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Thursday 31 January 2019
Compal tapping deeper into smart healthcare business
Taiwan ODM Compal Electronics has been actively making multiple deployments in smart healthcare business over the past three years, including smart telemedicine, electronic medical...
Monday 25 June 2018
Notebook ODMs asking clients to absorb increased component costs
As suppliers of passive components are mulling further price hikes in July amid the sustained supply shortfalls seen through the end of 2018 at least, Taiwan notebook ODMs including...
Tuesday 20 March 2018
ODMs mulling price hike, says Compal president
Computing device ODMs are in talks with their customers about raising their contract quotes to reflect rising materials costs, according to Compal Electronics president Ray Chen.
Monday 5 February 2018
Compal seeking comeback to desktop ODM market in 2018
Taiwan-based Compal Electronics, now the world's No.2 notebook ODM, will stage a comeback to the desktop PC market in 2018 as a contract manufacturer, a move seen to stir the global...
Wednesday 10 January 2018
Compal, Inventec 4Q17 notebook shipments better than expected
Notebook ODMs including Compal Electronics and Inventec saw better-than-expected shipments in the fourth quarter of 2017, but volumes in the first quarter of 2018 are expected to slip...
Friday 10 November 2017
Compal close to ink deal to sell Lienpal stake to Lenovo
Compal Electronics is in the final stage of talks to sell its entire holdings in Lienpal (Hefei), a notebook manufacturing joint venture between Compal and Lenovo, to its China-based...
Monday 14 August 2017
Notebook lithium battery prices rising
Because of increasing prices for raw materials and strong demand from the electric vehicle and smartphone market segments, lithium batteries for notebooks are expected to see another...
Friday 11 August 2017
Compal recognizes losses of NT$2.9 billion from LeEco in 2Q17 financial report
Compal Electronics has recognized losses of NT$2.9 billion (US$97.44 million) in its second-quarter financial results from bad debts from LeEco. Compal so far has lost NT$4.28 billion...
Thursday 10 August 2017
Compal eyes 50% revenues from non-PC businesses by 2020
Compal Electronics is planning to raise its non-PC businesses' revenue contribution to 50% by 2019 or 2020, up from second-quarter 2017's 31%, according to company president Ray Ch...
Friday 14 July 2017
Compal reportedly to recruit ex-Inventec manager to lead server business
Compal Electronics reportedly has recruited an executive from Inventec to lead its server department and has also integrated its server team's resources, looking to land orders from...
Thursday 22 June 2017
Compal evaluating partnership with LeEco
Commenting on its relationship with China-based LeEco, Compal Electronics president Ray Chen has said the company will complete an evaluation of LeEco at the end of June and will compose...
Thursday 11 May 2017
Compal president expects PC demand to return growth in 2017
Compal Electronics president Ray Chen expects PC demand to return to growth in 2017 because of a replacement trend from the enterprise sector created by Microsoft ending support for...
Thursday 11 May 2017
Compal reportedly working with Microsoft on smart voice recognition product
Compal Electronics president Ray Chen has noted that the company has recently landed orders for a smart voice recognition device from a US-based client and he believes that voice recognition...
Thursday 10 November 2016
Panel shortages expected to hurt notebook demand in 1H17, says Compal president
LCD TV panel shortages are prompting panel makers to shift their capacity and the issue has caused notebook panels to see tight supply, according to Compal Electronics president Ray...
Tuesday 12 May 2015
Compal to establish holding company for IPC business
Compal Electronics chairman Ray Chen stated during an investors conference on May 11 that the company will accelerate its pace for acquiring or investing in industrial PC (IPC) players...