Compal Electronics saw non-notebook revenue proportion rise from 23% in 2014 to 28% in 2015 and aims to increase it to 35% in 2016, company president Ray Chen said at a shareholders' meeting on June 24.

While market research firms forecast that global demand for notebooks and tablets in 2016 will decrease 10% on year, Compal expects the company's total shipments for all of its product lines to grow 20%, Chen said.

In order to diversify business operations, Compal has stepped into development of servers, automotive electronics, smart home devices, IoT vertical solutions, smart medical and healthcare devices, industrial PCs, Chen indicated.

Compal's shareholders approved the distribution of a cash dividend per share of NT$1.20 (US$0.037) for 2015.