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Four out of five notebooks made in Shanghai
The ODMs (original design manufacturers) dominating the market are largely Taiwanese firms, but they have steadily moved their production to mainland China over the last years.
And if you want a notebook that's got that little bit extra you'll be disappointed. Isuppli reckons that notebook PCs have become more standardised than ever.
| Rank | ODM |
Shipments (K)
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Share
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Cumulative
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| 1 | Quanta |
17,759
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28.7%
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28.7%
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| 2 | Compal |
11,248
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18.2%
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46.8%
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| 3 | Wistron |
5,729
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9.2%
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56.1%
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| 4 | Asustek |
4,271
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6.9%
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63.0%
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| 5 | Inventec |
3,066
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4.9%
|
67.9%
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| 6 | Uniwill |
1,906
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3.1%
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71.0%
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| 7 | Mitac |
1,265
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2.0%
|
73.0%
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| 8 | Foxconn |
956
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1.5%
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74.6%
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| 9 | Samsung |
953
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1.5%
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76.1%
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| 10 | Arima |
916
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1.5%
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77.6%
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This table furnished by iSuppli shows the dominance of the Taiwanese OEMs at a time when notebook sales are beginning to rocket. Out of the top 10 ODMs, the only non-Taiwanese player is Korean chaebol Samsung.
Principal analyst Jeffrey Wu at iSuppli said: "Production of mobile PCs is heavily concentrated among the top five ODMs, Quanta, Compal, Wistron, Asustek and Inventec." Those five accounted for 67.9 per cent of unit shipments in 2005, he added.
The firm said gross margins are down to only five to six per cent, and competition is furious.
That means that so called OEMs such as Dell and HP can play the ODMs off against each other and squeeze them to produce machines at a lower cost and a faster rate.
More details of iSuppli's report, Global OEM Manufacturing Analysis Q2, can be found here. µ
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