Catcher to supply chassis for Amazon tablet PC
Aaron Lee, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Thursday 22 March 2012]
Taiwan-based chassis maker Catcher Technology has recently received orders from Amazon for a new Kindle Fire tablet PC, according to sources from the upstream supply chain; however, Catcher has declined to comment about its clients.
Catcher will supply the chassis to Amazon from its plants in Taizhou, China with estimated gross margin to be more than 40%, the sources noted.
In 2012, Catcher is estimated to increase its number of CNC machines to 15,000 to help boost capacity and satisfy the strong demand from the tablet PC industry, especially the iPad, the sources noted.