Wistron to add US$20 million investment in China joint venture

Jul 4, 02:00

Wistron will invest US$20 million in BriVision Optronics (Zhongshan), its LCD TV module joint-venture with AU Optronics (AUO) in southern China, according to the company.

Notebook ODMs expect significant sequential growth in June shipments

Jun 29, 01:15

Wistron is expected to see its notebook shipments in June increase 24-40% on month, while fellow makers Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics will see on-month growth of 19% and...

Notebook ODMs expected to see strong shipment growth in June

Jun 27, 16:20

With low comparison bases set in May, notebook makers are expected to see their shipments increase significantly on month in June with Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron...

RIM restructuring supply chain; Wistron may benefit, say sources

Jun 20, 14:10

Wistron as well as Jabil and Flextronics International will have a chance to receive more smartphone orders from Research in Motion (RIM), as the Canada-based smartphone vendor is...

Quanta, Compal May revenues up sequentially

Jun 11, 11:29

Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics saw consolidated revenues of NT$72.678 billion (US$2.45 billion) for May increasing 6.83% on month and NT$51.581 billion up 2.17% respectively,...

Wistron, TPV deny rumored sales of LCD TV production business

May 15, 01:10

In response to a market rumor that Taiwan-based ODM maker Wistron will sell its business to produce LCD TVs to China-based LCD display device maker TPV Technology, both Wistron and...

Quanta, Wistron see sequential drops in April revenues

May 9, 01:00

Quanta Computer and Wistron on May 8 reported consolidated revenues for April, decreasing on month by 10.85% and 23.93% respectively.

Wistron, Compal focus on touchscreen technologies

May 8, 01:30

Notebook ODMs Wistron and Compal Electronics are optimistic Windows 8 will bring a new trend for touchscreen control, and the companies have been working aggressively in the touchscreen...

Foxconn may receive large-size TV orders from Vizio, say sources

May 7, 15:40

Foxconn Electronics is likely to also land large-size OEM TV orders from Vizio in addition to existing clients including Sharp and Suning Appliance after it took up a 46.5% stake...

Quanta Computer offers data center solutions for sale under own brand

May 4, 14:12

Quanta Computer announced that it will offer data center solutions for sale under its own brand, QCT, in the North America market during Facebook's Open Compute Summit taking place...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD TV shipments to grow 11% on quarter in 2Q12

May 3, 01:15

Shipments of LCD TVs by Taiwan makers are expected to grow 11% sequentially to 9.65 million units in the second quarter of 2012, according to Digitimes Research. The US will remain...

Wistron to deal out 2011 dividend of NT$2.7

Apr 30, 10:56

Wistron will distribute a dividend per share of NT$2.70, NT$2.20 in cash and NT$0.50 in stock, for 2011, according to the company.

Intel to launch next-generation Xeon processor by the end of 2Q12

Apr 19, 01:25

Intel is set to release its next-generation Xeon processor at the end of the second quarter. Since Nvidia and AMD will also release graphics cards that feature PCI Express Gen.3 in...

Notebook ODMs to see gross margins improve in 2Q12 on increasing shipments of ultrabooks

Apr 10, 15:11

Gross margins of Taiwan-base notebook ODMs are expected to rebound in the second quarter of 2012 along with the launch of new ultrabook models by branded vendors including Hewlett-Packard...

Notebook ODMs enjoy on-month growth in March revenues

Apr 10, 01:10

Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron have announced their revenues for March, with each of the firms enjoying shipment growth on month.

Wistron spins off cloud computing business unit for data center solution orders

Apr 6, 01:00

Wistron, in order to avoid a conflict of interest with ODM clients such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) in its competition for orders for data center solutions, has spun off its...

Notebook makers gross margins dip below 5% for 4Q11

Mar 27, 01:20

As Wistron suffered a decline in 2011 gross margin to 4.91% from 5.61% in 2010, market watchers pointed out that Taiwan-based first-tier notebook makers Quanta Computer and Compal...

Wistron sees growing revenues, shrinking profit in 2011

Mar 26, 10:10

Wistron has reported consolidated revenues for 2011 increased 7.02%, but net operating profit decreased 23.09%.

Wistron starts production in western China, says paper

Mar 19, 16:17

Wistron has completed development of its production base in Chengdu City, western China, in the first phase and has begun production, according to the China-based Sichuan Daily...

Quanta Computer sees sequential growth in notebook shipments, drop in February revenues

Mar 9, 01:00

Quanta Computer shipped 4.5 million notebooks in February, increasing 18.4% sequentially, but consolidated revenues slipped 10.59% on month, according to the company.

Foxconn, Wistron to undertake ODM production of Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet

Feb 20, 11:06

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has obtained ODM orders for 10-inch Kindle Fire from Amazon and will begin shipments in the second quarter of 2012, while Wistron...

Quanta, Wistron see on-month drop in January revenues

Feb 9, 01:20

Quanta Computer and Wistron have announced their January results with both suffering on-month drops in terms of revenues and notebook shipments.

Pegatron lands notebook orders from HP

Feb 9, 01:10

Pegatron Technology has recently landed notebook orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP). With its existing orders from Toshiba and Acer for 2012, the company's shipments are expected to...

Notebook makers see on-month decline in January shipments, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 4, 10:59

Top-tier notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron, Pegatron Technology and Inventec all saw on-month declines in their January shipments with Wistron suffering...