Vol 21 – Issue 45 – Page 10

Acer Names Head of Notebook Business Group

by Raverstead

Acer has promoted Jerry Kao to president of the company’s notebook business group. He currently serves as general manager of the group, which he co-heads with Jackson Lin, president.

Hon Hai Posts 22% Jump in Sales

by Raverstead

Hon Hai Precision (which trades as Foxconn Electronics) grew sales in October by 22.6% year on year to NT$469 billion ($15.3 billion), bringing sales for January to October to NT$3.2 trillion ($104.6 billion), 5.8% …

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PMA Research Moves Into FPD Reporting

by Raverstead

PMA Research is to begin a flat-panel display tracking service, in addition to its projector tracking. The FPD Tracking reports will be compiled from monthly sell-through data provided by a panel of pro-AV dealers …

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Toshiba’s Easyguard Protects its Professional Hybrid

by Raverstead

Toshiba’s new professional laptop, the Portege Z20T, is a Core-M unit that takes aim at Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 and Dell’s Venue 11 Pro 7000. As a convertible model, the Z20T’s 12.5″ display can …

JCDecaux and Estée Lauder Paint Paris Red

by Raverstead

Estée Lauder and JCDecaux worked together on a signage campaign in Paris recently. Passers-by could play a slot machine-style game on interactive screens, installed at three bus shelters in the city, to win lipsticks …

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Innolux Achieves 18% YoY Sales Growth

by Raverstead

Innolux announced sales in October of NT$38.3 billion ($1.2 billion), broadly flat sequentially but 18.2% higher than October 2013, bringing sales to date to NT$352 billion ($11.5 billion). The company shipped approximately 12.1 million …

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TSMC October Sales Reach NT$80 Billion

by Raverstead

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) saw sales exceed NT$80 billion ($2.6 billion) for the first time in October, its fourth consecutive record monthly sales figure. Last month’s result represented a 56% year on year increase …

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Minneapolis Convention Centre Chooses Nanolumens

by Raverstead

Nanolumens has supplied two large-scale LED displays to the Minneapolis Convention Centre. Both are part of the Nanocurve product line, installed in the new visitor information centre in the Centre’s main corridor. The displays …

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Travel Plaza TV’s Displays Designed for High Traffic Areas

by Raverstead

Travel Plaza TV is a digital signage network which works exclusively with 3D autostereoscopic displays. The company currently has 259 installations in 38 states of the USA. The 46″ autostereoscopic displays are lenticular-based units …

Rumour: Lenovo Developing Low-Cost Chromebook

by Raverstead

There is a rumour that Lenovo will launch a low-cost Chromebook early next year, targeting the sub-$170 segment. Members of the Taiwanese supply chain say that the product will use CPUs from Rockchip Electronics.

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UDC Result 07/11/2014

by Raverstead

Universal Display Corporation (UDC) posted a net profit of $4.3 million on turnover of $32.8 million in Q3, which compares with a net profit of $5.5 million on turnover of $32.8 million in the …

Ocean Links Western Cities

by Raverstead

The Great Western Link is Ocean Outdoor’s new display site in the UK, linking Bristol and Bath. With a landscape configuration on the A4320 road (leading to the A4 to Bath), the site is …

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