Press Releases

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – September 23, 2008: Lenovo today announced two new ThinkPad notebooks that significantly address the key factors mobile computer users consider today – light weight, long battery life and usability. With models starting at just 2.4 pounds[1] and with models offering maximum battery life lasting up to more than 13 hours[2], the […]

NEW YORK – September 17, 2008:  At the Interop show today, Lenovo announced the latest additions to its ThinkVision monitor portfolio that pioneer a new level of energy-efficiency for PC displays.  Delivering outstanding performance, the new ThinkVision L1700p, L1940 Wide, L1940p Wide, L2240p Wide, L2440p Wide and L2440x Wide monitors use 30-60 percent less energy […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC and NEW YORK, September 15, 2008. Lenovo today announced it has joined international non-profit organization, The Climate Group, and as part of that membership unveiled a comprehensive program that rewards consumers for recycling end-of-life devices, and offers consumers incentives to power new computers with renewable energy. This new program encourages consumers […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC ? September 10, 2008: Lenovo today announced that Northern Michigan University deployed 6,000 ThinkPad notebooks to provide all full-time Wildcats easy and secure access to more than 700 Web-based classes this fall.  Less than one month after the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, student athletes enrolled in the United States Olympic Education Center […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC ? September 3, 2008: Lenovo announced today that Lenovo Hope Fund grants totaling approximately $80,000 in cash and equipment have been distributed to 35 non-profit organizations.  The Lenovo Hope Fund supports charitable organizations worldwide that are founded by Lenovo employees or where Lenovo employees have taken an active volunteer role. “As Lenovo […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC ? August 28, 2008: Lenovo today announced the ThinkCentre A62, one of the most cost effective and stable ThinkCentre PCs ever. The A62 is among the most environmentally friendly desktops on the market, and comes with such features as Dash 1.1, a highly touted remote management system and Express Repair, which […]

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 […]