Taiwan-based PC makers Acer and Asustek recorded higher year-on-year PC shipment growth among the world's top five vendors in 2011 in the Asia-Pacific market excluding Japan, according to market intelligence and advisory firm International Data Corp (IDC).
PC shipments in the region grew 11% from 2010 to reach 119 million units in 2011, highlighting resilience in the Asian market despite the weak global economy that persisted throughout the year, IDC said in a report released Thursday.
Lenovo Group continued to lead the market with a 22.5% share, not just holding strong in its home market of China but also posting robust growth in the rest of the region. It was followed by Acer (11.6%), Dell(10.4%, Hewlett-Packard (9.9%) and Asustek (6.4%), the report said.
Acer, which had a management reshuffle in 2011, enjoyed the highest year-on-year unit growth of 38% among its peers last year, while Asustek boosted its shipments by 34% compared with 2010, the report said.
"The PC market took a number of punches last year, be it from the uncertain global economy or from tablets, which competed for consumer attention," said Bryan Ma, associate vice president of Asia-Pacific client devices research at IDC.
"PCs will still face disk-drive supply challenges in the early part of 2012, but IDC also expects the market to rebound quickly by the second half of the year to remain close to 10% growth for the year in the Asia-Pacific region," Ma said.
Both Acer and Asustek reported lower share prices last year in the worldwide PC market, where Acer accounted for 11.2% and Asustek took 5.9%, seizing fourth and fifth places, respectively, said research firm Gartner.
Worldwide PC shipments increased only 0.5% from 2010 to 352.8 million units in 2011, Gartner said, with weakening consumer demand in mature markets named as a major contributor to the stagnation.
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