Compal Electronics shipped 39 million notebooks in 2013, increasing 5.4% on year, and expects shipments in 2014 to grow 5% sequentially, company president Ray Chen said on January 16.

　　Compal expects its revenue proportion for notebooks and servers to drop from 83% in 2013 to 70% in 2014, for smartphones and tablets to rise from 9% to 20%, and for LCD TVs and networking/communication devices from 8% to 10%, Chen indicated.

　　In order to meet growing orders for smartphones and tablets, Compal is remodeling one of its five notebook factories in Kunshan, eastern China, Chen noted.

　　The proportion of touch-enabled notebooks will only rise from 12-13% at the end of 2103 to 15-20% in 2014 because business-use models will be the source of growth in total notebook demand in 2014, and most of these do not need touch support, Chen pointed out.

　　According to industry sources, Compal has landed smartphone orders from HTC with shipments to begin in the first quarter of 2014, and iPad mini with Retina display orders from Apple which are expected to ship beginning the end of the second quarter.