ASUS And Acer Merger Rumor

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/20/2013 10:03 AM | source: | 13 comment(s)

Here's something to discuss. Apparently, there are whispers going around that Acer and ASUS could potentially merge. Both of these companies hail from Taiwan, and ASUS Chairman Johnny Shih did respond to a question concerning a possible merger between the two, where he mentioned that the industry happens to be in a transition period, and people should keep “an open mind” when it comes to mergers. Shih did have a penchant to talk about organic growth for ASUS in the past, but this is a refreshing turnabout.

ASUS’ bread and butter, the sales of motherboards, isn’t exactly doing gangbusters, and ASUS seems to focus more on mobile devices recently, so a merger with Acer might benefit both companies. Of course, these are just rumors as at press time, but the market did react favorably to this rumor, with the respective share prices of both companies going up. Via ubergizmo.

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TheDeeGee
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#4658674 Posted on: 09/20/2013 03:24 PM

Acus?

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#4658694 Posted on: 09/20/2013 04:01 PM

Aser

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#4658732 Posted on: 09/20/2013 05:32 PM

That's nice, maybe things will be better for the two.

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#4658734 Posted on: 09/20/2013 05:36 PM

That's nice, maybe things will be better for the two.

Or worse.

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#4658736 Posted on: 09/20/2013 05:39 PM

Or worse.

I am not pleased with the way in which Asus handles RMA's that are physically damaged. (I am speaking of ones that the customer did not damage but was caused by a defect.) That is also the reason I will not buy Asus products.

That said, I refuse to wish ill will on these companies. Acer makes a descent machine for the cost and Asus makes good products when the stay working. Maybe a merger will fix their issues, we will see.

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#4658743 Posted on: 09/20/2013 05:48 PM

This would be bad.... How exactly would this merger work? Acer merged with Gateway several years ago.... Acer already failed at hardware manufacturing (via AOpen)....would hate to see Asus die because of Acer...

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#4658744 Posted on: 09/20/2013 05:49 PM

Yeah, but perhaps Asus will be the driving force?

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#4658749 Posted on: 09/20/2013 05:59 PM

I was under the impression that Acer bought out Gateway? Not merged.

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#4658753 Posted on: 09/20/2013 06:06 PM

I've never had a problem with either company. I've only owned Asus motherboards and only ever owned Acer laptops.
That being said, I hope this doesn't cause quality to decrease for either of them.

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#4658833 Posted on: 09/20/2013 09:30 PM

this makes sense to me as I've noticed Asus already supplies a lot of their mobos and possibly other hardware.

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#4659139 Posted on: 09/21/2013 12:17 PM

I was under the impression that Acer bought out Gateway? Not merged.

Not caring about the 3 affected brands in the past, I never got past the headlines saying that Acer and Gateway were merging. It appears though, that you're correct. However, Acer spun off it's hardware division (AOpen) years ago so to me it doesn't make sense to now merge with Asus, unless Asus will be controlling all companies involved. I just recently bought a new Asus laptop...so hope this doesn't affect the warranty of that in any way.

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#4660601 Posted on: 09/23/2013 10:37 PM

Acustek

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#4660786 Posted on: 09/24/2013 07:02 AM

Acerus.

Maybe both are seeing a decline in monitor sales due to other alternatives, but I can only think Acer will be getting the better end of the deal. In that sense, I doubt whether it would be a merger in the sense of what the public generally think a merger involves, it would probably be closer, in a sense, to Asus effectively buying out Acer (but not outright)...

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