- Carapelli Computers
Carapelli Computers is a Taiwanese company founded in 1983 with the goal of linking manufacturers based in South East Asia to the world's merchandise trading markets.
By 1986 Carapelli was exporting various computer parts to
Canada andIndia including computer casings, power supplies, motherboards & additional add-on peripherals and by 1991 the company had started exporting notebooks from every OEM manufacturer under the Impulse brand moniker to Canada. At that time Impulse was ranked 3rd in notebook sales nationwide.In 1987 Carapelli expanded its operations to
Hong Kong andBangkok in a move to expand the company's market share in general merchandise and computers. By 1997 the group's turnover had exceeded USD 50 Million and was still growing.In 1994 Carapelli further expanded its operations to the
United Arab Emirates by opening two import facilities. Carapelli Computers was started inDubai ,United Arab Emirates with both a retail and wholesale strategy.In the year 2001, Carapelli again expanded its operations by establishing a large retail and wholesale presence in the
U.A.E. 's trade capital Dubai and subsequently in the year 2002 Carapelli created two more branch locations at theJebel Ali freezone port and inAbu Dhabi , the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The former was created to increase Carapelli's distribution abilities to the whole of theMiddle East andAfrica , and the latter was established in order to gain a larger retail and wholesale presence within the capital of the nation.In the year 2006, Carapelli invested in a manufacturing presence in mainland
China , producing media products andGPS systems and in 2008 the focus shifted to the manufacturing oflaptop computers for the masses.World's Cheapest Laptop
In 2008 Carapelli launched the Impulse NPX-9000, which is claimed to be the world's cheapest notebook, at a wholesale price of U.S. $129.00.
References
[http://www.itp.net/news/526694-the-cheapest-laptop-in-the-world-is-err-cheap ITP Review of the Impulse NPX-9000]
[http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9110879&source=rss_topic122 Computer World Announcement of Impulse NPX-9000 Launch]
[http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/price/worlds_cheapest_laptop.html OLPC News Announcement of Impulse NPX-9000 Launch]
External Links
[http://www.impulseglobal.com/ Impulse NPX-9000 Official Home Page]
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