Press Releases

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 […]

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 […]