September 27, 2011 – Lenovo and Compal Electronics announced a partnership to build and operate a new manufacturing center in Hefei, China. The joint venture enables Lenovo, which acquired the PC division of IBM in 2005, to increase production capacity. Compal is one of the world’s leading original design manufacturers (ODMs), and produces notebook computers, monitors, and televisions for a number of companies including Acer, Dell, and HP.