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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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Tuesday 11 October 2016
Quanta ships 3.7 million notebooks in September
Quanta Computer shipped 3.7 million notebooks in September, declining 7.5% on month, according to the company.
Tuesday 11 October 2016
Lenovo rumored acquisition of Fujitsu PC business may benefit Compal, says paper
Lenovo is rumored to be considering acquiring Japan-based Fujitsu's PC business and if the rumors are true, Compal Electronics is expected to benefit from new orders, according a Chinese-language...
Wednesday 5 October 2016
Clevo eyes non-operating profit from China real estate market
Clevo owns seven retail stores in mixed-use buildings around China and has begun to offer upstairs office floors for sale. In addition, Clevo is selling a deluxe residential building...
Tuesday 4 October 2016
Lenovo raises notebook inventory level to 5 months eying year-end holiday sales
Lenovo has reportedly increased its notebook inventory level to five months recently to prepare for its promotions for the year-end holidays and several market watchers believe Lenovo's...
Friday 30 September 2016
Samsung Display to decrease supply of notebook panels
Samsung Display, following the sale of a 5G TFT-LCD factory to China-based Truly Opto-Electronics in 2015, will shut down another 5G factory in 2017. 5G factories mainly produce notebook-use...
Tuesday 27 September 2016
Lithium battery makers demand price rise due to shortages
As demand for the traditional 18650 cylinder battery has been growing strong recently because of increasing notebook sales, upstream battery module makers have started asking for a...
Monday 26 September 2016
Rising notebook demand causing shortages in many components
With demand for notebooks stronger than expected and notebook component suppliers conservative about their shipments, several components including panel, battery and solid state drive...
Friday 23 September 2016
Worldwide notebook shipment update - August 2016
The top-5 notebook vendors and top-3 notebook ODMs saw their combined shipments rise 27% and 31% on month, respectively in August thanks to inventory preparation for the year-end holidays...
Wednesday 21 September 2016
China market: Asustek launches ZenFone 3, notebooks and 2-in-1s
Asustek Computer announced its new notebooks and smartphones including ZenFone 3, ZenFone 3 Deluxe, ZenFone 3 Ultra, ZenBook 3, Transformer 3 and Transformer 3 Pro in China on September...
Wednesday 21 September 2016
Digitimes Research: Notebook players see August shipments up on month
The top-5 notebook vendors and top-3 notebook ODMs saw their shipments rise 27% and 31% on month in August thanks to inventory preparation for the year-end holidays in Europe and North...
Monday 19 September 2016
Acer pushing 4 major product lines for notebook market, says paper
Acer has re-organized its consumer notebook product lines adding two new series: Swift and Spin, in addition to its existing Aspire and Switch series. With the four major product lines,...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Notebook, IT product vendor Clevo sees improved sales in August
Clevo has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.52 billion (US$47.9 million) for August, increasing 4.43% from the previous month. Accumulated 2016 revenues through August totaled...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Quanta, Compal see increased notebook shipments in August
Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics saw increased notebook shipments in August with Quanta's volume rising 800,000 units on month to reach four million units and Compal...
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Notebook panels to be in tight supply in 2H16, says paper
Global supply of notebook-use panels will become tight in the second half of 2016 as Samsung Display and LG Display have been reducing output, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Acer, Asustek to release 18-inch and larger gaming notebooks
Asustek Computer and Acer are planning to launch gaming notebooks with 18-inch and above displays. Asustek is currently developing an 18-inch gaming notebook, while Acer is looking...