List of Laptop ODMs from the 1980s-2000s

Below is a list of laptop Original Design Manufacturers, or, companies that built laptops to be sold to other companies to then brand and sell. This list doesn't include brands that mainly produced AND sold their own laptops (like IBM for instance).

This list is not exhaustive, but it does cover the ones I know of now, which are most of them.

For each ODM I have also listed their FCC grantee code, which will appear as the first three digits of the FCC ID listed on the bottom of one of their laptops. This can often be used to ID what ODM made what laptop.

ODM	Info
Alpha-Top Corporation	Around circa: 1995-2001 Sold by: ARM Computer, Brick/Ergo, Cyberstar, DTK, Hyperdata, Jetta, Maxtech, Medion Computer, Micron, NEC, Olidata, Roverbook, Trogon, others FCC Grantee Code: DK4 Alpha-Top Corporation was a division of GVC Corporation, who were a manufacturer of many computer parts including modems. GVC Corporation is completely unrelated to Global Village Communication, another modem provider. Alpha-Top produced the "Green" series of laptops, which all followed the model scheme of "Green" followed by three numbers (example being GREEN753). These laptops were sold to a very large number of brands. They also were a manufacturing partner for Apple's iBook laptops. Following some financial issues at GVC, Alpha-Top was sold to Elitegroup Computer Systems in August 2001. ECS continued the Green series for a few years after, before eventually dropping the Green name.
Arima/Flextronics International	Around circa: 1990s Sold by: AMS, Ergo, Austin, others FCC Grantee Code: ID4 Arima (who's FCC info is registered as Flextronics International), manufactured laptops for Ergo, AMS, Austin/IPC, UniSys, and others.
ASE Technologies Inc.	Around circa: 1992-1997 Sold by: Epson, WinBook, others FCC Grantee Code: JRU ASE made the WinBook XP and XP5, the Epson ActionNote 500C, and a number of other laptops.
Chicony Electronics Co.	Around circa: Late 80s-2000 Sold by: AMS, Ergo, Micron, HyperData, others FCC Grantee Code: E8H Chicony manufactured laptops for many, many brands during the 1990s. The exited the business around the turn of the 21st century, but they still do business to this day, mainly manufacturing computer peripherals like keyboards and mice.
Clevo	Around circa: 1990-Present Sold by: See List FCC Grantee Codes: FMA, L4P, U9M Clevo was originally founded in the early 1980s as Nan Tan Computer Co, and for several years they manufactured computer keyboards. They released their first laptops in 1990, and continue up to this day. During the 1990s, they started going by Kapok and also Clevo, then finally completely rebranded as Clevo around 1997. FMA is their FCC code under the Nan Tan name, L4P is under the Kapok name, and U9M is under the Clevo name. However, there is a sizable gap between where listings on the Kapok code end and the Clevo code begin, and the Clevo code has also been unused since 2008, so I think I may be missing one or more FCC code for them.
Compal/Full Power Investment	Around circa: Early 90s-present Sold by: AST, DEC, Dell, Targa, Ultra, WinBook, others FCC Grantee Code: IIR Compal has been making laptops for a long time and is still in the business to this day. They made laptops for many major brands. FCC IDs on the bottom of their laptops lead back to Full Power Investment Co LTD, which may have been the name of their laptop divison. Make no mistake, Full Power is Compal.
Dual Technology Corporation	Around circa: 1991-2000? Sold by: TBA FCC Grantee Code: G3L Dual (often known as Dual Tech or Dual Group) was a smaller ODM that seemingly went out of business at the end of 2000.
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS)	Around circa: 2002-present Sold by: WinBook, others FCC Grantee Codes: H9N, HDQ, MD8, SA6, WL6 ECS made laptops for a number of brands during the 2000s, and they still make them today. They purchased Alpha-Top and Uniwill.
Featron Technologies Corporation	Around circa: 1990s-??? Sold by: Canon, others FCC Grantee Code: KOH Featron was around during the 90s and their website was gone by the early 2000s, but I'm not sure when they actually went out of business. Their last FCC entry was in 1996, but they were definitely active through at least 1998.
First International Computer (FIC)	Around circa: early 90s-2010?? Sold by: Gericom, WinBook, others FCC Grantee Code: EUN, JVF I'm not sure when exactly FIC made their first laptop - sometime in the early 90s. I'm also not quite sure when they left it. The last record of a laptop I can find in their FCC is from 2010, but I haven't looked into their archived website from that time yet. They made many laptops but not many were sold in the US. They seem to have mostly sold in Europe and Asia.
Jetta Computers Co., LTD.	Around circa: Late 80s-Mid 90s Sold by: WinBook, others FCC Grantee Code: IQ7 Jetta was a very small ODM, and weren't active as one for very long. The company remained active and sold laptops through 2016, but starting in the mid 90s, they ceased making their own and instead became a distributor, selling laptops from other companies. During their short time as an ODM, they made the original WinBooks, and some other stuff.
Inventec Corporation	Around circa: 1990s-present Sold by: TBA FCC Grantee Code: DGI Inventec's biggest acomplishment during the 1990s that I know of is that they manufactured the LTE 5000 Series for Compaq. They did also sell to other brands though, I think. Inventec is still in business as an ODM today.
Kapok Computer Co.	Sub-division of Clevo that was established in 1993 and re-absorbed into Clevo in around 1998. See Clevo above.
MiTAC	Around circa: 1990s-mid 2000s? Sold by: Jetta, WinBook, others FCC Grantee Code: EJH Mitac made many laptops for many companies. Ones I've seen usually had Mitac's model number left on the bottom label, usually in one of the corners of the label, and always four numbers (Ex: 5033, 8080, 8081, etc). This is one way of identifying them, as the ones I've seen don't have the FCC ID listed.
Nan Tan Computer Co.	Clevo under an earlier name. See Clevo above.
Quanta Computer Inc.	Around circa: 1990s-Present Sold by: Apple, AST, WinBook, others FCC Grantee Code: HFS Quanta is still around today and they're now huge. They weren't as large in the 1990s, but still made laptops for many people. They manufactured the first Dell Latitudes, some AST laptops, the WinBook XP5 Pro and FX, and they also manufactured the PowerBook 1400 for Apple.
Sunrex Technology Corporation	Around circa: 1990-1997 Sold by: Themselves, MPC, Royal FCC Grantee Code: J75 Sunrex manufactured various often unique laptops from 1990 through 1997. Sunrex themselves sold their laptops as SunRace (their former name), HyperData, and InnovACE. They also sold to OEMs, including MPC Technologies (CD-Book), and Royal Computer.
Twinhead	Around circa: 1990-Present Sold by: Themselves, Sharp, WinBook, others FCC Grantee Code: FKG Many Twinhead laptops are branded by Twinhead themselves, but they sold to other companies as well. Twinhead is still in business, but now only manufactures rugged laptops under the Durabook name.
Uniwill	Around circa: ???-2006 Sold By: TBA FCC Grantee Code: P3B, SAZ Another ODM without much notable about them. ECS bought them out in 2006.
Veridata	Around circa: 1990-1999 Sold by: CTX, MPC Technologies, others FCC Grantee Code: HLO Veridata was a smaller ODM around during the early 90s. In 1994, they were bought out by CTX International, where they then made their EzBook line. They also did sell to to a couple of other companies under CTX's ownership. Veridata was shut-down as part of CTX's 1999 bankruptcy and restructuring.