Lanix Internacional, S.A. de C.V. is a multinational computer and mobile phone manufacturer company based in Hermosillo, Mexico. Lanix primarily markets and sells its products in Mexico and the Latin American export market.

History

Lanix was founded in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico in 1990, and released its first computer, the PC 286 the same year. Throughout the 1990s Lanix expanded into the development and production of more sophisticated electronics components such as optical drives, servers, memory drives and flash memory. In 2002 Lanix opened its first factory outside of Mexico in

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to cater to the South American market. By 2006 Lanix had gained a market share of 5% of Mexico's electronics market and began diversifying its product line to include LCD televisions and monitors and in 2007 began manufacturing mobile phones. Currently Lanix offers products in the consumer, professional and government markets throughout Latin America. In 2010 Lanix announced an ambitious plan to gain market share in the Latin American computer market and expanded operations to include every country in Latin America Lanix has production facilities at its original headquarters in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico and international facilities in

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and Bogota, Colombia. 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, choosing different types of chipsets, memory, and other components. In 2012 Lanix expanded its product portfolio by integrating its first Smartphone, Ilium S100, and positioned itself as one of the bestselling brands in the Mexican market. In 2015 announces the first smartphone with

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of the company. In June 2017 Lanix image is renewed by updating its logo, launching new high-end smartphones, and updating its webpage.

Products

, Lanix manufactures desktops,

laptop A laptop computer or notebook computer, also known as a laptop or notebook, is a small, portable personal computer (PC). Laptops typically have a Clamshell design, clamshell form factor (design), form factor with a flat-panel computer scree ...

s, tablets, servers,

netbook A netbook is a small-sized laptop computer; they were primarily sold from 2007 until around 2013, designed mostly as a means of accessing the Internet and being significantly less expensive than regular-sized laptops. At their inception in l ...

s, monitors,

optical disc drive In computing, an optical disc drive (ODD) is a disc drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves within or near the visible light spectrum as part of the process of reading or writing data to or from optical discs. Some drives can on ...

smartphone A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web browsing, email, and social media, as well as multi ...

flash memory Flash memory is an Integrated circuit, electronic Non-volatile memory, non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. The two main types of flash memory, NOR flash and NAND flash, are named for t ...

and

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. As of 2010, it made one of the most powerful production

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desktops in the world, the Lanix Titan Magnum Extreme.

Smartphones and tablet computers

In 2007, Lanix announced a mobile division specializing in developing smartphones and tablets. In 2010, it showed a smartphone named the Illium running the Android operating system. Lanix smartphones are offered by

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, a subsidiary of

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. In 2010, Lanix unveiled a

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named the W10 running

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. An Android version will be available through

. In 2017, Lanix announces its new portfolio of innovative smartphones with competitive features in the current market.

Mexican government contracts

Lanix has won several major contracts to provide electronics to government entities in Mexico which has been a key part of the company's success including a contract from the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education to supply 16,000 classrooms across Mexico with computers.

References

{{Reflist Mobile phone manufacturers Electronics companies established in 1990 Consumer electronics brands Computer companies of Mexico Computer hardware companies Computer systems companies Hermosillo Mexican brands Mexican companies established in 1990 Electronics companies of Mexico

History

Products

Smartphones and tablet computers

Mexican government contracts

See also

References