Commentary: Foxconn to continue to dominate tablet OEM business in 2013

Dec 17, 14:13

Demand for tablets is expected to grow. In 2012, total demand in the market was 120-130 units. Market observers believe in 2013, demand will expand to 180 units and in particular,...

Quanta, Wistron become white-box server suppliers for Baidu, says paper

Newswatch - Dec 17, 11:57

Tawian-based notebook ODMs Quanta Computer and Wistron have won white-box server orders from Baidu, the largest search engine in China, through cooperation with China-based partners,...

Notebook ODMs saw mixed revenue results in November

Dec 10, 22:24

Notebook ODMs saw mixed performances in their November consolidated revenues with Quanta Computer suffering an on-month drop of 13.29% and an on-year drop of 11.16%, while Compal...

Wistron evaluating factory establishment in Brazil

Dec 7, 15:26

Wistron is evaluating the feasibility of a request from Acer to set up a factory in Brazil for supplying Acer PCs for local sale. If Wistron decides to do so, it will begin production...

Notebook ODMs compete aggressively for sporadic orders

Nov 26, 22:00

Although notebook brand vendors have finished most of their order placements for 2013, they are currently still releasing some sporadic orders, accounting for 5-8% of their total...

Notebook ODMs offer extra services to attract tablet orders

Nov 19, 22:55

With notebook shipments estimated to only have a single-digit percentage growth on year in 2013, notebook ODMs including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron, are aggressively...

Taiwan suppliers to be ready for production of BlackBerry 10-based products in December

Nov 13, 21:41

Taiwan-based handset component makers including Silitech Technology, Ichia Technologies as well as ODM Wistron are expected to begin small volume production of RIM's BlackBerry 10-based...

Notebook ODMs post mixed sequential growth in October revenues

Nov 12, 11:31

Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec, the largest Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, saw revenues for October increase 18.86%, decrease 6.71%, slip 5.12% and rise 6.84%...

Dell warns Taiwan notebook ODMs against producing white-box servers

Nov 7, 16:04

As Taiwan-based notebook ODMs such as Quanta Computer and Wistron have stepped into producing white-box servers targeting the Internet data centers of clients such as Google and Facebook,...

Wistron expects to ship 6 million tablets, 5-6 million LCD TVs in 2013, says chairman

Oct 31, 11:46

Taiwan-based ODM Wistron expects tablet and LCD TV shipments in 2013 to increase to six million units and 5-6 million units respectively, company chairman and CEO Simon Lin has told...

Wistron NeWeb 3Q12 revenues, net profit up sequentially

Oct 25, 15:21

Taiwan-based wireless communication product ODM/OEM Wistron NeWeb on October 24 released its financial report for the third quarter of 2012, with consolidated revenues and net profit...

Quanta, Wistron may see over 30% growth in 2013 white-box data center server shipments

Oct 16, 22:01

Quanta Computer and Wistron have produced servers for use in the Internet data centers of Google, Facebook and Amazon on a white-box basis and are likely to see such shipments in...

Quanta September notebook shipments up, revenues down sequentially

Oct 9, 01:00

Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer shipped 4.7 million notebooks in September, growing by 11.9% on month, but the corresponding consolidated revenues of NT$83.495 billion (US$2.83 billion)...

Quanta estimated to ship 5.2-5.5 million notebooks in September

Oct 5, 01:00

Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer is estimated to ship 5.2-5.5 million notebooks in September, increasing 23-30% sequentially, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

Digitimes Research: Branded notebook vendors, ODMs post strong shipment growth in September

Oct 3, 01:10

Notebook shipments from both branded vendors and ODMs staged a rebound in September 2012 after a month of depressed sales in August when the notebook industry was busy clearing out...

Wistron lands OEM LCD TV orders from Haier, says paper

Newswatch - Oct 1, 15:11

Wistron has reportedly landed OEM LCD TV orders from China-based brand Haier with shipments to start at a rate of 100,000 units a month initially in October 2012, according to a Chinese-language...

Notebook ODMs expect surging growth in cloud computing business in 2013

Sep 25, 01:25

As cloud computing business opportunities are expanding, several notebook ODMs have been aggressively pushing their related business segments and expect strong revenue growth from...

Asustek to launch second-generation Padfone in October

Sep 25, 01:20

Asustek Computer is set to announce its second-generation Padfone on October 16 as Qualcomm's processor supply has returned to normal due to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's...

Acer, Asustek up and Wistron down in August revenue performance

Sep 11, 02:00

Notebook brand vendors Acer and Asustek Computer, and notebook maker Wistron have announced their August revenue performances with both vendors seeing on-month growth, while Wistron...

HP, Acer raise notebook shipment proportion from Chongqing to 60% in 2013

Sep 11, 01:20

Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer have reportedly notified their upstream supply chain partners that they will raise their Chongqing, China, plants' shipment proportions to 60% in 2013...

Quanta to establish R&D building in Taiwan and recruit software talent in Taiwan

Aug 30, 01:20

Quanta Computer is set to establish new building in Taiwan for R&D purposes and plans to recruit 4,000 software technicians to focus on developing the cloud computing market,...

Wistron NeWeb, Arcadyan post profits for 1H12

Aug 29, 12:24

Wistron NeWeb and Arcadyan Technology, two Taiwan-based makers of networking/communication devices, have released their financial reports for the first half of 2012, recording net...

Notebook shipments unlikely to achieve strong growth in 4Q12

Aug 28, 01:35

Notebook ODM shipments in the fourth quarter are unlikely to achieve their original goal of seeing double-digit percentage growth despite the fact that Microsoft will launch its latest...

Wistron expects to profit from PC recycling beginning 2Q13

Aug 27, 11:21

Wistron has stepped into recycling scrap PCs at its factory in Kunshan, eastern China, and expects to recycle 4,000 tons of scrap PCs a month in 2013, with the recycling business...

HP to outsource more than 50% of 2013 orders to Quanta

Aug 14, 01:25

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has just recently finished its request for quotation (RFQ) for 2013 notebook orders with Quanta Computer landing more than 50% of the orders, up from only 40%...

Compal notebook shipments unlikely to suffer setback in 2012, says chairman

Aug 10, 01:30

Compal Electronics is unlikely to suffer a setback in notebook shipments in 2012 although it is facing mounting pressure in the second half of the year due to conservative attitudes...

Wistron, Inventec suffer on-month revenue drop in July

Aug 9, 01:40

Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$48.84 billion (US$1.63 billion), down 16.32% on month and 5.28% on year, with combined consolidated revenues for the first seven...

Notebook ODMs shipments may stay weak in August

Aug 9, 01:05

Taiwan notebook ODMs may see their shipments in August stay flat on month and will not have a chance to recover until September, according to sources from notebook makers.

Notebook ODMs to push for double-digit percentage growth in 3Q12

Aug 6, 16:01

After estimating on-month drops in their July shipments, notebook ODMs are expected to start seeing their shipments in August rise on month with volumes to grow even higher in September...

Digitimes Research: Notebook ODMs to see mixed shipment performance in 2H12

Jul 26, 14:08

Although global notebook shipments in the second half of 2012 are only estimated to grow 12% compared to the first, several notebooks ODMs are expected to see their shipment growth...

Quanta, Compal, Wistron expected to see sequential drops in July notebook shipments

Jul 18, 15:34

Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron are expected to see notebook shipments in July decrease on month by 10%-15%, according to industry sources.