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Taiwan notebook ODMs
Taiwan notebook Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) account for more than 90% of global notebook production and Digitimes is there to provide daily updates on shipments, supplier contracts and financial data on the more than 10 Taiwan makers involved in notebook manufacturing.
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Friday 10 March 2017
Compal ships 2.9 million notebooks/PCs in February
Compal Electronics has announced notebook/PC shipments of 2.9 million units for February, up 31% from 2.2 million units in January. Although Compal's shipments had over 30% on-month...
Thursday 9 March 2017
Wistron reports over 20% on-year revenue growth for February
Wistron's February consolidated revenues dropped 9.65% on month, but increased 22.5% on year to reach NT$49.42 billion (US$1.6 billion). Wistron shipped 1.3 million notebooks in February,...
Thursday 2 March 2017
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments to enjoy on-year growth in 1Q17
Worldwide notebook shipments (not including 2-in-1 devices) surpassed 40 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, dropping only 1.2% on year. Shipments from Taiwan-based ODMs even...
Friday 24 February 2017
Worldwide notebook shipment update - January 2017
Worldwide top-5 notebook vendors and top-3 ODMs saw their combined shipments drop 35% and 30% on month, respectively in January because the month was the traditional slow season and...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Digitimes Research: January shipments of Wintel notebooks down on month, up on year
Wintel notebooks shipped by the global top-five vendors: HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer and Asustek Computer, in January 2017 decreased 35% on month but increased 10% on year, while shipments...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Notebook industry facing a crisis, says Wistron chairman
After experiencing a mild 5% shipment decline in 2016, the notebook industry is braced for a steady year in 2017 with shipments to stop falling, if not start growing. But it is not...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Clevo to see notebook shipments remain robust in 1Q17
Taiwan-based Clevo has reported increased revenues for January thanks to strong shipments of its notebooks in the China market. The company's January revenues came to NT$1.98 billion...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Hewlett-Packard expected to be top notebook vendor in 2017
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to replace Lenovo as the top notebook vendor worldwide in 2017, according to data from Digitimes Research.
Monday 13 February 2017
Quanta continues to be largest notebook ODM for HP in 2017
HP has decided on the distribution of orders among its four main Taiwan-based ODMs for notebook to be launched in 2017, with Quanta Computer maintaining the status as the largest accounting...
Thursday 9 February 2017
Wistron, Inventec see mixed January shipments
Wistron has announced notebook shipments of 1.3 million units for January, up 18.18% on year from January 2016's 1.1 million units. Meanwhile, Inventec shipped 1.15 million PC devices...
Thursday 26 January 2017
Acer covering all bases with niche notebook offerings in 2017
With the kickoff of the 2017 British Educational Training and Technology Show (BETT) in London, Acer announced multiple notebooks targeting the education market, adding to an already...
Thursday 26 January 2017
Microsoft to partner with notebook vendors to push Lunar New Year promotions
Microsoft has cooperated with its notebook partners including Acer, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) to promote their notebooks over the Lunar New Year holidays.
Wednesday 25 January 2017
Global notebook shipment forecast, 2017 and beyond
Digitimes Research estimates that 2016 was another down year for the global notebook market, with shipments dipping below 150 million. While the market will continue shrinking in 2017,...
Thursday 19 January 2017
Xiaomi to launch notebook with magnesium-lithium chassis in 2017
Xiaomi Technology will launch a notebook featuring a chassis made of magnesium-lithium alloy in 2017. The chassis will be exclusively produced by a China-based joint-venture established...
Tuesday 17 January 2017
Acer, Asustek see notebook sales rising in Russia, says paper
Acer and Asustek Computer saw their notebook sales in Russia grow strongly in the second half of 2016 thanks to an economic recovery triggered by rising oil prices, according to a...