Low demand in TV market might cause Taiwan-based OEM firms to miss shipment targets

Aug 8, 15:41

Low demand in the TV industry has been causing many branded TV firms to lower shipment targets for 2011. Industry sources pointed out global shipments might decrease to 201-210 million...

Wistron, Pegatron, TPV-Inventa shipping more AIO PCs in 2011

Aug 5, 01:25

Wistron, Pegatron Technology and TPV-Inventa Technology are expected to see their shipments of all-in-one (AIO) PCs grow significantly in 2011, buoyed by orders from Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard...

Japan-based TV brands to account for 30% of AUO sales in 2H11

Aug 2, 01:20

Demand for LCD TVs has been soft and the financial performance from Japan-based firms has been less than expected. However, according to AU Optronics (AUO), orders from Japan-based...

Compal reportedly lands new notebook orders from Asustek for 2012

Jul 28, 01:30

Compal Electronics has reportedly landed new notebook orders from Asustek Computer for 2012, doubling its Asustek orders from two million units in 2011 to four million units in 2012,...

Quanta, Wistron expected to strongly benefit from cloud computing in 2012

Jul 28, 01:10

Quanta Computer and Wistron are expected to see strong sales growth in their cloud computing-related businesses in 2012 with Quanta's revenues from server business to more than double,...

Wistron-AUO China joint venture eyes OEM orders for LCD TVs from Sony

Jul 27, 12:16

BriVision Optronics, a joint-venture maker of LCD modules established in August 2010 by Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) and ODM maker Wistron in Zhoushan, southern...

Quanta, Wistron notebook shipments grow

Jul 11, 10:26

Quanta Computer saw notebook shipments increase 6.38% sequentially to five million units in June, while Wistron's notebook shipments grew 14.29% to 2.8 million, according to the co...

BLU maker Global Lighting Technologies to debut on TSE in July

Jul 7, 01:40

LED backlight unit and light guide plate maker Global Lighting Technologies (GLT) has received approval to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). The company is expected to make...

Wistron to become a major notebook partner of HP in 2012, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 30, 16:20

Taiwan-based notebook maker Wistron is expected to return as a major notebook partner of Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2012 as Wistron will start receiving short-term orders, which were...

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...

Flextronics R&D team recruited by Compal, Wistron

Jun 28, 01:25

With Electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Flextronics recently exiting the notebook manufacturing industry, the company's notebook R&D team was soon being recruited...

PC industry should be re-evaluated, says Wistron chairman

Jun 23, 01:45

Wistron chairman Simon Lin, on June 22, commenting on the impact of tablet PCs, described Apple's launch of iPad as a never-seen move, and it will take some time to figure out how...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Wistron signs for setting up plant in western China, says report

May 30, 10:37

Taiwan-based ODM Wistron on May 27 signed with the government of Chongqing City, western China, to establish a plant to produce notebook and desktop PCs, LCD TVs and communications...

Software designer Wistron ITS cooperates with Hitachi over landmark software

May 26, 01:40

Taiwan-based Wistron ITS, a software design subsidiary of Wistron, has recently cooperated with Japan-based Hitachi and plans to import the landmark information software GeoPDF, which...

Flextronics hints at withdrawal from OEM notebook market

May 20, 01:00

Flextronics International will probably not tender bids to win OEM notebook orders in 2012 and beyond due to low margins, company CEO Mike McNamara indicated during a recent global...

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...

Wistron sees on-year growth in April revenues

May 10, 01:15

Taiwan-based notebook maker Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$44.01 billion (US$1.54 billion), down 11.3% on month, but up 10.8% on year, while its notebook shipments...

Wistron estimates over 10% growth in notebook and LCD TV shipments in 2Q11

Apr 28, 01:15

Wistron chairman Simon Lin, at the company's investors meeting on April 27, pointed out that the company's revenue performance in the first quarter of 2011 was lower than expected...

Wistron to set up TV, notebook factories in Malaysia, China

Apr 25, 11:20

Taiwan-based ODM Wistron will invest MYR110 million (US$37 million) to establish a wholly owned subsidiary maker of LCD TVs in Malaysia, Wistron Technology (Malaysia), as well as...

Electric car solution developed by Delta, Wistron, Qisda revealed in China

Apr 21, 01:40

An electric car solution developed by Taiwan-based upstream supply chain players including Delta Electronics, Wistron and Qisda, has recently been revealed at an automobile exhibition...

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 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...

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...

IBM sets up business server R&D center in Taiwan

Mar 25, 01:25

IBM has announced the establishment of a research center in Taiwan for the development of its high-end Power Systems business server products. Wistron, IBM's production partner for...

Sony expects to suspend production plant for high-end models, Foxconn expected to gain orders

Mar 23, 01:45

In addition to the five production plants in the middle to southern part of Japan which will be affect by supply shortages of materials and components caused by the recent earthquake...

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...