Acer Announces Ferrari 3400
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November 15, 2004 - Acer America today has announced its newest notebook in its Ferrari line of notebooks, the Ferrari 3400. Featuring a Mobile AMD Athlon 64 3000+, the notebook combines the market strength of three major brands, Acer, AMD and Ferrari.
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ACER Computer NZ posted a 32 per cent rise in sales in the year to December, expanding revenue to $81.2 million. Its net profit for the year was slightly down at $2.3 million.
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Taiwanese computer firm Acer agrees to take over US PC maker Gateway and eyes the possible purchase of Packard Bell in Europe.
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The new Gateway will launch a complete line of notebook PCs as one of many steps to revitalize its business after&#160;merging with Acer, an Acer executive said Friday.&quot;Gateway&#39;s problem in the U.S. is that it mainly sells desktops, but the notebook is the fastest growing segment,&quot; said Gianfranco Lanci, president of Acer, during the company&#39;s third quarter investors conference in Taipei.New Gateway laptop PCs could be out as early as the first quarter of next year. Lanci said that no changes to Gateway&#39;s product lineup will be visible until then because it takes at least one quarter to discuss new products with retailers and distributors.Acquiring Gateway will raise Acer&#39;s share of the U.S. market to 11.7 percent, the company believes, and will give it a strong brand presence.Already, the company expects synergies from the acquisition to pan out better than previous forecasts. Acer predicts cost savings will reach $200 million, higher than a previous estimate of $150 million, and even the revised figure could be raised again, executives said.A large portion of that savings will come from volume discounts from component suppliers. &quot;When we have asked component suppliers for volume discounts, so far we have not encountered a single rejection,&quot; said Lanci.The cost of restructuring the Gateway business and integrating it into Acer is likely to be $30 million, Lanci said. The integration will likely be completed by March 2008, he said.The strategy of the new company will be to sell products under the Acer, Gateway, and eMachines brands. Once a&#160;deal to buy Europe&#39;s Packard Bell&#160;is completed, it will add that name to the list as well. The PC industry has changed, said Lanci. It has become a commodity business and in a commodity business it&#39;s better to&#160;sell products using multiple brands, not a single brand as in the PC industry of 10 years ago.&quot;We&#39;re going to run two brands in most regions plus maybe another that we use for special things,&quot; he said.Acer announced a plan to buy Gateway for $710 million in cash in August, and&#160;completed the deal&#160;last week. The company has nearly completed a deal to buy Packard Bell of Europe, as well.&#160;
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Asus ha lanciato la nuova linea di palmari, il MyPal A730 e il MyPal A730W. La novitÃ  sta nell&#39;integrazione di una fotocamera. Asus, con il lancio dei due modelli MyPal A730 e MyPal A730W, ha presentato la nuova linea di palmari.
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Acer agrees to take over US PC-maker Gateway creating the world's third largest producer of computers.
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Taiwan-based Acer Inc, the world&#039;s fourth largest branded personal computer vendor, has said it is set to more than triple its sales in China this year through its own retail network.
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Acer is showing strength in the global PC industry, becoming the world's third largest PC maker in the first quarter of 2007, according to data from research firm iSuppli.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Acer Inc. plans to acquire U.S. computer maker Gateway Inc. for $710 million in a deal that will push the Taiwanese company past China's Lenovo Group as the world's third largest vendor of personal computers.
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(InfoWorld) - People fearing they might miss Gateway's signature black-and-white dairy cow PC boxes after the company is acquired by Acer Inc. have little reason to worry: Acer not only plans to keep the Gateway Inc. brand just the way it is, the Taiwanese company hopes to expand it. "A strong U.S. brand such as Gateway's can be expanded overseas into other markets," said Gianfranco Lanci, president of Acer, in a video feed at the Taipei news conference to announce the deal. Acer's determination to grow the brand should be some relief to American users. Gateway is the fourth biggest PC brand in the U.S., and popular among consumers. But until now, Acer has sold all of its products under its own name. Its strategy going forward is to start using multiple brands in all areas of the world, including the Gateway brand, as well as eMachines and possibly Packard Bell.Â Gateway plans to buy Packard Bell BV, which would ultimately end up as another Acer brand once the Acer-Gateway deal is finalized. Going forward, Acer plans to combine the talents of each company in order to expand product offerings for users. For example, Gateway is strong in desktop monitors, where Acer is weak, so Acer will use some Gateway technology to improve its offerings, said Lanci. The two companies will see where they can share designs and technology to improve their entire desktop and laptop PC line-ups, and expand this product cooperation to Packard Bell if a deal for the company is made. The deal could also mean more PC bargains for users. Becoming larger means Acer can gain better volume discounts when negotiating with parts suppliers. In addition, competition with Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. should remain fierce, and the companies all work hard to keep prices low. Acer agreed to buy Gateway in an all-cash deal valued at US$710 million. The two companies combined will become the world's third largest PC vendor by shipments, at around 20 million desktops and laptops a year, and will transform Acer into a multibrand company. The Acer-Gateway deal still faces regulatory and shareholder scrutiny before being finalized. The boards of directors of both companies have already signed off on the agreement. Acer expects to gain $150 million worth of efficiencies via the Gateway deal, in expanding product lines, cross-selling products, cost cutting and in other ways. The Taiwanese company said Gateway employees would be critical to its success in expanding the brand, but did not say whether it would cut staff. Â
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Acer on Wednesday announced the completion of its acquisition of Gateway, making it officially the third largest PC vendor in the world.
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Digesting Gateway and Packard-Bell Acer has pulled itself off the acquisition trail for the foreseeable future and will spend the next couple of years digesting Gateway and Packard Bell.â¦
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InfoWorld - The new Gateway will launch a complete line of notebook PCs as one of many steps to revitalize its business afterÂ merging with Acer, an Acer executive said Friday.
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The luxury unit of Nokia has started  selling a phone designed jointly with Ferrari for about 18,000  euros ($25,400) at its stores in London, Paris, Hong Kong and  Singapore, it said on Thursday.
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Taiwanese high-tech giant Acer Inc. on Wednesday announced a leadership reshuffle and the retirement of Stan Shih - the company&#39;s founder and a major figure in Taiwan&#39;s bid to dominate the personal computer industry.
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New 2300MP digital model offers high brightness and resolution, at a low price.
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Blog: A new device in the works could debut with Mercedes, according to one report