Inventec to set up joint venture for solar cells

Sep 29, 10:42

Inventec on September 28 announced that it will form a joint venture with GaAs semiconductor maker WIN Semiconductors to produce polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) solar cells. Inventec...

Inventec reportedly to borrow US$400 million from banks

Sep 24, 01:50

Notebook maker Inventec reportedly plans to sign a five-year US$400 million syndicated loan agreement with a banking consortium, according to sources from Taiwan's financial industry...

Inventec, Flextronics reportedly considering merger, but both companies refute rumor

Sep 21, 01:40

Both Inventec and Flextronics have refuted market rumors that the two are in talks for a merger stating that the rumors are purely market speculation.

Quanta, Compal to challenge 60 million notebook shipments in 2011

Sep 20, 16:52

Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics have both set their notebook shipment targets for 2011 at 60 million units.

Simplo to establish plant in Chongqing

Sep 16, 01:55

Following its clients Inventec, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Quanta Computer, notebook battery maker Simplo Technology recently signed a contract with the...

Pegatron may surpass Inventec in notebook shipments as soon as 4Q10

Sep 13, 16:41

As the fourth-largest global notebook maker Inventec continues to face price competition from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), the company is abandoning orders with...

Inventec sees August notebook shipments down over 13% sequentially

Sep 8, 15:50

Inventec saw its August 2010 notebook shipments drop 13.3% from 1.5 million units in July to only 1.3 million units, with the revenues for the month also down 11.9% on month and 23.1%...

Notebook players taking measures to avoid risk from inland advance

Aug 30, 14:04

Taiwan-based notebook and upstream components makers, which were originally set to establish plants in inland China, following Hewlett-Packard (HP), have recently started taking measures...

Inventec expects flat on-quarter performance in 3Q10

Aug 26, 15:29

Although Inventec had a strong gross margin of 4.4% for the first half of 2010, the company's third-quarter revenues are expected to stay flat on quarter compared to NT$87.3 billion...

Inventec Appliances reports NT$21.9 billion in 1H10 consolidated revenues

Aug 26, 11:53

Inventec Appliances has reported NT$21.9 billion (US$684.2 million) in consolidated revenues for the first half of 2010, up 40% on year. After-tax profit for the period rose 44.7%...

Inventec expects all-in-one PCs, tablets, e-book readers to drive revenue growth in 2H10

Aug 25, 16:21

Inventec foresees that all-in-one PCs, tablet PCs and e-book readers will be the main source of growth in its consolidated revenues for the second half of 2010 while sales revenues...

Toshiba, Sony and Fujitsu to increase notebook outsourcing to Taiwan makers in 2011, sources say

Aug 17, 11:36

Japan-based brand notebook vendors Toshiba, Sony and Fujitsu are all expected to increase the ratios of outsourced notebooks to Taiwan-based ODM makers in 2011 in order to strengthen...

Quanta may lose number-one title in 2011, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 29, 15:53

Quanta Computer, after losing two million units of Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) enterprise notebooks to Inventec for 2011, may lose its number-one position in the notebook manufacturing...

Inventec becomes strategic shareholder of Arima Communications

Jul 28, 11:40

Inventec announced that it has invested NT$410 million (US$12.7 million) to acquire a 10% stake in Arima Communications through a private placement and will occupy one seat in the...

Notebook shipments from Taiwan makers to grow 11.3% sequentially in 3Q10, says Digitimes Research

Jul 26, 16:20

Despite that the euro depreciation is stabilizing, Taiwan notebook makers' shipments in the third quarter are expected to grow only 11.3% sequentially to 49.88 million units and will...

Acer to end notebook partnership with Inventec in 2011

Jul 23, 15:26

Acer will exclude Inventec as a notebook OEM partner in 2011, ending their three-year cooperation as the two companies were unable to reach a consensus on various OEM details, according...

Wistron, Compal still top-2 notebook suppliers for Dell in 2011; Foxconn advances to third

Jul 22, 14:29

Dell has recently completed its notebook order distribution for 2011 with Wistron and Compal Electronics the top-two suppliers, receiving 10-11 million and 7-8 million units. Meanwhile,...

