Wistron: Building Growth Engines for the Next 10 Years, Enhancing Global Manufacturing Flexibility
Wistron Chairman Simon Lin announced a focus on four key areas for the next decade, including AI growth engines and regionalized manufacturing, following a year of triple-digit growth in AI server revenue.
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Central News Agency (Taipei, April 28) - Contract manufacturer Wistron will hold its annual shareholders' meeting on May 29. Chairman Simon Lin stated in the annual operating report released today that operations this year will focus on four key points: building key growth engines for the next 10 years, enhancing global manufacturing flexibility and regionalized layout, strengthening corporate health to improve competitiveness, and advancing low-carbon transformation and sustainable competitiveness.
Lin said that beyond its core revenue-generating businesses, Wistron needs to invest and research for next-generation profit engines. This involves early positioning and deepening co-development relationships with key customers, participating in design and validation from the early stages of product definition. Simultaneously, the company will engage in strategic collaborations with tech startups and increase resources for talent recruitment and training to consolidate its critical position in the next-generation IT landscape.
He noted that in response to regional supply chain trends and export controls, Wistron will continue to optimize its global capacity allocation, improving multi-site backup and flexible scheduling capabilities. It will also deepen local supply chain cooperation and talent cultivation to ensure stable supply and delivery close to customer needs despite complex political and economic environments.
In terms of strengthening corporate health, Lin mentioned that amidst global demand fluctuations and rapid technological evolution, Wistron must raise its technological barriers and customer stickiness. On the other hand, the company will promote smart manufacturing and digital management to optimize cost structures and inventory turnover. It will also strengthen cash flow management and exchange rate hedging to reduce the impact of external risks, creating a robust and flexible operating model to continuously improve profitability and financial health.
Furthermore, Lin pointed out that facing international net-zero regulations and customer carbon reduction requirements, Wistron will continue to implement energy conservation, introduce renewable energy, and promote circular economy designs. It will enhance supply chain transparency and carbon management capabilities, internalizing ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) as a core corporate strategy to achieve simultaneous growth and sustainability.
Reviewing Wistron's performance across major products in 2025, revenue from AI and general-purpose servers achieved triple-digit percentage growth, becoming the key driver for the year's scale and profitability. In the PC product category (laptops/desktops), although the AI PC replacement wave did not materialize as expected by the industry, shipments still saw slight growth. Display products remained flat, while industrial computers recovered from a market low. Networking products saw significant shipment growth starting from the fourth quarter, providing new momentum for subsequent operations.
As for certain low-profit businesses, Wistron has followed its strategy to withdraw or downsize. For instance, the exit from the mobile phone business was completed in 2025, leaving only high-profit or high-potential businesses for further development.
Lin said that beyond its core revenue-generating businesses, Wistron needs to invest and research for next-generation profit engines. This involves early positioning and deepening co-development relationships with key customers, participating in design and validation from the early stages of product definition. Simultaneously, the company will engage in strategic collaborations with tech startups and increase resources for talent recruitment and training to consolidate its critical position in the next-generation IT landscape.
He noted that in response to regional supply chain trends and export controls, Wistron will continue to optimize its global capacity allocation, improving multi-site backup and flexible scheduling capabilities. It will also deepen local supply chain cooperation and talent cultivation to ensure stable supply and delivery close to customer needs despite complex political and economic environments.
In terms of strengthening corporate health, Lin mentioned that amidst global demand fluctuations and rapid technological evolution, Wistron must raise its technological barriers and customer stickiness. On the other hand, the company will promote smart manufacturing and digital management to optimize cost structures and inventory turnover. It will also strengthen cash flow management and exchange rate hedging to reduce the impact of external risks, creating a robust and flexible operating model to continuously improve profitability and financial health.
Furthermore, Lin pointed out that facing international net-zero regulations and customer carbon reduction requirements, Wistron will continue to implement energy conservation, introduce renewable energy, and promote circular economy designs. It will enhance supply chain transparency and carbon management capabilities, internalizing ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) as a core corporate strategy to achieve simultaneous growth and sustainability.
Reviewing Wistron's performance across major products in 2025, revenue from AI and general-purpose servers achieved triple-digit percentage growth, becoming the key driver for the year's scale and profitability. In the PC product category (laptops/desktops), although the AI PC replacement wave did not materialize as expected by the industry, shipments still saw slight growth. Display products remained flat, while industrial computers recovered from a market low. Networking products saw significant shipment growth starting from the fourth quarter, providing new momentum for subsequent operations.
As for certain low-profit businesses, Wistron has followed its strategy to withdraw or downsize. For instance, the exit from the mobile phone business was completed in 2025, leaving only high-profit or high-potential businesses for further development.