Press Releases

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC and ARMONK, NY – May 22, 2007 – Lenovo and IBM today announced the expansion of their global alliance to develop and deliver industry specific, integrated technology solutions for enterprises, small and mid-market (SMB) businesses and individuals. The agreement aligns Lenovo’s expertise in building the best engineered personal computers with IBM’s […]

SEATTLE, WA, May 22, 2006 – Lenovo and Microsoft Corp. today announced that they will launch market trials in China and India that will validate the market for pay-as-you-go personal computing, using a model very similar to prepaid mobile telephone services. The announcement took place the day before the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – May 15, 2007 – Hospice of the Valley, one of the nation’s oldest and largest not-for-profit hospices, is deploying 450 Lenovo ThinkPad X60 and X41 Tablet PCs throughout its operations to help enhance patient care. The Lenovo Tablet PCs allow hospice staff to focus on providing the highest levels of […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – May 10, 2007 – Lenovo today announced that it is reaffirming its collaboration with Microsoft to promote the use and benefits of validly licensed Microsoft software products through innovative joint sales, marketing and training programs in China and around the world. Today’s agreement renews the strategic cooperation between the two companies. […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – May 9, 2007 – Lenovo today announced two new ThinkPad notebooks PCs – the first ThinkPad T61 14.1-inch widescreen notebook and the first ever R Series widescreen, the ThinkPad R61 14.1-inch widescreen notebook. Lenovo engineered the PCs with its latest innovations, including a new Top Cover Roll Cage for excellent […]

BEIJING, April 26, 2007 – Today the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) in the presence of the International Olympic Committee, unveiled the Lenovo-designed Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch and announced Lenovo’s role as a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Torch Relay. Lenovo’s design, the “Cloud of Promise,” was chosen over […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – April 23, 2007 – The Houston Rockets featured the most effective five man player combination during the 2006-07 NBA season according to the Lenovo Stat, a new plus minus statistic unveiled at the start of the season by Lenovo and the NBA to demonstrate the power of teamwork. In addition, […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK/HONG KONG/BEIJING/PARIS/ SINGAPORE, – April 19, 2007 – Lenovo today announced a series of measures designed to enhance business performance and accelerate profitable growth. “To win in the PC industry, our path is very clear,” said William J. Amelio, Lenovo’s president and chief executive officer. “We must deliver the world’s best-engineered PCs, offer […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – April 3, 2007 – Lenovo today was recognized by Greenpeace for its environmental progress around the world. In the April 2007 report, “Guide to Greener Electronics,” Greenpeace ranked Lenovo as the top company out of a group of 14 leading technology companies for its green policies and practices. “Demonstrating corporate […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, – March 28, 2007 – Lenovo today announced the creation of a new consumer business unit, to support and drive the company’s entry into consumer markets with new products and services worldwide. Lenovo is already the consumer market leader in China, and this new organization will help better position the company […]

BEIJING — March 26, 2007 — Lenovo announced today it has completed the second of three massive hardware deliveries for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with the shipment of nearly 700 pieces of hardware, including notebooks, desktops, desktop monitors and servers, to the Integration Test Center of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — March 21, 2007 — Lenovo today was recognized by the Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the Federal Environmental Executive and the Green Electronics Council for helping to supply federal agencies with PCs that meet the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) criteria. Lenovo offers more than […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — March 20, 2007 — Lenovo today announced the appointment of Gary Ng, as vice president, Investor Relations. He reports to Mary Ma, chief financial officer, Lenovo, and is responsible for strengthening Lenovo’s ties to the investor and financial communities. Ng will be based in Hong Kong. Ng was most recently […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — March 19, 2007 — Lenovo today was recognized by CMP Technology’s VARBusiness magazine as one of North America’s top IT companies in terms of the partnership programs Lenovo offers to solution providers that sell its products and services to end users. VARBusiness certified Lenovo as a Five-Star Partner, acknowledging the […]

ARMONK, New York, March 15, 2005 – IBM Corporation was named a recipient of Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for outstanding performance in providing products and services deemed essential to Intel’s success. The company was awarded for its efforts in supplying Intel with notebooks, desktops, workstations and servers. IBM Corporation and 25 additional […]

REDMOND, Wash., and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — March 14, 2007 — As a part of their continued collaboration, Microsoft Corp. and Lenovo today announced a global agreement to pre-load Windows Live™ services on Lenovo PCs sold worldwide including ThinkPad notebooks, ThinkCentre desktops and Lenovo-branded PCs. In the coming weeks, Lenovo will be the first […]

PURCHASE, N.Y., March 1, 2006 — Lenovo, the computing equipment sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, today announced that it is donating ThinkPad notebooks to “Right To Play,” an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play as tools for the development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 7, 2007 – Lenovo today announced its sponsorship of the “Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering,” a live webcast event that will be broadcast to a worldwide audience on Thursday, March 22. Lenovo also pledged its multi-year support for the National Engineers Week Foundation and the Global […]

VOICECON, ORLANDO, FL – March 6, 2007 – Lenovo and Avaya today announced plans to collaborate on IP and unified communications solutions that combine both companies’ award-winning technologies. Lenovo and Avaya will work together to enhance the IP communications experience on ThinkPad notebooks, giving business users the highest levels of security, usability and quality of […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 1, 2007 – Lenovo, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, today announced the voluntary recall of approximately 205,000 extended-life, 9-cell battery packs. In the interests of public safety, Lenovo will offer customers free-of-charge replacements for all recalled battery packs. Lenovo has confirmed that notebook computers containing the […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., February 21, 2007 – Lenovo today announced it has garnered top rankings in notebook brand awareness and customer satisfaction in the fourth quarter of last year, according to Technology Business Research (TBR). In the latest report from TBR, “Corporate IT Buying Behavior & Customer Satisfaction Study: Notebooks,” Lenovo’s rankings increased in […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., February 20, 2007 – Lenovo today announced that select Lenovo PCs are now available for purchase in nearly 700 Circuit City stores across the U.S. and online at www.circuitcity.com. Customers are now able to purchase ThinkPad T60 widescreen and Lenovo N100 notebook PCs in select Circuit City stores, online at www.circuitcity.com […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., February 19, 2007 – Lenovo today announced the appointment of Yolanda Conyers, as vice president, Cultural Integration and Diversity. She reports to Ken DiPietro, senior vice president, Human Resources, and is responsible for the global integration of the company’s workforce. Conyers was most recently director, Worldwide Procurement at Dell, where she […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC and MINNEAPOLIS – February 8, 2007 – Lenovo and Best Buy For Business today announced that select Lenovo notebook PCs will be available for purchase at approximately 300 Best Buy For Business retail store locations across the U.S. beginning this month. Small business professionals can now purchase the ThinkPad T60 widescreen […]