Foxconn becomes the second-largest notebook supplier of HP in 2011

Jul 19, 12:01

With first-tier notebook brand Hewlett-Packard (HP) getting close to finalizing its notebook outsourcing plans for 2011, sources from notebook players pointed out that the volume...

Inventec sees increase on month, but drop on year in June revenues

Jul 8, 15:20

Inventec has announced revenues of NT$34.73 billion (US$1.08 billion) for June, up 8.8% on month, but down 4.4% on year, with revenues in the first half reaching NT$167.89 billion,...

Chunghwa Telecom, Inventec cooperate to offer trial cloud computing system

Jul 8, 12:25

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and PC maker Inventec will cooperate to offer a cloud computing system available for trial use by members of the Taiwan Cloud Computing Consortium (TCCC), a...

Inventec halts Kohjinsha brand notebooks

Jul 1, 14:07

Taiwan-based notebook maker Inventec has recently decided to halt launching mini-notebook products using its sub-brand Kohjinsha (KJS) and the team in the future will focus on notebook...

TPV-Inventec joint venture to be set up in Hong Kong not Taiwan

Jun 23, 15:52

TPV Technology and Inventec originally planned to set up their all-in-one PC joint-venture, TPV-Inventa Technology, in Taiwan, but because of a delay in the legal process, both sides...

Wistron and Inventec expect price competition for 2011 notebook orders should soften for 2010, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 17, 16:36

As notebook brand vendors have recently started their request for quotation (RFQ) process, notebook makers Wistron and Inventec believe price competition for 2011 notebook orders...

Inventec gets revenue, shipment boost in May

Jun 8, 12:26

Inventec has announced revenues of NT$31.94 billion (US$990 million) for May, an increase of 54.7% on month and 11.8% on year, with notebook shipments reaching 1.5 million units....

Inventec to start mass production at Chongqing plant in November

Jun 4, 16:45

Inventec chairman Richard Lee pointed out that he expects the company to start volume production at its Chongqing production plant in China in November 2010 as surging wages and frequent...

Computex 2010: Hanwang showing latest e-book readers

Jun 1, 01:15

China-based Hanwang Technology, which markets its products under the Hanvon brand, is attending Computex 2010 on June 1-5 to showcase its latest e-book readers and other devices.

Jarllytec to set up production plant in Chongqing, China

May 28, 12:16

Taiwan-based hinge maker Jarllytec will invest US$10 million to set up a production plant in Chongqing Province, China to provide on-time services, as its clients such as Foxconn...

Compal sees stable netbook shipments in May 2010

May 27, 15:24

Compal Electronics is seeing its netbook shipments in May maintaining above 800,000 units and the company will have a chance to see its overall notebook shipments surpass Quanta Computer,...

Compal lands all-in-one PC orders from Acer

May 26, 16:38

Compal Electronics has secured orders for all-in-one PCs from Acer, with shipments to begin in the third quarter, according to industry sources. Acer is Compal's second all-in-one...

Inventec expects non-notebook revenues to rise to over 30% in 2012

May 25, 16:44

Inventec will start mass shipments of its newly added smartphone, e-book reader and smartbook product lines in the third quarter and expects the three new products will together achieve...

Taiwan market: HP launches 20 new business notebooks

May 21, 15:06

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched twenty new business notebooks in Taiwan including high-end EliteBook, mid-range ProBook and entry-level models under its HP or Compaq brands.

Quanta to land US$660 million joint lending

May 12, 15:16

Quanta Computer and 15 banks in Taiwan will sign for a five-year syndicated loan of US$660 million at a record low annual interest rate of 0.78% at the end of May 2010, according...

Quanta sees revenue growth in April, while Wistron and Inventec drop

May 10, 12:07

Quanta Computer, benefiting from new notebook models from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Apple, shipped 4.5 million notebooks and generated consolidated revenues of NT$97.02 billion (US$3.07...