Jim Chang, head of Foxconn's Czech arm, told local economic and political daily Hospodárské Noviny on Tuesday that the opening of the group's Székesfehérvár (60 km west of Budapest) unit is but an expansion on the Hungarian market. Hungarian business daily Világgazdaság said on Monday that Foxconn would replace the assembling of Acer PCs from the Czech Republic to Hungary.

You won't be able to buy a Gateway PC direct from Gateway anymore. The PC brand, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acer, is shifting its distribution model to focus exclusively on retailers, e-tailers and channel partners, according to Acer.