2. Lanix was founded in Herlmosillo, Sonora, in 1990, and released its first computer, the PC 286 the same year. Throughout the 90's Lanix expanded into the development and production of more sophisticated electronics components such as optical drives, servers, memory drives and flash memory in a strategy to use a In 2002 Lanix opened its first factory outside of Mexico in Santiago, Chile to cater to the Latin American market. By 2006 Lanix had gained a market share of 5% of Mexico's electronics market and began diversifying its product line to linclude LCD televisions and monitorsand 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 a 40% market share of the Latin American computer market and expanded operations to include every country in Latin America[ 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, choosing different types of chipsets, memory, and other components. History
3. Products As of 2010, Lanix sells desktops,[9] laptops,[10] tablets,[11] servers,[12]netbooks,[13] LCD and LED televisions,[2] and monitors,[14] Optical drives,[15]smartphones[16] flash memory and RAM memory.[17] As of 2010, it makes one of the most powerful production Windows desktops in the world, the Lanix Titan Magnum Extreme.[18] [edit] Smartphones and tablet computers Lanix W10 tablet PC running Windows 7 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.[19]Lanixsmartphones are currently offered by America Movil subsidiary Telcel.[20] In 2010, Lanix unveiled a tablet computer named the W10 running Windows 7.[21][22] An Android version will be available through Telcel.[23]
4. Mexican government contracts Lanixhas won several major contracts to provide electronics to government entities in Mexico which has been a key part of the companies successincluding a contract from the Mexican secretary of education to supply 16,000 classrooms across Mexico with computers.
