Acer Cautious About Key-parts Supply Shortage.

(From Taiwan Economic News)

Taipei, Oct. 30, 2006 (CENS)--Taiwan's Acer Inc., the world's fourth-largest personal computer (PC) maker, is cautious about the impact generated from supply shortage of key parts, especially central processors. Calvin Chang, Acer's vice president of marketing, pointed out that he worked for Acer for 20 years and this year is the first time his company is cautious about taking orders

By maintaining close and stable cooperation ties with major contract suppliers such as Compal Electronics Inc., Wistron Corp., Quanta Computer Inc., and Inventec Corp., Acer owns faster response time and higher flexibility to the market demand and …