Press Releases

PURCHASE, N.Y., June 29, 2005 – Lenovo won its first design award in the international BusinessWeek / IDSA competition this month, with the innovative Lenovo Smartphone ET960 taking bronze in the Computer Equipment category. The annual international competition, sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine and run independently by the Industrial Design Society of America, recognizes the “best […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – June 26, 2007 – Lenovo announced it will develop a new, state-of-the-art U.S. Fulfillment Center in the town of Whitsett in Guilford County, North Carolina. The fulfillment center will support regional customer requirements including product configuration, distribution services, returns management and some light assembly. Lenovo will be creating more than […]

PURCHASE, N.Y., June 2, 2005 – Lenovo Group Ltd. (HKSE: 992; ADR: LNVGY) and NBC, a subsidiary of General Electric (NYSE: GE), today jointly announced that Lenovo has been chosen as NBC’s computer equipment provider to support the network’s coverage of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy. NBC is the U.S. rights holder […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – May 31, 2007 – Lenovo today introduced its ultraportable toolkit of ultraperformance-based PCs featuring the new ThinkPad X61 and X61s notebooks and the X61 Tablet PC. The new PCs highlight a more than 30 percent improvement in wireless performance over previous models, battery life that goes the distance, extended security […]

RALEIGH, N.C., May 31, 2006 — Lenovo today unveiled its first ultraportable widescreen notebook PC, the Lenovo V100, designed for on-the-go small business customers seeking powerful performance in a modern design. Weighing a sleek 4.0 pounds(1) and sporting a 12.1-inch widescreen display, the V100 offers professionals on a limited budget powerful dual-core performance, easy and […]

Research Triangle Park, N.C., May 30, 2007 – Lenovo today introduced expanded ThinkVantage Technology® (TVT) capabilities that help enterprise PC managers reduce the cost of service delivery through remote access and control of PC-Doctor system health software from Lenovo’s LANDesk® Management Suite for ThinkVantage® Technologies management console. Developed through a collaborative effort by the three […]

Evolving Beyond ‘Garage’ Model of Innovation Broad Support from State of North Carolina RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., May 24, 2005 … Lenovo today announced plans to establish a new Innovation Center that will enable customers, business partners, solution providers and independent software vendors to collaborate on new personal computing solutions to address today’s toughest client […]

HONG KONG, May 23, 2007 – Lenovo Group today announced that Mary Ma, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will retire from the company, effective today, and take on a new role as Non-Executive Vice Chairman of Lenovo. The company also announced that Wong Wai Ming, 49, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, reporting […]

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 […]