Acer to acquire Gateway for $710m
Gateway factory
The takeover is expected to be completed by December
Taiwan's leading computer seller Acer is to take over US PC maker Gateway in a $710m (£352m) deal.

台湾Acer并购Gateway
Gateway 工厂
并购计划将在12月完成
台湾宏碁（Acer）8月27日宣布，将以7.1亿美元的价格并购美国第四大电脑厂商Gateway。

The takeover will create the world's third largest producer of personal computers, with shipments of more than 20 million PCs and sales of $15bn.
双方已完成签约，预计在年底完成此项并购案，未来宏碁将超过联想中国，成为世界第三大个人电脑制造商。

并购后，宏碁的年度营收将超过150亿美元，个人电脑销量将超过两千万台，如此将使得宏碁超越中国联想，占全球个人电脑市场的第三大位置。

The deal may also see Acer try to block Chinese rival Lenovo from buying Packard Bell's operations in Europe.

Gateway has said it wants to buy Packard Bell under a 2006 first refusal deal agreed with its owner, John Hui.

"This acquisition of Gateway and its strong brand immediately completes Acer's global footprint by strengthening our US presence," Acer chairman JT Wang said.
宏碁董事长王振堂表示，藉由Gateway执行对Packard Bell的优先承购权，此宗并购案将发挥更大的效用，也强化了宏碁在美国市场的地位。

"This will be an excellent addition to Acer's already strong positions in Europe and Asia."

The two firms said they expected the deal to result in "significant" cost savings of more than $150m. In addition, the deal should lead to a drop in component costs, Acer and Gateway said in a join statement.

此宗并购案将使得整体营收显着成长，在营运规模增加与整合双方资源后，并购案也将节省约1.5亿美元的开销。


Analysts predict that Acer will back Gateway's intention to exercise its first refusal deal with Packard Bell in order to scupper Lenovo's expansion plans.

Lenovo had been hoping to boost its European market position by snapping up the Dutch firm.

However, some analysts have said that Lenovo may not lose out to Gateway, but merely be forced to pay more for Packard Bell.
不过依据调查公司Gartner Inc对全球市场第二季的报告，宏碁为世界第四大的个人电脑制造商，排在位居第一的Hewlett-Packard、位居第二的Dell与第三名的联想中国之后。



王振堂与Gateway执行长寇勒曼（Ed Coleman）共同宣布宏碁创办30多年以来的最大并购案。

王振堂表示将以每股1.9美元的价格收购Gateway流通在外的股数，交易预计在今年12月完成。

宏碁计划收购Gateway90%的股权，Gateway将下市，成为宏碁的子公司，但如果只收购到50％的股权，则并购案还必须经过Gateway股东会的同意。

Gateway在美国一直以来为个人电脑产量第三的企业，排在Hewlett-Packard与Dell之后，不过一周前的调查数据显示频果电脑的销售量占了市场的17.6％，使得Gateway被苹果公司挤下，只能屈居第四，而宏碁在市场则排名第五。

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Wang holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and an Executive MBA from Taiwan’s National Cheng-Chi University. He and his wife have two daughters.

王振堂拥有国立台湾大学电子工程学士学位和台湾国立政治大学MBA学位。他和妻子养有两个女儿。