Taiwan's NB PC Makers Suffer Revenue Declines in Jan.

Taipei, Feb. 14, 2011 (CENS)--Affected by seasonal factors, Taiwan's four major notebook PC makers, namely Quanta Computer Inc., Compal Electronics Inc., Wistron Corp. and Inventec Corp., all saw their revenues decline in January.

Shipping 4.2 million notebook PCs, Quanta posted sales revenue of NT$76.672 billion in January, down 20.22% from a month earlier or 4.31% from a year earlier.

In the meantime, Compal reported combined revenue of NT$53.453 billion for the month, declining 11.71% month-on-month or 27.18% year-on-year, and recorded notebook PC shipment of only between 3.3 million and 3.4 million units.

In addition to seasonal recession, Compal noted that design flaws founded in Intel's newest Sandy Bridge chipsets have actually undermined its notebook PC shipment, and estimated the shipment to decline 5-10% in the first quarter of this year. But, the firm is confident that shipment will rebound in the second quarter.

Institutional investors have projected Quanta and Compal's sales revenue for the first quarter to drop 10% and 12%, respectively.

Wistron also suffered a 15.84% monthly drop in sales revenue of NT$45.576 billion and saw notebook PC shipment slide to only 2.25 million units in January. Noteworthily, the firm's server shipment also decreased to around 100,000 units from 150,000 posted a month earlier.

Inventec witnessed its sales revenue slightly decline 4.9% month-on-month or 2.13% year-on-year to NT$27.626 billion in January. The company noted that seasonal factors, like fewer work days in February, will cause its total revenue for the first quarter to drop 5% from the fourth quarter of 2010.

Sales Revenues of Taiwan's NB PC Makers in Jan. 2011
Company	Sales Revenue	Month-on-month Growth Rate	Year-on-year Growth Rate
Compal Electronics Inc.	NT$53.453 bn.	-11.71%	-27.18%
Inventec Corp.	NT$27.626 bn.	-4.9%	-2.13%
Quanta Computer Inc.	NT$76.672 bn.	-20.22%	-4.31%
Wistron Corp.	NT$45.576 bn.	-15.84%	-1.47%

Source: CMoney