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Friday 5 February 2021
Lenovo COO Lanci to retire
Gianfranco Lanci, COO and president for Lenovo, will retire from the PC vendor in September 2021. The company also disclosed organization and personnel changes that will become effective...
Friday 15 June 2012
Acer to consider shareholder interests in executive pay
Acer on June 15, hosted a shareholders meeting and passed its financial report for 2011 with severance pay to former CEO Gianfranco Lanci reaching NT$1.28 billion (US$42.8 million)...
Monday 19 September 2011
A new wave of PC price cuts may approach Europe market
Europe is expected to experience another wave of PC price cuts after the price war triggered by Acer's inventory digestion earlier in the year, as Acer's former-CEO Gianfranco Lanci...
Monday 19 September 2011
Former Acer CEO Lanci joins Lenovo; Acer claims firm step in Europe
Gianfranco Lanci, former CEO and present of Taiwan-based vendor Acer, has joined China-based vendor Lenovo as an Italy-based consultant for strengthening Lenovo's presence and marketing...
Monday 25 July 2011
Acer former CEO Gianfranco Lanci tipped for Samsung job
Acer's former CEO Gianfranco Lanci is reportedly to join Samsung Electronics in August to help the Korea-based electronics giant expand its notebook business, especially in Europe,...
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Acer, HP undergoing management reshuffle
Acer, on July 18, announced it has recruited Dave Chan, former Hewlett-Packard (HP) China vice president, as general manager of its Touch Business Group in China. Also, while company...
Tuesday 19 April 2011
Acer to hold investor meeting on April 28 to win back confidence
Acer is set to hold an investor meeting on April 28 to explain its forecast for the second quarter of 2011, while announcing the successor of its ex-CEO Gianfranco Lanci in the hopes...
Thursday 31 March 2011
Acer EMEA gets new president
Acer has announced the appointment of deputy president of Acer EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Walter Deppeler as the new Acer EMEA president, with immediate effect.
Thursday 31 March 2011
Acer CEO and president Gianfranco Lanci resigns
Acer CEO and president Gianfranco Lanci has resigned from the company, with immediate effect. Acer Chairman JT Wang takes acting role in the interim. The company has commenced with...
Thursday 2 December 2010
Acer CEO praises strong support of Chongqing government
As Acer signed contracts on December 1 with the local government of Chongqing, China to invest US$150 million to establish a second operating center, company CEO Gianfranco Lanci...
Friday 26 November 2010
Acer aims at largest global market share for tablet PCs in 2-3 years, says CEO
Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci, at a press conference for Taiwan-based media in New York, stressed that faced with increasing competition for tablet PCs in the global market, Acer takes...
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Acer to launch netbook and tablet PCs with MeeGo preloaded
Acer president Gianfranco Lanci at Intel's e21FORUM 2010 meeting at Computex 2010 pointed out that Acer will launch netbooks and tablet PCs that adopt Intel's latest Atom processor...
Friday 30 April 2010
Acer chairman demands higher margins; launching new internet devices
Acer has posted a 9.7% gross margin and 2.7% operating margin for the first quarter of 2010, but company chairman JT Wang indicated that Acer's margins need to increase to over 10%...
Thursday 4 March 2010
Acer CEO expects flat sequential notebook shipment growth in 1Q10
Acer expects its notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2010 to stay flat sequentially, but increase 40-45% compared to the same period a year ago. Meanwhile, the company expects...
Thursday 29 October 2009
Acer expects BRIC to boost its PC shipments in 2010
Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci has said that strong demand from Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) markets will be major contributors to the company's PC shipment growth in 2010.