Press Releases

BEIJING, 26 August — Lenovo, worldwide partner and exclusive computing equipment provider to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, announced today that its multi-layered computing solution consisting of more than 30,000 pieces of equipment and nearly 600 engineers provided smooth, error-free performance at the Games, the largest sporting event in human history. Despite heavy rains and multiple […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – August 20, 2008:  Lenovo today announced its intention to ship Intel® Anti-Theft Technology in an effort to help customers address the growing demand for notebook protection and security among business users. “With technologies such as our embedded security subsystem, Lenovo has been a leader in PC security innovation,” said Mark Cohen, vice president and […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – August 18, 2008: Lenovo today announced the ThinkPad X301 notebook PC, taking the thinnest and lightest full-function notebook in its class1, to new heights in performance. Like its predecessor, the industry-acclaimed ThinkPad X300 notebook, the ThinkPad X301 notebook offers cutting-edge features and technologies in a thin and light form starting at less than three […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC ? August 12, 2008: Lenovo today introduced the ThinkPad W700, a 17-inch widescreen mobile workstation engineered with game-changing technologies and innovations to exceed the demands of the most data and graphics-intensive users. Lenovo brings the industry?s first built-in digitizer and color calibrator to a mobile workstation and combines these innovations with first-in-market technologies such as […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – August 8, 2008: Lenovo will combine the excitement of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with Lenovo’s most innovative technology in a series of television commercials designed to drive awareness of the company’s pivotal role in this year’s Olympic Games and demonstrate how Lenovo PCs are helping people originate ideas everywhere. Four television commercials […]

Quarterly sales of US$4.2 billion, up 10%  Quarterly EBITDA of US$181 million Pre-tax income of US$137 million Profit attributable to shareholders of US$110 million, up 65% Basic EPS of 1.25 US cents, or 9.75 HK cents Net cash reserves of US$1.8 billion (as of June 30, 2008) Above figures reflect continuing operations only (excludes mobile […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – August 4, 2008: Lenovo today announced it is entering the “netbook” PC market with the new IdeaPad S10 netbook PC. Lenovo designed the super-slim, super-small IdeaPad S10 to complement a customer’s primary PC or as a first-time, introductory PC purchase. The IdeaPad S10 allows users to perform simple activities such as dive the […]

BEIJING, 31 July 2008 ? Lenovo today unveiled a marketing program designed to introduce the company?s personal computers, people, values and involvement in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to a global audience. As Worldwide Partner of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the Olympic Torch Relay, Lenovo is providing more than 30,000 pieces of computing […]

BEIJING, July 28 – Lenovo today officially celebrated the opening of the company’s six Internet lounges in the Olympic Villages, known as i.lounges. The i.lounges provide athletes and officials with 260 computers where they can surf the Internet, blog, conduct video chats and stay in touch with friends and family. The i.lounges are open from […]

BEIJING, 24 July 2008 ? Lenovo today launched a blogging program and website for athletes training to compete in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The program builds on a historic shift in the Olympic movement ?- these are the first Olympic Games where athletes will blog during the competition time period itself. Lenovo has provided […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, – July 22, 2008: Lenovo today announced an expanded sales network for its consumer customers, as IdeaPad notebook PCs and IdeaCentre desktop PCs will now be sold through distributors, D&H Distributing and Ingram Micro Inc., as well as through hundreds of business partners in the U.S. and Canada. “Since we launched our ‘Idea’ brand […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – July 15, 2008: Lenovo today unveiled a complete computing solution for small-to-medium business (SMB) users that includes the new SL series of ThinkPad notebooks, value-added software and unique new services. The trio of notebooks – SL300, SL400 and SL500 – feature cutting-edge technologies, such as built-in high speed mobile broadband connectivity1, excellent multimedia […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – July 15, 2008: Lenovo today introduced four new notebooks for consumers to express themselves with more choices of color, including Valencia orange, Indigo blue, Bold black and Crimson red, along with consumer-focused features including expanded facial recognition for simple and convenient log-on, One-Key Rescue System1 to recover your ideas with just one touch, […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – July 1, 2008: Lenovo today announced that Whitfield School, an independent school for grades 6-12 in St. Louis, MO, has successfully completed its first school year operating a 1:1 computing program (one computer for every student, grades 6-12) utilizing more than 600 Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks to power the school’s innovative use of […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – June 30, 2008: Lenovo has announced the launch of the IdeaCentre K210 desktop, marking the company’s global entry into the consumer desktop market outside of China. This announcement follows the recent debut of Lenovo’s IdeaPad series of notebooks, which signaled Lenovo’s dramatic jump into the worldwide consumer notebook business outside of […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC ? June 17, 2008: Lenovo today introduced Lenovo Asset Recovery Services (ARS), a new set of services to help business customers in the U.S. and Canada manage their end-of-life technology equipment by providing computer take-back, data destruction, refurbishment and recycling. Lenovo also offers additional services including inventory, value assessment, on-site deinstallation and data encryption. […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – June 5, 2008 – Lenovo today announced it has been recognized as the #1 PC manufacturer in Technology Business Research’s (TBR) “1Q2008 Notebook IT Buying Behavior and Customer Satisfaction Study.” The results, garnered from more than 600 medium and large business customers in the U.S. and Canada, show Lenovo as the overall leading […]

BEIJING, May 29, 2008 ? After a full year of Beijing-based international athletic competitions used to test the technology infrastructure supporting the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Lenovo is preparing for the final and most grueling test of all, a three-day comprehensive technology rehearsal on June 10-12 that will involve more than 300 Lenovo engineers and thousands […]

Full-year sales of US$16.4 billion, up 17% (1) Full-year EBITDA (excluding restructuring) of US$798 million, up 113% (1) Full-year pre-tax income (excluding restructuring) of US$560 million, up 237% (1) Full-year profit attributable to shareholders (including restructuring) of US$484 million, up 201% (2) Full-year basic EPS of 5.51 US cents, or 42.98 HK cents, up 195% (2) Net cash reserves of […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC ? APRIL 30, 2008: With the best record in the NBA during the 2007-08 regular season, the Boston Celtics featured the most effective five-man player combination in the league and are well positioned to win their first championship in 22 years, according to the Lenovo Stat on NBA.com. The Lenovo Stat, a plus/minus […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, April 29, 2008 – Lenovo today announced the availability of the IdeaPad U110 consumer notebook PC, the star of Lenovo’s IdeaPad entertainment and fashion-oriented notebook collection and winner of three Best-of-Show awards at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. Select models of the notebook will be available in red and black on Lenovo’s website […]

Las Vegas, NV— April 28, 2008  Lenovo and LANDesk today announced that Lenovo will offer LANDesk technology as the core of the new Lenovo ThinkManagement Console. The new console provides centralized inventory and reporting of Lenovo client hardware assets, Lenovo’s industry-leading ThinkVantage Technologies, as well as management of Intel vPro enabled devices. Integration tools are […]

GREENSBORO, NC – April 17, 2008 – Lenovo today highlighted economic investment and job creation in the North Carolina community of Whitsett, as the company celebrated the grand opening of its first fulfillment center in the United States. This newly built facility will initially employ about 160 people, cost $10 million to build, and will serve Lenovo’s […]

Shanghai, China – April 2, 2008 ?, Lenovo today announced the first low-level client virtualization software platform offered by any PC hardware manufacturer. Lenovo’s Client Virtualization Platform (CVP) will be the base technology for customer solutions shipping with Lenovo PC products later this year. Lenovo’s Client Virtualization Platform uses the latest hardware features to isolate applications. […]