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Tuesday 24 May 2011
ODM makers not benefiting from growing demand for smartphones, say Taiwan makers
Global demand for smartphones is growing fast, with main international vendors Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Taiwan-based HTC have mostly relied on in-house production capacities,...
Monday 16 May 2011
HP 2012 main ordering returns to ODM makers, say Taiwan makers
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has sent RFQ (request for quotation) notices to potential makers for its notebooks to be launched in 2012 and is negotiating orders, with main placement of orders...
Thursday 12 May 2011
Contract makers face stagnant growth in handsets, IHS iSuppli says
The impact of the recession combined with rising sales of smartphones will deal a setback to contract manufacturers in the global handset market, limiting the companies to less than...
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Foxconn to upgrade production of Sony LCD TVs from joint-design EMS to ODM
Taiwan-based Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reshuffled its R&D staff to prepare for production of Sony's LCD TVs to be launched in the US market in the second half of...
Monday 18 April 2011
HP fine-tunes new notebook orders to ODMs, say sources
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has reportedly fine-tuned again the release of its new notebook orders, raising the ratios of orders to Compal Electronics and Wistron, while lowering the portions...
Monday 18 April 2011
China-based Wanlida becomes third ODM of Intel Classmate PC, says report
Wanlida (Malata), a China-based maker of PCs and consumer electronics, has unveiled a self-developed Intel Classmate PC, PC-A1007, becoming the third ODM in the supply chain for the...
Thursday 24 March 2011
Taiwan market: Fujitsu launches new Sandy Bridge notebooks
Japan-based notebook vendor Fujitsu has launched several new Intel Sandy Bridge-based notebooks including 15.6-inch LifeBook AH531 and LH531, 17.3-inch LifeBook NH751 in Taiwan; although...
Wednesday 9 March 2011
Smartphone vendors differ in outsourced production, say Taiwan makers
Some smartphone vendors, such as Motorola, Sony Ericsson, LG Electronics, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Acer usually release ODM orders for outsourced production, while others including...
Thursday 3 March 2011
Acer takes less than 2 weeks to restock Intel Sandy Bridge notebooks
Acer took less than two weeks to re-produce notebooks with fixed Intel Sandy Bridge chipsets and ship them to retail channels worldwide; leading all other global brands, mainly due...
Thursday 24 February 2011
MSI steps into production of smart robot cleaners
Micro-Star International (MSI) has stepped into the production of smart robot vacuum cleaners for ODM clients and sale under its own brand FunRobot, according to the company.
Friday 11 February 2011
Pegatron and ASRock post mixed January revenues
Pegatron Technology has posted revenues of NT$29.22 billion (US$1.01 billion) for January 2011, down 6.3% sequentially and 14% from a year earlier due to a decline in shipments of...
Friday 28 January 2011
NEC-Lenovo PC joint venture unlikely to affect order status at Taiwan contract makers
The Lenovo-NEC PC joint venture is unlikely to affect current order status at the two companies' PC contract makers in Taiwan, with Micro-Star International (MSI) in particular having...
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Electronics contract manufacturing market growth slows in 2011, says HIS iSuppli
Following a 33.4% increase in revenues in 2010, the global electronic contract manufacturing industry will experience slowing growth in 2011, with sales rising by only 8.5%, according...
Wednesday 19 January 2011
Notebook vendors under pressure of increased costs
Notebook vendors are under the pressure of possibly increased costs for key components and ODM prices. Panel prices may rise in the second quarter of 2011 and Japan-based Elpida Memory...
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Compal Communications to undertake ODM production of ARM tablet PCs
Compal Communications (Compal Comm), a Taiwan-based ODM maker of handsets, will begin shipments of ARM-architecture tablet PCs to ODM clients in the first half of 2011, according...