Micro-Star International (MSI) aims to ship 150,000 to 200,000 notebooks in 2004 – the first year for volume shipments after it began notebook manufacturing at the end of 2003, company sources said. MSI makes notebooks for IBM at a joint venture plant set up with LG Electronics (LGE) in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province (China). The plant has a monthly capacity of 30,000 units, the sources said.
The plant has room to expand and MSI does not have plans to outsource production to other manufacturers in the immediate future, the sources said, referring to a report that the company may outsource production to Compal Electronics after the notebook maker took control of MSI optical drive subsidiary Accesstek last week. MSI will initially focus on promoting sales in China and aims to sell around 20,000 notebooks there in 2004. MSI will also cooperate with its motherboard distributors in developing its notebook business, the sources said.
News source: DigiTimes
The plant has room to expand and MSI does not have plans to outsource production to other manufacturers in the immediate future, the sources said, referring to a report that the company may outsource production to Compal Electronics after the notebook maker took control of MSI optical drive subsidiary Accesstek last week. MSI will initially focus on promoting sales in China and aims to sell around 20,000 notebooks there in 2004. MSI will also cooperate with its motherboard distributors in developing its notebook business, the sources said.
News source: DigiTimes
"Over the holiday period, people may have been sending emails to relatives overseas or logging on to websites," said Vanessa Evans, sales and marketing manager at Linx.
"There were probably also many people using Christmas gifts such as internet-based games for the first time."
The Christmas build-up also showed a marked increase in internet traffic. Linx figures showed that, while traffic levels had remained relatively static over the summer months, in November and December it surged.
Of course, not all of the increase can be attributed to people emailing and buying online.
"It partly reflects the increasing amount of automated internet traffic which continues regardless of the holiday," said Evans.
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