Acer Romania, subsidiary of Taiwan-based IT&C producer registered in first nine months this year a 194% growth from similar interval of last year.
The company sold 42,000 notebook computers through local authorized vendors in first nine months.
“Acer sold out, since early 2008, approximately 42,000 notebook computers, through local authorized vendors (SCOP Computers, ELKOTech Romania, and Torando Sistems) and ACER’s commercial partners. The growth expressed in units is 194% compared to similar period of 2007,” Constantin Balmus, Business Manager Notebook of Acer Romania stated for Wall-Street.
In first half, Acer was the leading notebook producer of the market, with 19% market share and targets 20% annual market share.
“In first half, 2008, according to IDC estimations, the ranking of top five notebook producers were Acer, Dell, Toshiba, HP, and Fujitsu-Siemens Computers, that hold a combine market share of 80% in Romania. Acer ranks first with 19% and aims at covering 20% of the segment,” Balmus added.
Aspire One – over 6% of Acer’s notebook computer sell-out after three months since the launching
The company sold 2,600 units of the new notebook model (mini-notebook also called netbook) Aspire One, launched in July this year.
Netbooks will cover 20-40% share of Acer’s overall notebooks sales volume, although this segment is still young.
“The netbook is a new project that was launched soon, and we still have no feedback from the buyers, but it is surely very successful. According to a research company, the netbooks will cover a 20-40% share of overall notebook computers market. We forecast 20-40% share of netbooks sell-out of Acer’s overall notebooks computers sales volume,” Dmitry Elizarov, Country Manager of Acer Eastern Europe said in a statement last month.
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