Compal signs contract with Chongqing government for investment, says paper

Jun 21, 14:23

Taiwan-based Compal Electronics, on June 20, signed a contract with the government of Chongqing, China and is set to establish new production plants in the city, according to a Chinese-language...

Acer picks up pace moving to inland China

Jun 20, 16:22

Acer has recently started picking up its pace for moving to inland China with its upstream partners such as Compal Electronics and Wistron both reportedly already shifting forward...

Compal expected to ship 400,000-500,000 tablet PCs a month in 3Q11

Jun 15, 16:47

Taiwan-based notebook maker Compal Electronics is shipping 200,000 tablet PCs a month in the second quarter of 2011, and is expected to hike monthly shipments to 400,000-500,000 units...

Acer notebook shipments in retail channel expected to surpass 3 million in June

Jun 14, 01:25

Acer's notebook shipments in the retail channel are expected to surpass three million units in June and if the company's upstream partners such as Compal Electronics, Wistron and...

Compal sees decreased May revenues

Jun 13, 10:03

Compal Electronics had non-consolidated revenues of NT$55.179 billion (US$1.91 billion) for May decreasing 2.17% on month and 24.15% on year, while January-May revenues of NT$274.44...

Second EMS firm may withdraw from ODM production of notebooks, says Compal president

Jun 3, 11:19

While Singapore-based electronic manufacturing service (EMS) provider Flextronics International has decided to quit ODM/OEM production of notebooks, a second EMS provider may also...

Global notebook demand to regain significant growth in 2013, says Compal president

Jun 1, 15:02

Global notebook sales are likely to witness historically low sequential growth of 5-10% in 2011 and 2012 due to competition from tablet PCs, but are expected to return to significant...

Compal to start in-house production of touch sensors mainly for own use

Jun 1, 13:50

Taiwan-based notebook ODM Compal Electronics will begin production of touch sensors, a key component of touch panels, at a 4.5G color filter plant in September 2011, with a monthly...

Lenovo CEO visits Taiwan to secure relationship with upstream partners

May 31, 01:35

CEO of China-based PC brand Lenovo Yuanqing Yang visited Taiwan on May 30 mainly to secure the company's relationships with its upstream partners including Quanta Computer, Compal...

Acer to start selling Intel/Android tablet PC in July

May 24, 01:20

Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Acer is set to launch a tablet PC featuring the Intel Oak Trail platform and Google Android 3.0 operating system with the device already going under...

HP places strong notebook orders in May and June

May 17, 01:10

First-tier notebook brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) has recently notified its upstream component partners that its component shortage issues have already been resolved with its...

Shortage of smartphone and tablet PC components emerging

May 12, 01:20

Despite both upstream and downstream PC and smartphone players claiming to have not seen any component shortages and that they will see normal supplies until the end of May 2011,...

Compal lowers 2011 target notebook shipments from 55 million to 48 million units

Apr 27, 01:05

Compal Electronics has downward adjusted its target notebook shipments for 2011 from 55 million units to 48 million units, according to company president Ray Chen at an investors...

Acer to launch 7-inch tablet PC in late April or May

Apr 13, 16:48

Acer, following the launch of the Iconia Tab A500 and W500 10-inch tablet PCs, will launch a 7-inch model, Iconia Tab A100, in late April or May 2011, according to sources from component...

Acer increases Iconia tablet PC orders for April

Apr 12, 01:10

Taiwan-based PC brand vendor Acer has increased its April tablet PC orders to 500,000-800,000 units, aiming to compete against Motorola, RIM and Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) tablet PCs,...

Compal announces stock buyback

Apr 8, 01:00

Compal Electronics has announced plans to repurchase as many as 100 million shares, or 2.26% of the company's outstanding shares, at between NT$25.65 (US$0.88) and NT$49.19 per share...

