Patrick,
Hi!!
RE: HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dell Computer Corp (4331.HK), the world's second largest personal computer maker, said on Wednesday it was focusing on the Asia Pacific region which was its fastest growing market.
``It think this region is very quickly trying to capitalize on the technology and the productivity advantages of computing devices,'' Donald Collis, vice president in
investor relations at Dell, told Reuters in an interview.
He said the trend was generating business potential for Dell, which provides computer products and services.
Fastest Growing Region
``This is our fastest growing region. Last quarter it grew 47 percent in terms of revenue year over year. In China itself, it almost doubled. so this is a very key market for us,'' he added.
``We have only about four percent market share across all the Asia Pacific -- so a huge amount of opportunity,'' Collis said.
Dell is running business in 38 countries across Asia.
Collis said China was probably the company's fastest growing market in the region. ``It is very Internet savvy,'' he said.
The vice president said Dell was expanding its manufacturing facility in southern China's Xiamen with a view to quadrupling its capacity.
He said ``hundreds of people'' would be added eventually to the factory, which serves both the mainland Chinese and Hong Kong markets. Collis gave no
investment value or time frame.
Gotta think that the direct model is winning there also...
Thanks...
Best, Kemble |
