Compal Electronics Company has laid off 100 people, related to the development and testing of tablets. In 2011, the producer hired excess staff, relying on the rapid growth of the tablet market, but the demand for Compal in this area was not as high.
For Taiwanese manufacturers such adjustments - a common occurrence. For example, Inventec company (produces HP TouchPad in 2011 ) in October broke up with 432 employees, since HP has stopped selling the tablet. Last September, Quanta Computer has laid off more than 1,000 people in connection with the reduction of orders for RIM tablet .
Compal major clients in the direction of contract tablets manufacturing are Acer and Lenovo. The Tablet market is becoming crowded, and even device manufacturers in this case, may suffer from competition.