Taiwan market: Acer announces new Timeline notebooks; aims to sell 6 million units

Apr 7, 01:10

Acer has announced its third-generation Timeline notebooks featuring Intel's Sandy Bridge processor and ultra-thin industrial design in Taiwan and the company is aiming to sell six...

PC market is fine, says Compal chairman

Mar 31, 01:50

Compal Electronics chairman Rock Hsu, commenting on both Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer reducing their PC shipment forecasts, declined to comment on its clients, but pointed out that...

Compal, Wistron expected to see increased 2Q11 notebook shipments despite negative impact from Acer, say Taiwan makers

Mar 30, 01:35

While Acer has downward adjusted its target PC revenues for the first quarter of 2011 and forecast no sequential growth in second-quarter notebook shipments, Acer's two main ODMs,...

Acer revised guidance to affect Compal and Wistron performance for 2Q11

Mar 28, 12:05

Compal Electronics and Wistron, two major ODM notebook partners for Acer, are expected to see their notebook shipments affect by Acer's recent downward adjustment in its guidance...

March shipments of notebook expected to grow 40-50% sequentially, say Taiwan makers

Mar 23, 01:10

Since vendors including Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Lenovo and Asustek Computer are competing for ODM capacity, notebook ODMs including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and...

Lenovo places strong notebook orders for China Labor Day holidays

Mar 22, 01:30

China-based notebook brand vendor Lenovo has placed strong notebook orders to its Taiwan OEM partners in the second quarter mainly for China's Labor Day holidays in May and the company...

Intel works with notebook makers to push into Android tablet PC market

Mar 15, 16:09

As Microsoft has announced its Windows operating system will add support for ARM-based platforms, Intel has recently decided to cooperate with Taiwan-based notebook makers including...

Acer February revenues down 16% on-month

Mar 11, 01:50

Acer has reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$28.05 billion (US$951 million) for February 2011, down 15.9% sequentially and hitting the lowest monthly level since July 2010.

Compal notebook shipments fall 18% in February

Mar 11, 01:25

Compal Electronics has announced that notebook shipments for February 2011 declined 18% sequentially to 2.7 million units, which came below market watcher estimates of 2.9-3 million...

Taiwan notebook makers to see shipment growth in March

Mar 10, 01:25

Despite seeing their shipments drop significantly in February, Taiwan-based notebook makers including Compal Electronics, Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec are all expected to...

Retailers optimistic about Motorola Xoom tablet PC sales

Feb 24, 01:50

As the US-based retailer Best Buy's first batch of pre-orders for Motorola's 10.1-inch tablet PC, Xoom, are completely booked, sources from channel retailers are optimistic about...

Notebook makers expect strong shipment growth in March as Intel fixes chipsets

Feb 24, 01:15

Taiwan-based notebook makers are already assembling notebooks with fixed 6 series chipsets as Intel's progress in fixing its defective chipsets is ahead of schedule and most of the...

Compal, Wistron may suffer lowest monthly shipments since 2009 in February

Feb 23, 01:20

Compal Electronics is likely to ship only three million notebooks in February 2011, the lowest monthly level since June 2009, while fellow maker Wistron may also see its lowest monthly...

Ju Teng DSLR camera chassis shipments to double or triple on year in 2011

Feb 22, 01:30

Digital camera chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings is expected to see its DSLR camera chassis shipments to double or triple on year in 2011 and the company will also have...

Compal, CPT to set up glass processing joint venture in China

Feb 17, 11:41

Notebook maker Compal Electronics on February 16 announced the establishment of Hwallar Optoelectronics (Fuzhou), a China-based joint-venture with LCD maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes...

Chengdu in western China to reach annual capacity of 100 million PCs, says mayor

Feb 15, 02:05

The government of Chengdu City, western China, has been developing the city as a large PC production park, with a goal of attaining an aggregate capacity of 100 million PCs a year,...

HP, Dell to debut latest tablet PCs

Feb 10, 01:20

Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell are both set to announce their latest tablet PCs shortly with mixed platforms as well as operating systems, according to sources from notebook players...