Ruggedized PC vendor Getac Technology expects its gross sales to extend by a double-digit share on 12 months in 2019, and the corporate has been providing full-set platform options to its purchasers, aiming to meet up with the main vendor Panasonic, which has an over 50% share within the ruggedized PC market, in accordance with Getac chairman James Hwang.
Getac is at present the second largest vendor within the ruggedized PC market, holding an round 20-30% market share. The firm’s share has been rising previously two years and grew 1-3pp on 12 months in 2018, Hwang famous. Since Panasonic’s share has been slipping previously few years, whereas third-place Dell’s share has not modified a lot, Hwang believes Getac stands of fine probability of catching up with the Japan competitor.
In 2018, Getac merged with software program designer WhP and launched a police cloud surveillance answer that has been adopted by a number of police departments within the US. The firm can be set to unveil its newest companies for the platform at Computex 2019
In addition to ruggedized PCs, Getac can be anticipated to take pleasure in a double-digit share on-year development in its automotive element enterprise in 2019 because of elevated orders for superior driver help methods (ADAS). Getac’s revenues already achieved a double-digit share on 12 months development within the first quarter.
Getac is at present the biggest provider of seat belt reels with a 40% worldwide market share. The firm started supplying elements for ADAS in 2017 and along with seat belt reels, it is usually supplying key elements together with casing and canopy for the engine management unit (ECU), PCBs, digital camera casing, battery casing, energy generator casing and warmth sink.
Getac can be planning to broaden capability at its crops in Vietnam and the enlargement is ready to be accomplished within the second quarter for the brand new capability to affix mass manufacturing within the third quarter.
Getac was one of many earliest builders of fiberglass-reinforced plastic chassis, however the product’s margin has been dropping previously few years as extra gamers have joined the competitors, however the firm expects extra enterprise alternatives will seem for the chassis in 2019.
The firm started the event of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic chassis in 2018, however orders have been restricted. With the corporate turning to make use of tools designed in-house to make carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic chassis, which is anticipated to chop the prices dramatically and permit extra coloration selections for the merchandise, Hwang expects demand for the chassis to ramp up considerably in 2019.
Getac chairman James Hwang
Photo: Aaron Lee, Digitimes, April 2019
