page_title: Compal Electronics
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Compal Electronics / Overview
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 仁寶電腦台北辦公室，是仁寶電腦總部所在地，地址：臺北市內湖區瑞光路581、581之1號。
context_page_description: Compal Electronics is a Taiwanese original design manufacturer, handling the production of notebook computers, monitors, tablets and televisions for a variety of clients around the world, including Apple Inc., Acer, Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu. It also licenses brands of its clients.
  It is the second-largest contract laptop manufacturer in the world behind Quanta Computer, and shipped over 48 million notebooks in 2010.
context_section_description: The company is known for producing selected models for Dell (Alienware included), Hewlett-Packard and Compaq, and Toshiba. Compal has designed and built laptops for all of the major brands as well as custom builders for over 22 years. The company is listed in Taiwan Stock Exchange. As of 2017, revenues were US$24 billion, with a total workforce of 64,000. The company's headquarters is in Taipei, Taiwan, with offices in mainland China, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. Compal's main production facility is in Kunshan, China.
  Compal is the second largest notebook manufacturer in the world, after Quanta Computers, also based in Taiwan. It is one of the main supporters of Intel's Common Building Block initiatives.
caption: Compal Electronics headquarters in Neihu, Taipei
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