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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 May 2010
Asustek seeking third notebook ODM/OEM between Flextronics and Quanta
Asustek Computer is seeking a third notebook manufacturing partner in addition to Pegatron Technology and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), with Singapore-based Flextronics...
Wednesday 5 May 2010
Passive component maker WTC looks to strong performance from 2Q10 upwards
Passive component maker Walsin Technology Corporation (WTC) expects revenues and profitability to trend upwards starting in the second quarter due to strong demand from the notebook,...
Tuesday 4 May 2010
GBM sees tight notebook PCB supply through 2H10
The current tight supply of notebook-use PCBs is expected to continue through the latter half of 2010, according to Yeu-Yuh Chu, newly-appointed president of Global Brands Manufacture...
Tuesday 4 May 2010
PC component makers increasing quotes to handle rising copper prices
Taiwan-based makers of PC cables, power supplies and cooling modules have upwardly adjusted quotes to notebook makers to reflect increased material cost as the international copper...
Tuesday 4 May 2010
Inventories of large-size LCD products increase, spurring price reductions, says iSuppli
Global channel inventories of TV rose to four weeks in March, up from 2.5 weeks in January. For notebooks, inventories increased to 4.8 weeks in March, up from 3.5 weeks in January...
Monday 3 May 2010
Wistron expected to see on-month drop in April notebook shipments, says paper
Wistron's notebook shipments in April 2010 are expected to drop 17% from 2.4 million units in March to only two million units in April, according to a Chinese-language Economical...
Monday 3 May 2010
Darfon reports 11% sequential revenue drop for 1Q10
Notebook keyboard and panel component maker Darfon Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$7.16 billion (US$228.35 million) for the first quarter of 2010, down about...
Friday 30 April 2010
Shuttle makes a case for supply chain standardization in notebook industry
Although the PC market has already approached saturation levels, the notebook PC market has maintained healthy and steady growth as demand has shifted away from desktops. According...
Friday 30 April 2010
Acer chairman demands higher margins; launching new internet devices
Acer has posted a 9.7% gross margin and 2.7% operating margin for the first quarter of 2010, but company chairman JT Wang indicated that Acer's margins need to increase to over 10%...
Thursday 29 April 2010
Foxconn already a threat to notebook makers, says Compal president
Compal Electronics president Ray Chen has pointed out that Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) involvement of notebook manufacturing business already has some effect...
Thursday 29 April 2010
Compal expects notebook shipments to increase 5-10% on quarter in 3Q10
Compal Electronics president Ray Chen expects the company's notebook shipments in the second quarter to hold level sequentially and will increase 5-10% in the third quarter.
Tuesday 27 April 2010
Quanta hits 10-year high in EPS in 2009
Quanta Computer recorded consolidated revenues of NT$252.6 billion (US$7.89 billion), a gross margin of 4.09%, a net operating profit of NT$5.329 billion and net EPS of NT$1.41 for...
Tuesday 27 April 2010
China market: Acer turning aggressive in the channel
Acer recently beefed up its marketing efforts significantly in China's channel market in an attempt to increase its market share from 7% in the first quarter of 2010, to 10% in the...
Tuesday 27 April 2010
Market watchers differ with the leader of notebook brands for 1Q10
Market watchers IDC and Gartner had have reported different result of who was the largest notebook brand in the first quarter of 2010, according to sources from notebook makers.
Monday 26 April 2010
Notebook connector maker Alltop sees profit in 1Q10
Taiwan-based notebook connector maker Alltop Technology has announced a net profit of NT$141 million (US$4.51 million) for the first quarter of 2010, a growth close to doubling on...