Press Releases

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 […]

GROVE, OXFORDSHIRE, UK – February 2, 2007 – Lenovo, a leading computer company that creates the best-engineered PCs in the world, today announced a top sponsorship agreement with the AT&T Williams team competing in the Formula One World Championship. Lenovo’s announcement took place at the launch of the team’s 2007 race car at AT&T Williams […]

HONG KONG, February 1, 2007 – Lenovo Group today reported results for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2006. Lenovo’s consolidated revenue for the third quarter increased slightly year over year to US$4.0 billion. During the third fiscal quarter, Lenovo’s worldwide PC shipments grew approximately 8 percent, ahead of the industry average of approximately […]

PARIS, FRANCE, January 31, 2006 — Lenovo today announced plans to integrate Vodafone’s high speed mobile data connectivity into upcoming models of ThinkPad notebooks. In select ThinkPad T60 and X60 notebooks, customers will be able to enjoy the benefits of high speed mobile data networking without the need to use external datacards. Models of ThinkPad […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – January 29, 2007 – Lenovo today announced the new ThinkCentre A55 Small Form Factor (SFF) desktop PC, packing in leading technologies, such as Intel Core2 Duo processors and the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, all in the size of an average briefcase. As companies look for ways to efficiently use […]

PHOENIX — Jan. 20, 2005 — IBM today announced that Avnet, Inc., one of the world’s leading distributors of electronic components and enterprise network and computing equipment, has deployed more than 8,000 ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktops across the enterprise to improve employee productivity and access to information, shorten sales cycles and lower total cost […]

RALEIGH, N.C., January 5, 2006 – Lenovo today introduced two new ThinkPad models that bring a new level of performance and portability to the world’s most recognizable notebook brand, extending the battery life of its notebook computers to up to 11 hours with an extended battery. (3) Designed around Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology, the […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – December 13, 2006 – Lenovo today announced the appointment of Cuong Do as senior vice president and Chief Strategy Officer. He reports directly to William Amelio, CEO, and is responsible for the company’s worldwide strategic direction. Cuong replaces Yibing Wu, who has been appointed to head the company’s business transformation. […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – November 30, 2006 – Lenovo today announced the integration of its ThinkVantage Technologies (TVTs) with Microsoft’s Windows Vista™ Enterprise to give business professionals the highest levels of PC system recovery, wireless connectivity and security. Lenovo’s award-winning TVTs, a complete suite of PC productivity tools, will empower business users by extending […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – November 28, 2006 – Lenovo today announced the ThinkPad T60 widescreen notebook PC, the company’s first-ever 15.4-inch widescreen T Series notebook. Starting at only 5.1 pounds, the ThinkPad T60 widescreen is the lightest 15.4-inch widescreen notebook among the top five PC vendors 1 and continues the T Series’ heritage of […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – November 14, 2006 – Lenovo today announced the ThinkPad X60 Tablet, a new convertible tablet PC marking a technology trifecta for innovation, portability and performance — with two new screen choices and other innovative Lenovo features, such as dynamic screen rotation. The ThinkPad X60 Tablet offers new, combined MultiView/MultiTouch screen […]

HONG KONG, November 9, 2006 – Lenovo Group today reported results for the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2006. Lenovo’s consolidated revenue for the second quarter increased 1 percent year over year to US$3.7 billion. During the second fiscal quarter, Lenovo’s worldwide PC shipments grew approximately 10 percent versus the industry average of approximately […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Oct. 31, 2006 – Lenovo today announced two new products – the Lenovo C200 notebook and the Lenovo J110 desktop – as well as improvements to the Lenovo V100 notebook in the 3000 Family Notebooks and Desktops. “Small businesses face many challenges and owners want affordable and dependable notebooks so […]

Innovative Lenovo Stat to be Unveiled for 2006-07 NBA Season NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2006 – The National Basketball Association and Lenovo today announced a new multi-year global marketing partnership to expand Lenovo’s brand recognition internationally and to enhance the NBA game through the use of new technology and statistics, including the launch of the […]

NEW YORK CITY, October 18, 2006 – Lenovo today announced that it has partnered with the Explorers Club to equip five distinguished environmentalists with ThinkPad X60s ultraportable notebooks, supporting their research in rainforest canopies throughout the world. The project builds on ThinkPad’s history of computing in unforgiving environments, including space exploration and mountain expeditions. The […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – October 16, 2006 – Lenovo today announced the first ThinkPad notebooks using security technologies from Utimaco that enable people to fully encrypt the contents of their hard drive with a single swipe of their finger. Lenovo also announced improvements in wireless connectivity and processing performance such as 802.11n technology and […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and ARMONK, N.Y. – September 28, 2006 – Lenovo and International Business Machines Corporation, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced the voluntary recall of approximately 526,000 lithium-ion batteries worldwide manufactured by Sony Corporation. In the interests of public safety, Lenovo will offer customers free-of-charge replacement batteries […]

RALEIGH, N.C. – September 27, 2006 – Lenovo today announced the latest model in its Lenovo 3000 desktop PC line-up – the Lenovo 3000 J115 desktop. The new model is one more way Lenovo is providing small business users an affordable, worry-free computing experience. The Vista-capable J115 desktop comes equipped with an AMD Athlon™ 64 […]