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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 6 July 2011
Unity Opto and Bright LED June revenues down 30% on-year
LED packaging houses Unity Opto and Bright LED both reported approximately 30% on-year decreases in June revenues. According to industry sources, demand in the TV market has been weak...
Tuesday 5 July 2011
Taiwan notebook ODMs see slight sequential shipment growth in 2Q11
Taiwan-based notebook makers, facing an impact from Japan's earthquake, competition from tablet vendors and the fact brand vendor significantly cleared inventory, saw their notebook...
Tuesday 5 July 2011
Acer, Asustek turn marketing focus to China market in 2H11
Acer's notebook inventory clearance bringing a drop to mid-range and entry-level notebook models' average selling price in Europe by 40-50 euro, causing the Europe PC market to fall...
Tuesday 5 July 2011
Pegatron receives orders for 15 million iPhone 5s from Apple
Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology is estimated to have landed orders for 15 million iPhone 5s (iPhone 4S) from Apple and is set to start shipping in September of 2011,...
Monday 4 July 2011
Notebook vendors take back chassis purchasing rights from ODMs
Global first-tier notebook vendors Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer, Dell and Asustek Computer have all recently retrieved back their purchasing rights for notebook chassis from their notebook...
Thursday 30 June 2011
Wistron to become a major notebook partner of HP in 2012, says paper
Taiwan-based notebook maker Wistron is expected to return as a major notebook partner of Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2012 as Wistron will start receiving short-term orders, which were...
Thursday 30 June 2011
Asustek optimistic about performance in China
Asustek Computer, at a product launch conference in China, pointed out that notebook demand in the China market was weak in the second quarter, but as the IT market will enter the...
Thursday 30 June 2011
HP, Acer, Asustek to raise supply proportion from Chongqing in 2H11
Global notebook brand vendors Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer are set to significantly increase their notebook supply proportions from Chongqing, China in the second half of 2011 with...
Thursday 30 June 2011
Acer reportedly planning to launch slide tablet PC in 4Q11
Acer reportedly plans to launch a slide tablet PC in the fourth quarter of 2011, targeting the year-end holiday season, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Chicony starts development of production base in western China
Taiwan-based EMS provider Chicony Electronics on June 28 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its production base in Chongqing City, western China, with production in the first phase...
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Acer reducing 3Q11 shipment forecast; company founder optimistic about inventory clearing progress
Upstream component suppliers of Acer have recently been notified by Acer to reduce their inventory preparation for the third quarter as Acer has reduced its notebook shipment forecast...
Monday 27 June 2011
IT players could benefit from end of traditional seasonality
Most Taiwan-based notebook players have commented that the traditional seasonal pattern, in which the first half of a year is slow followed by a peak in the second half, may not occur...
Friday 24 June 2011
Quanta announces 2010 results
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer, at its investors meeting on June 24, announced revenues of NT$1.06947 trillion (US$37.02 billion) for 2010, a new historical high and a...
Friday 24 June 2011
Compal is optimistic about its 2H11 shipment performance, says chairman
Chairman of Kinpo-Compal Group Rock Hsu, at Compal Electronics' investors meeting on June 24, pointed out that Compal is optimistic about its shipment performance in the second half...
Friday 24 June 2011
Asustek may have difficulty achieving shipments target for 2011, says paper
Asustek Computer, which estimated to ship 20 million notebooks and netbooks combined in 2011, may have difficulty achieving its goal since the company only shipped about 8.5 million...