Laser Tek June sales up 60%

Jul 8, 01:30

Laser Tek, a supplier of surface-mount-device (SMD) packaging materials and semiconductor equipment, has reported NT$325 million (US$11.3 million) in consolidated revenues for June...

Quanta to establish chassis manufacturing subsidiary in China

Jul 7, 01:10

Quanta Computer has announced plans to invest US$15 million to set up a subsidiary in Chongqing, China for manufacturing chassis and cooling modules.

Taiwan notebook ODMs see slight sequential shipment growth in 2Q11

Jul 5, 01:30

Taiwan-based notebook makers, facing an impact from Japan's earthquake, competition from tablet vendors and the fact brand vendor significantly cleared inventory, saw their notebook...

Quanta to venture into cloud computing services

Jul 1, 01:30

Quanta Computer has announced that it will launch cloud computing services in the Taiwan market in cooperation with Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET). This business model will...

HP, Acer, Asustek to raise supply proportion from Chongqing in 2H11

Jun 30, 01:30

Global notebook brand vendors Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer are set to significantly increase their notebook supply proportions from Chongqing, China in the second half of 2011 with...

Chicony starts development of production base in western China

Jun 29, 01:10

Taiwan-based EMS provider Chicony Electronics on June 28 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its production base in Chongqing City, western China, with production in the first phase...

Quanta announces 2010 results

Jun 24, 16:18

Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer, at its investors meeting on June 24, announced revenues of NT$1.06947 trillion (US$37.02 billion) for 2010, a new historical high and...

Quanta reportedly wins major mainstream notebook orders for 1H12 from Asustek

Jun 24, 01:25

Asustek Computer reportedly has completed the distribution of its notebook orders for the first half of 2012, with Quanta Computer likely to win orders for 40% of mainstream notebook...

Notebook industry may not see peak season effects in 2H11

Jun 23, 01:10

The notebook industry is unlikely to return to its usual seasonal pattern of having shipment proportions of 4:6 for the first and the second halves in 2011 as the US and Europe are...

Optical drive shipments expected to grow 5-10% sequentially in 3Q11

Jun 21, 01:20

Taiwan-based optical drive maker Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage expect their shipments in the third quarter will only grow as high as 5-10% due to the unclear order visibility despite...

Notebook ODMs becoming conservative over 2H11 outlook

Jun 17, 01:20

Notebook ODMs including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron have become more conservative about the business outlook for the second half of 2011 due to drastically changing...

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...

Intel new server platform expected to start large replacement trend

Jun 14, 01:15

Intel is set to launch a new server platform Romley in the third quarter of 2011 with social network websites such as Google and Facebook all planning to upgrade their servers by...

PC ODMs expect to gain share from first-tier server vendors, while vendors take the opposite view

Jun 14, 01:10

As cloud computing becoming a great business opportunity to server players, sources from PC ODMs believe that the server market, which is currently dominated by first-tier players...

Quanta, Wistron, Inventec see mixed results in May

Jun 9, 02:00

Taiwan-based notebook makers Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec reported mixed results in May revenues. Quanta and Wistron both saw growth in notebook shipments in the month.

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...

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,...

Quanta sees revenues drop 20% on month in April

May 10, 01:05

Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$91.51 billion (US$3.2 billion) for April, down 20.1% on month and 5.67% on year with notebook...

Taiwan market: Apple launches iMac starting at NT$38,900

May 5, 01:25

Apple has launched its new iMac all-in-one PC in Taiwan, featuring Intel's latest processor and Thunderbolt technology as well as AMD's Radeon GPU with pricing starting at NT$38,900...

Quanta Storage to focus on maintaining gross margin

May 5, 01:15

Taiwan-based optical drive maker Quanta Storage, facing declines in both shipments and revenues in early 2011, has turned conservative about its performance in the future and is also...

Quanta Computer expects notebook shipment growth of 10% for 2Q11, 2011

May 4, 01:05

Quanta Computer expects its notebook shipments in the second quarter of 2011 to grow 10% from 13.2 million units in the first. For the whole year, shipments will increase 10% from...

Quanta receives tablet PC orders from Amazon, say upstream sources

May 3, 01:05

Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has recently received OEM orders from Amazon for its reported tablet PC, according to sources from upstream component makers. The device's...

Laser Tek lands SMT equipment orders from Foxconn and Quanta

Apr 27, 13:45

Passive component equipment supplier Laser Tek has reportedly landed orders for SMT equipment from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Quanta Computer which will...

HP fine-tunes new notebook orders to ODMs, say sources

Apr 18, 14:46

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has reportedly fine-tuned again the release of its new notebook orders, raising the ratios of orders to Compal Electronics and Wistron, while lowering the portions...

Quanta Computer to supply servers for Facebook, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 18, 10:53

Quanta Computer has obtained orders for servers from Facebook, with shipments to begin in the third quarter of 2011, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...

Quanta Computer expected to see booming shipments of PlayBook

Apr 13, 15:53

RIM is internally optimistic about the marketability of its PlayBook tablet PC and therefore has placed large-volume orders for shipments in the second and third quarters of 2011...

Asustek to set up second China operational headquarters in Chongqing

Apr 13, 01:05

Asustek Computer will invest US$150 million to establish its second China operational headquarters in Chongqing City, western China, according to the company.

Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see March revenues down on year

Stockwatch - Apr 12, 10:36

Optical disc drive (ODD) makers Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage saw March consolidated revenues drop on year to NT$4.81 billion (US$163 million) and NT$1.198 billion, respectively,...

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 sees revenues and notebook shipments up over 50% on month in March

Apr 11, 16:34

Compal Electronics has announced revenues of NT$66.42 billion (US$2.29 billion) for March 2011, up 52.4% sequentially but down 12.3% on year. For the first quarter, revenues topped...

Quanta Computer March shipments, revenues hit records

Apr 11, 10:46

Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer shipped 5.7 million notebooks and brought in consolidated revenues of NT$114.569 billion (US$3.884 billion) for March 2011, its highest monthly figures...

RIM PlayBook to benefit Quanta and Foxlink

Apr 7, 01:40

As Research In Motion (RIM) is set to launch its PlayBook tablet PC on April 19 in the US and Canada priced at US$499.99, its upstream assembly partner Quanta Computer and connector...

Quanta Computer to set up 2 subsidiaries in China for cloud computing business

Stockwatch - Apr 6, 15:26

Quanta Computer will establish two wholly owned subsidiaries, Cloudex (Beijing) Technology and Cloudex (Shanghai) Technology each with initial paid-in capital of US$1 million, to...

Quanta releases share holdings in Simplo Technology

Stockwatch - Mar 25, 15:32

Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has released its share holdings in battery maker Simplo Technology and sold 7.321 million shares at a price of NT$185 (US$6.27) per share...