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Taiwan notebook ODMs
Taiwan notebook Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) account for more than 90% of global notebook production and Digitimes is there to provide daily updates on shipments, supplier contracts and financial data on the more than 10 Taiwan makers involved in notebook manufacturing.
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Monday 24 October 2016
EMEA PC market stabilized in 3Q16 thanks to strong commercial notebook shipments in Western Europe, says IDC
PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) performed above expectations, reaching 17.9 million units and posting a 3.3% on-year decrease in the third quarter of 2016,...
Thursday 20 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments grow sequentially in 3Q16
Worldwide notebook shipments (not including 2-in-1 devices) increased 8.6% sequentially in the third quarter thanks to growing demand from the enterprise sector, vendors preparing...
Tuesday 18 October 2016
Acer new Swift 7 ultra-thin to enter into Taiwan market in November, says paper
Acer's new Swift 7 ultra-thin notebook has recently been released in the US, selling for US$1,099 and will make its arrival to Taiwan on November 1, according to a Chinese-language...
Tuesday 18 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments to drop 7.2% in 2016
Worldwide notebook shipments are expected to drop 7.2% on year to reach less than 150 million units in 2016 because Microsoft's free Windows 10 upgrade program caused many consumers...
Tuesday 18 October 2016
Notebook ODMs may see exchange losses in 3Q16, says paper
Appreciation of the New Taiwan dollar and depreciation of the Chinese yuan are expected to create exchange losses for Taiwan ODMs in the third quarter, especially Inventec since the...
Friday 14 October 2016
Clevo gaming notebook capacity at full utilization
Clevo has fully utilized its monthly production capacity of 160,000 gaming notebooks since September 2016 due to booming orders from China, according to the company.
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan market: Asustek Transformer Mini becomes available
Asustek Compute has started selling its new 10-inch Transformer Mini 2-in-1 device in Taiwan and expects the device to boost its shipments in the fourth quarter as tablet demand has...
Tuesday 11 October 2016
Wistron September notebook shipments hit 2016 high
ODM Wistron shipped 2.1 million notebooks in September, the highest monthly level so far in 2016 and increasing 16.7% on month, 5.4 million units in the third quarter, sequentially...
Tuesday 11 October 2016
Quanta ships 3.7 million notebooks in September
Quanta Computer shipped 3.7 million notebooks in September, declining 7.5% on month, according to the company.
Tuesday 11 October 2016
Lenovo rumored acquisition of Fujitsu PC business may benefit Compal, says paper
Lenovo is rumored to be considering acquiring Japan-based Fujitsu's PC business and if the rumors are true, Compal Electronics is expected to benefit from new orders, according a...
Wednesday 5 October 2016
Clevo eyes non-operating profit from China real estate market
Clevo owns seven retail stores in mixed-use buildings around China and has begun to offer upstairs office floors for sale. In addition, Clevo is selling a deluxe residential building...
Tuesday 4 October 2016
Lenovo raises notebook inventory level to 5 months eying year-end holiday sales
Lenovo has reportedly increased its notebook inventory level to five months recently to prepare for its promotions for the year-end holidays and several market watchers believe Lenovo's...
Friday 30 September 2016
Samsung Display to decrease supply of notebook panels
Samsung Display, following the sale of a 5G TFT-LCD factory to China-based Truly Opto-Electronics in 2015, will shut down another 5G factory in 2017. 5G factories mainly produce notebook-use...
Tuesday 27 September 2016
Lithium battery makers demand price rise due to shortages
As demand for the traditional 18650 cylinder battery has been growing strong recently because of increasing notebook sales, upstream battery module makers have started asking for...
Monday 26 September 2016
Rising notebook demand causing shortages in many components
With demand for notebooks stronger than expected and notebook component suppliers conservative about their shipments, several components including panel, battery and solid state drive...