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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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Monday 9 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments by top vendors and ODMs decline significantly in January
Notebook shipments (excluding detachable models) by the top-five vendors as well as top-three ODMs suffered a sequential decline of 25% and 19%, respectively, in January due to a high...
Thursday 5 February 2015
Touch panel makers expect weak demand for notebook applications into 2Q15
Touch panel makers estimate weak demand for notebook applications into the second quarter of 2015 and vendors' touch notebook reserves including Hewlett Packard's are expected to remain...
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Acer hits record consumer notebook market share in Chile in December 2014
Acer on February 3 announced it had set an historic-high market share of 27.9% for consumer notebooks in the Chile market in December 2014, which it attributed to its exclusive cooperation...
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Taiwan notebook vendors expect Chromebook shipments to increase to 12-14 million units in 2015
There were 5.5-6.5 million Chromebooks shipped globally in 2014 and shipments in 2015 are expected to grow to 12-14 million units, according to Taiwan-based notebook vendors.
Monday 26 January 2015
Notebook vendors eye 12-inch notebooks
Many notebook brand vendors are planning to release 12-inch notebooks for 2015 and expect the 12-inch product segment to enjoy the fastest growth for the year, according to sources...
Friday 23 January 2015
Free upgrade to Windows 10 unlikely to boost notebook replacement
Microsoft has announced Windows 10 will be available as a free upgrade to Windows 7 and 8 for the first year, but sources from the notebook supply chain believe the strategy is unlikely...
Tuesday 20 January 2015
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments in 1Q15 to exceed 38 million units
There will be 38.525 million notebooks shipped globally during the first quarter of 2015, decreasing 16.4% on quarter and 2.4% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 20 January 2015
Notebook panel pricing drops in mid-January
Notebook panel pricing has dropped 1-2% as of mid-January, with 14- and 15.6-inch units seeing the biggest declines, according to statistics compiled by DisplaySearch.
Thursday 15 January 2015
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments in 4Q14 over 46 million units
There were an estimated 46.059 million notebooks shipped globally during the fourth quarter of 2014, increasing by 3.1% on quarter and remaining unchanged on year, according to Digitimes...
Monday 12 January 2015
China notebook component makers halt capacity expansion, say Taiwan makers
China-based notebook component makers have temporarily stopped expansion of production capacities due to continual wage hikes and short supply of labor in China, according to Taiwan-based...
Friday 9 January 2015
Inventec notebook shipments down, Wistron up in December
Inventec shipped 1.4 million notebooks in December, slipping on month by 200,000 units, while Wistron's notebook shipments for the month totaled two million units, up from November's...
Thursday 8 January 2015
Good Way Technology to expand capacity for docking stations
Taiwan-based notebook USB docking station maker Good Way Technology plans to invest NT$700 million (US$21.86 million) to expand its plants in Kunshan, China and construction on the...
Thursday 8 January 2015
Notebook supply chain building up inventories to minimize impact from labor shortage
To avoid a labor shortage caused by the Lunar New Year holidays from impacting their shipments, notebook component suppliers have been building up their inventories recently with some...
Monday 5 January 2015
Quanta plastic chassis subsidiary cutting capacity due to weak notebook shipments
Quanta Computer's plastic chassis manufacturing subsidiary has recently started reducing its production capacity in response to declining notebook shipments, according to Quanta Co...
Monday 29 December 2014
Wistron to make investment in telematics device maker
Notebook ODM Wistron has decided to step into the telematics segment by committing investment in Taiwan-based Join-link International Technology, which focuses on production of car...