HP notebook outsourcing to Taiwan makers drops in July 2009

Aug 6, 12:13

Notebook outsourcing from Hewlett-Packard (HP) to Taiwan makers dropped from above three million units in June 2009 to around 2.7-2.9 million units in July despite that the third...

Foxconn to establish plant in China to make HP notebooks, says report

Newswatch - Aug 5, 16:42

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has recently signed a contract with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and the Chongqing municipality agreeing to establish a notebook production...

Wistron expected to ship seven million notebooks in 3Q09

Aug 5, 16:01

Taiwan-based Wistron is expected to ship seven million notebooks during the third quarter of 2009 and reach its target of 25 million units for the year, according to market watcher...

Japan-based camera vendors may release more OEM orders to Taiwan

Aug 5, 15:26

Japan-based digital camera vendors Fujifilm, Casio and Sony suffered losses in the second quarter of 2009 (their first quarter of fiscal 2009) while Canon saw profits decrease by...

Flextronics reportedly lands consumer notebook orders for 2010 from HP

Jul 31, 15:55

Singapore-based Flextronics International has reportedly landed a 15.6-inch consumer notebook order from Hewlett-Packard (HP) with mass production scheduled at the end of second-quarter...

ECS, Foxconn, Pegatron competing for Lenovo all-in-one PC orders

Jul 29, 16:07

Lenovo is set to release second-round ODM orders for all-in-one PCs, and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron Technology are all set to compete for...

Quanta and Inventec to produce HP netbooks

Jul 29, 15:49

Quanta Computer will begin ODM production of a new 11.6-inch netbook in August and a new 10.1-inch model at the end of 2009 for Hewlett-Packard (HP), while Inventec will begin producing...

Pegatron starts ODM notebook shipments to Toshiba

Jul 29, 15:41

Pegatron Technology reportedly began ODM production on a notebook for Toshiba starting in June of 2009, at a volume of about 50,000 units, according to industry sources.

ECS to supply WiMAX and 3G modules

Jul 29, 12:01

Taiwan-based motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has extended its production to include WiMAX and 3G modules targeting telecom service providers, according to the...

Acer to finalize first-round 2010 notebook outsourcing soon

Jul 28, 15:11

Acer is expected to finalize its first-round notebook outsourcing orders for 2010 by the end of the month (July), according to industry sources.

Compal becomes largest notebook ODM for Acer and ships 50% of Dell 1Q09 orders

Jul 22, 16:55

Acer shipped an estimated 11 million notebooks during the first half of 2009 and all of them were produced by four Taiwan-based ODM makers, with Compal Electronics sharing about 45%...

LCD TV outsourcing falling short of expectations, says iSuppli

Jul 20, 16:14

Although sales of LCD TVs are continuing to grow during the current downturn, the recession is resulting in somewhat weakened demand, causing contract manufacturing of such sets to...

LGE switches handset order from FIH/Indigo to Arima

Jul 17, 14:43

LG Electronics (LGE) has recently switched a dual-SIM handset order that was originally subcontracted to Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) and Taiwan-based Indigo Mobile Technologies...

Sony Ericsson places 2010 handset orders with Taiwan makers

Jul 16, 10:17

Sony Ericsson has placed ODM handset orders for 2010 with Taiwan handset makers after the company released orders for only two models to its production partners in Taiwan in 2009,...

Flextronics inaugurates notebook R&D facility in Banciao, Taiwan

Jul 13, 12:11

Flextronics has announced that it has launched a strategic facility in Banciao, Taiwan hosting dedicated design, R&D and supporting services for notebook computers. The new facility...

Mitac Technology sees June revenues highest in 2009

Jul 8, 16:38

Taiwan-based second-tier notebook ODM Mitac Technology generated revenues of NT$1.624 billion (US$49.6 million) in June, the highest monthly level so far in 2009 and rising by 46.6%...

Inventec expected to ship two million notebooks in June

Jun 24, 16:20

Inventec received increased orders for 13.3-inch ultra-thin notebooks from Acer and new orders for netbooks from Hewlett-Packard (HP) in June, and is expected to ship a total of two...

Taiwan network equipment makers eyeing WiMAX orders from Japan retail chains

Jun 24, 12:24

Taiwan-based network equipment makers plan to compete for ODM orders from retail channels in Japan as Japan-based UQ Communications will start operating WiMAX services in July and...

Intel to release ODM motherboard orders to Foxconn, say Taiwan makers

Jun 23, 12:31

Intel will release ODM orders in place of OEM orders for the first time to Taiwan motherboard makers, with such orders initially being placed with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision...

Altek ranked as top digital camera maker in 2008

Jun 12, 10:55

Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek ranked as the world's number one ODM digital camera maker with shipments of 13.17 million accounting for a 22.9% share in 2008, the company...

First-tier notebook makers see on-month revenue drop in May

Jun 10, 16:59

First-tier notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec all saw on-month revenues decline in May 2009.

ARC and Realtek sign agreement to extend reach of ARC Sonic Focus audio technology into PCs and notebooks

May 27, 14:50

ARC International and Realtek Semiconductor have agreed to bundle the ARC Sonic Focus suite of audio enrichment software with Realtek codecs shipped to its OEM and ODM customers globally...

Acer reportedly cuts netbook orders to ODM partners

May 15, 15:16

Acer has revamped its sales strategy to focus on higher-margin CULV-based notebooks, while cutting orders for some of its netbooks which is likely to affect shipments at Acer's ODM...

China makers to vie for ODM netbook orders at Computex

May 13, 16:19

China-based makers, including Haier, Founder, Tsinghua Tongfang, Hasee, Great Wall and Malata, will showcase netbook PCs at Computex Taipei 2009 (scheduled for June 2 through 6) in...

Rules change in the mobile handset outsourcing business, says iSuppli

Apr 27, 17:10

With the structure of the mobile handset supply chain upended by the global economic crisis, the old rules for the contract manufacturing of wireless devices have been overturned,...

Taiwan maker Kenmec expanding electronics business operation

Apr 23, 16:55

Taiwan-based Kenmec Mechanical Engineering has stepped into making TFT-LCD and photovoltaic (PV) equipment, Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and touch panels, according to company chairman...

Taiwan notebook maker rankings may shuffle in 2Q09

Apr 14, 14:36

The ranking of Taiwan notebook makers in terms of shipments may see changes in the second quarter, according to market watchers.

ECS lands netbook order from FET; in talks for Nokia netbook, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 13, 12:25

Taiwan-based Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has recently gained orders from Taiwan-based telecom provider Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) to manufacture FET's own-brand netbooks,...

Compal and Pegatron see March revenues increase significantly

Apr 10, 16:00

Taiwan-based ODM notebook makers, Compal Electronics and Pegatron Technology, saw their March revenues improve significantly from the previous month, according to data released by...

Compal Communications reportedly to develop Android-based netbook, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 6, 12:26

Taiwan-based handset ODM Compal Communications reportedly plans to develop Android platform-based netbooks, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

Nokia pulls more than US$5 billion in business from contract manufacturers, iSuppli says

Mar 30, 10:43

Nokia has stopped using outside contract manufacturers for the assembly of its phones, dealing yet another blow to the beleaguered electronics contract manufacturing business that...

Dell CEO pays private visit to Taiwan

Mar 24, 15:23

Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell has paid a private visit to Taiwan, raising speculation among local suppliers that the company will try to negotiate lower prices with its OEM/ODM...