Lenovo
Chinese multinational technology company
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| 2024 | Lenovo introduced the Legion Pro 5i Gen 9 and Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 featuring 14th Gen Intel Core HX Series processors and continued evolution of the Legion gaming laptop lineup. |
| 2024 | Lenovo bought the naming rights to the Carolina Hurricanes' arena, renaming it Lenovo Center. |
| 2024 | Lenovo continued to experience challenges, with revenue further reducing to US$56.8 billion, net profit dropping to US$1.1 billion, and employee count decreasing to 69,500. |
| October 2024 | Lenovo was named the official technology partner of FIFA. |
| 2023 | Lenovo launched the Legion Pro 5i Gen 8 and Legion Pro 7i Gen 8 with 13th Gen Intel Core HX Series processors and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 series GPUs. |
| 2023 | Lenovo saw a decline in revenue to US$61.9 billion, with net profit decreasing to US$1.6 billion, and employee count increasing to 77,000. |
| September 2023 | Introduced the Legion 9i, a top-of-the-line flagship model featuring the first-ever self-contained liquid-cooling system in a laptop. |
| March 2023 | Launched the LOQ gaming sub-brand, targeting budget and new-to-gaming markets. |
| 2022 | Lenovo released the Legion 5 Gen 7 and Legion 5i Gen 7 models with 12th Gen Intel Core and AMD Ryzen 6000 Series processors. |
| 2022 | Lenovo reached peak performance with revenue of US$71.6 billion, net profit of US$2.0 billion, and 75,000 employees. |
| 2021 | Introduced the Legion 5 Pro laptop with AMD 5th series CPU and Nvidia 30s GPU. |
| October 8 2021 | Lenovo withdrew its application to list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, causing its Hong Kong Stock Exchange share price to drop by over 17%. |
| July 2021 | Lenovo was introduced as a sponsor on the back of Inter's new home shirt for the 2021–22 season. |
| May 2021 | Lenovo and Motorola Mobility created a limited edition Motorola Razr to celebrate Inter's 19th Scudetto. |
| April 2021 | Lenovo reorganized into three divisions: Intelligent Devices Group, Infrastructure Solutions Group, and Solutions and Services Group. The company reached $60 billion in annual revenues. |
| February 2021 | Bloomberg Businessweek reported on the previously discovered security breach involving Lenovo laptops used by U.S. military units in Iraq. |
| January 12 2021 | Lenovo filed an application to issue Chinese depositary receipts and list them on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Science and Technology Innovation Board. |
| 2020 | Lenovo commanded a leading global PC market share of 25.7 percent in the third quarter. |
| 2020 | Lenovo maintained stable performance with revenue of US$50.7 billion, net profit of US$0.66 billion, and 57,000 employees. |
| 2020 | Launched the Legion 3, 5, and 7 laptop series, with Legion 7 being the highest specification model. |
| 2020 | Lenovo became a preferred data center innovation provider for DreamWorks Animation, starting with Trolls World Tour. |
| July 2020 | Lenovo informed customers it had stopped manufacturing with Bitland and was moving production of related devices to other suppliers after accusations of using forced Uyghur labor. |
| May 2020 | Lenovo Data Center Group expanded its AMD offerings by introducing two-processor systems, the SR645 and SR665, further diversifying their server product line. |
| 2019 | Introduced the Legion Y540 and Y740 laptops with the new GeForce 20 series graphics. |
| 2019 | Lenovo signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with FC Internazionale as their Global Technology Partner. |
| 2019 | Lenovo showed significant improvement, increasing revenue to US$51.0 billion and net profit to US$0.59 billion, with 57,000 employees. |
| August 2019 | Lenovo introduced the first two ThinkSystem platforms with AMD EPYC processors: the SR635 (1U) and SR655 (2U) server models, expanding their processor options beyond Intel. |
| 2018 | Lenovo became a technology partner of Ducati Corse in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. |
| 2018 | Lenovo saw modest revenue growth to US$45.3 billion but again experienced a net loss of US$0.18 billion, with employee count increasing to 54,000. |
| 2018 | Lenovo introduced several home automation products at the IFA technology trade show, expanding its Smart Home and IoT product lineup. |
| 2018 | At E3, Lenovo announced three new Legion laptops with redesigned chassis: Y530, Y730, and Y7000. |
| 2018 | Lenovo became the world's largest provider for the TOP500 supercomputers. |
| September 2018 | Lenovo and NetApp announced a strategic partnership and joint venture in China, launching two new storage system lines: DM-Series and DE-Series. |
| 2017 | Lenovo's revenue further declined to US$43.0 billion, but returned to a net profit of US$0.53 billion, with employee count reducing to 52,000. |
| 2017 | Lenovo formed a joint venture with Fujitsu and the Development Bank of Japan, with Fujitsu selling Lenovo a 51% stake in Fujitsu Client Computing Limited. |
| June 20 2017 | Lenovo's Data Center Group relaunched the ThinkServer product line as ThinkSystem, introducing 17 new machine type models across various form factors including Tower, 1U/2U, Blades, Dense, and 4U Mission Critical Intel-based servers. |
| June 6 2017 | Launched the high-performance Legion Y920 laptop, featuring an Intel seventh-generation quad-core i7-7820HK processor and Nvidia GTX 1070 discrete graphics. |
| March 2017 | Lenovo partnered with DataCore to add parallel I/O-processing software to its storage devices. |
| January 2017 | Lenovo first revealed the Legion brand laptops at CES 2017, introducing the Legion Y520 and Legion Y720 gaming laptops. |
| 2016 | Lenovo experienced a slight downturn, with revenue decreasing to US$44.9 billion and reporting a net loss of US$0.12 billion, while maintaining 60,000 employees. |
| 2015 | Lenovo continued growth with revenue reaching US$46.2 billion, net profit of US$0.82 billion, and employee count growing to 60,000. |
| 2015 | Lenovo reached a deal with Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited to jointly build a cloud service and product research and development center, with Lenovo's Asia Pacific data center to be housed in Cyberport. |
| 2015 | Lenovo launched a strategic cooperation with IngDan, a subsidiary of Cogobuy Group, to enter the intelligent hardware and Internet of Things (IoT) sector, utilizing Cogobuy's supply chain to procure consumer devices and develop proprietary hardware and software. |
| November 2015 | Lenovo announced it would start manufacturing computers in Pondicherry, India. |
| June 2015 | Lenovo announced plans to sell up to US$650 million in five-year yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong. |
| May 2015 | Lenovo revealed a new logo at Lenovo Tech World in Beijing, with the slogan 'Innovation Never Stands Still', designed to be digital and context-adaptable. |
| 2014 | Lenovo expanded significantly, increasing revenue to US$38.7 billion, net profit to US$0.81 billion, and workforce to 54,000 employees. |
| October 30 2014 | Lenovo completed the acquisition of Motorola Mobility, with Liu Jun becoming the head of the company while maintaining its Chicago headquarters. |
| October 1 2014 | Lenovo closed the acquisition of IBM's x86-based server division for $2.1 billion, adding approximately 6,500 new employees. |
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