By Eva Dou
TAIPEI--Asustek Computer Inc. (2357.TW) said Wednesday that its
first-quarter notebook shipments and revenue rose by around 15%
from a year earlier, as the company expanded sales in Asia and
other markets with the help of aggressively priced products.
The Taiwanese personal computer maker, the fifth largest
globally by shipments, expects second-quarter revenue to be flat
from the first quarter, said chief financial officer David Chang in
an investor conference call. The company expects notebook shipments
to grow from 4.7 million in the first quarter but tablet shipments
to fall due to a product transition.
Asustek's tablet shipments saw a fivefold increase in the first
quarter from a year earlier, helped by the popular Nexus 7 tablet
cobranded with Google Inc. (GOOG).
The company held a conference call ahead of its investor
conference next month to reassure investors after its stock slid
following the release of IDC data last week that showed a severe
contraction in the global PC industry, Mr. Chang said.
Asustek's stock is down 4.4% from last Wednesday.
Write to Eva Dou at eva.dou@dowjones.com
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