WSJ: “Personal-computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd. said Monday that it plans to spend about $800 million on a new base to house the development, production and sale of mobile products as the Chinese company tries to expand beyond its core PC business.
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Lenovo, the world’s second-largest PC maker, said in a written statement on Monday that the five-billion-yuan facility, in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, will have several thousand employees, mainly focused on smartphones, tablet computers and other mobile devices for China and global markets. The company estimates total revenue from the base will reach 10 billion yuan $1.59 billion by 2014, and increase to 50 billion yuan within the next five years. The facility is expected to begin operations in October 2013.
Now, the company is making a mobile-devices push. The investment represents the company’s latest effort to break into new product categories as PC sales lag behind demand for mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets. Lenovo created a business unit last year called the Mobile Internet Digital Home group to focus on developing smartphones, tablets and Internet-connected smart television sets that can communicate with the mobile devices.”
via Lenovo Reaches Beyond PC Business – WSJ.com.
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