Taiwan-based handset ODM Compal Communications reportedly plans to develop Android platform-based netbooks, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.
Nokia has stopped using outside contract manufacturers for the assembly of its phones, dealing yet another blow to the beleaguered electronics contract manufacturing business that...
Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell has paid a private visit to Taiwan, raising speculation among local suppliers that the company will try to negotiate lower prices with its OEM/ODM...
Market reports are circulating again that Ericsson is planning to withdraw from its 50/50 joint venture Sony Ericsson with Sony – a move that may cause a drastic change in partnerships...
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is expected to ship one million white-box notebooks this year after kicking off ODM services for China's white-box notebook vendors. The company...
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Micro-Star International (MSI) has set 2009 as its initial year of shifting business focus from ODM/OEM to OBM (own-brand manufacturer), and expects...
Japan-based international vendors of digital cameras, under pressure to minimize production cost as Japanese yen climbs against the US dollar, are expected to release more ODM/OEM...
Taiwan ODM handset makers are expected to see their orders from Motorola and Sony Ericsson drop sharply in 2009 due to a shifting of product emphasis at the two branded vendors, according...
Conditions in the global electronics contract manufacturing business are continuing to deteriorate due to the recession and the weakening high-tech industry, prompting iSuppli to...
Compal Communications has recaptured an order for low-cost ODM handsets from Motorola – an order of which the US-based handset vendor had previously given to Foxlink (Chen Uei...
Sony Ericsson's plan to shift its focus on higher margin products rather than less profitable devices could deal a serious blow to its two Taiwan-based ODM handset partners –...
Dell is said to be planning to withdraw component purchasing rights from ODMs in 2009, which may impact Taiwan component suppliers, ODMs and IC distributors, according to industry...
As inexpensive digital cameras have been selling well worldwide, vendors have put more emphasis on ODM/OEM makers' economies of scale in an attempt to minimize production costs, according...
Taiwan-based IC distributor Edom Technology has become a major supplier of components for WingTech Group, the biggest handset ODM in China, according to Edom.
Dell is planning to execute parts of its Light Touch strategy by releasing its notebook cooling module purchasing rights to notebook ODMs in the first quarter of 2009, according to...
