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Compal Electronics

Logo: Compal Electronics Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Taiwanese contract Notebook manufacturer

Compal Electronics, Inc. (Chinese: 仁寶電腦工業股份有限公司) is a Taiwanese original design manufacturer (ODM), handling the production of notebook computers, smart phones, tablets, televisions, wearable devices, and more for a variety of clients around the world, including Apple, Alphabet, Acer, Caterpillar, Cisco, Dell, Fujitsu, Framework, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, and many more. As of December 2023, it was ranked #420 on the Fortune Global 500 list.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1984Founded1
  • Industrycomputer hardware industry1
  • HeadquartersTaipei1
  • Founded inTaipei1
  • Websitewww.compal.com
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

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Compal Electronics Taipei Office 20150926
Photo: Solomon203, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Compal Electronics, Inc. (Chinese: 仁寶電腦工業股份有限公司) is a Taiwanese original design manufacturer (ODM), handling the production of notebook computers, smart phones, tablets, televisions, wearable devices, and more for a variety of clients around the world, including Apple, Alphabet, Acer, Caterpillar, Cisco, Dell, Fujitsu, Framework, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, and many more.2

Corporate structure

Compal Electronics sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Compal Electronics Taipei

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Compal was founded in June 1984 as a computer peripherals supplier. It went public in April 1990.

In September 2011, Compal announced it would form a joint venture with Lenovo to make laptops in China. The venture was expected to start producing laptops by the end of 2012.

In January 2015, Toshiba announced that due to intense price competition, it will stop selling televisions in the US and will instead license the Toshiba TV brand to Compal.

In September 2018, it was revealed that due to overwhelming demand for the Apple Watch, Compal was brought on as a second contract manufacturer to produce the Apple Watch Series 4.

From Wikipedia’s article on Compal Electronics, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • laptop

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

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Timeline

  1. 1984Founded Founded in Taipei1

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