CCE, which is a leader in PCs and consumer electronics in Brazil. The acquisition is expected to expand Lenovo's presence in the world's...
Wednesday 5 September 2012
Samsung Windows 8 notebook remarkably similar to Asustek Taichi
Samsung Electronics is showcasing a Windows 8 notebook prototype at the 2012 IFA exhibition. The model is very similar in appearance to the Taichi, an ultrabook with dual touch screens...
Wednesday 5 September 2012
Henghao to start production of notebook touch panels
Henghao Technology, a glass projected capacitive touch panel subsidiary maker of Taiwan-based Compal Electronics, has obtained Microsoft certification for touch panels for 11.6-inch...
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),...