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Lanix Precision Engineering

Company type	Public
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Hermosillo, Mexico
Products	computers, mobile phones
Website	www.lanix.com

Lanix is a Mexican electronics manufacturing company based in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. The largest domestically owned computer maker, it manufactures computers and also sells computer components as well as smartphones.

History

In 1990, Lanix began making semiconductors, and light-emitting diodes (LED). By 1994, it had moved to more advanced systems such as designing and producing computers and memory systems. In 1995, Lanix released its first computer, named PC 286, which was sold in Mexico and was the first personal computer made in large numbers by a domestic firm that saw widespread sales. Lanix products are assembled in Mexico and Chile.

At the 2009 Intel Solutions Summit hosted by Intel, Lanix won an award in the "mobile solution" category.

In March 2011, Lanix began offering a system where buyers can custom build their own computer from the bottom up, choosing different types of chipsets, memory systems, and other components.

Products

As of 2011, Lanix sells computers (desktops, laptops, and servers), computer monitors, optical drives, hard disk drives, and smartphones.

Smartphones and tablet computers

In 2007, Lanix announced a newly formed branch of the firm, Lanix Mobile. This division specializes in developing smartphones and other mobile electronic hardware. In 2010, Lanix revealed a new smartphone called the Ilium running Android operating system. Starting in 2010 America Movil, the fourth largest telecom company in the world, began selling Lanix smartphones through it's Telcel branch.

In 2010, Lanix unveiled the Lanix W-10, a tablet computer running Windows 7. An Android version will be available through Telcel.

Mexican government contracts

Lanix has won several contracts to provide electronics to government entities in Mexico. In 2010 it also won a contract from the Mexican secretary of education to supply schools with computers.

References

1. ^ "Historia Lanix" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
2. ^ "El Legado de LANIX" (in Spanish). Lanix. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
3. Lanix - Intel Innovation Mobile Solution (streaming video). Intel Solutions Summit: YouTube. 2009.
4. "Configurador de equipos Lanix" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 April 2011.
5. "HOGAR - Soluciones a tu medida" (in Spanish). Lanix. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
6. "GOBIERNO - Alto rendimiento y Funcionalidad" (in Spanish). Lanix. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
7. "Servidores de Entrada" (in Spanish). Lanix. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
8. "GOBIERNO - Alto rendimiento y Funcionalidad" (in Spanish). Lanix. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
9. "Lanix Mobile" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
10. Gilberto (3 September 2010). "Una tablet y un smarphone, las dos sorpresas que tiene Lanix para esta navidad". SPK.LA (in Spanish).
11. "Busca tu equipo" (in Spanish). Telcel. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
12. Gilberto (7 October 2010). "Detalles de la tablet de Lanix, la W10". SPK.LA (in Spanish).
13. "Entrega Osuna Millán computadoras portátiles a maestros de educación básica". El Observador Diario (in Spanish). Estrategias y Comunicación. 8 April 2011.

External links

• Official website

• Use dmy dates from April 2011
• Companies of Mexico
• Hermosillo