ONE-STOP SHOP: Compal is confident it can transfer its notebook-assembly know-how to the desktop computer market and this year plans to explore its segment options

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 27, 2018
By: Lauly Li  /  Staff reporter

Compal Electronics Inc (仁寶) aims to grow its non-PC shipments by about 30 percent to 51 million units this year, driven by increasing orders for the Apple Watch series and Android-based smartwatches, a company executive said yesterday.

The revenue contribution from non-PC products is estimated to climb to 35 percent from last year’s 31 percent, Compal president Ray Chen (陳瑞聰) said.

“We expect huge growth momentum from the smartwatch business this year, after we added a new client last year,” Chen told a media conference ahead of the company’s annual banquet for employees at the Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei.

Compal secured some orders for Apple Inc’s first and second-generation smartwatches in the first half of last year, ending Quanta Computer Inc’s (廣達) position as sole assembler for the US company.    [FULL  STORY]