Tatung Co. of Taiwan, one of the prominent exhibitors at CeBIT Hannover, recently announced that it has won OEM orders for tablet PCs from several leading international brands. Hsiao Ya-wen, senior manager of Tatung’s multimedia communication business division told the press that her company is contractually restricted from disclosing the names of the customers. Industry insider sources, however, indicated that Tatung would ship tablet PCs andWindows Powered Smart Displays devices to ViewSonic of the United States, several web pad models to NEC of Japan. It also hoples to win orders for tablet PCs and Windows Powered Smart Displays from NEC.

Hsiao said her company is very confident about the future sales of the said new products, especially after winning the said big contract production orders.

She added that Tatung has begun mass production of 10.4-inch Windows Powered Smart Displays for some ODM customers as it is planning to roll out a 15-inch model next year.
She added that Tatung currently ships dozens of thousands of webpads to a Japanese customer and is in intensive talks with two to three companies over the development of medical, education and retail management applications for such products.

She explained that the tablet PCS are ideal for portable wirelesss communication and handwriting identification. Windows Powered Smart Displays can be used as a wireless telephone and web pads offer a convenient platform for accessing the Internet.

Tatung is one of the largest electric industrial conglomerates of Taiwan and has been trying to diversify its business in the past few years into the communication and multimedia fields.