WELSH Water yesterday paid £21 million for an engineering consultancy, Acer Group.

Acer America Corporation, headquartered in San Jose, California, is a member of the Acer Group.

From 2009, Packard Bell (that it is part of Acer Group) is the sponsor of Yamaha Factory Racing Team.

Acer Group of Taiwan appoints Ken Olsen chief executive.

Currently, AOpen is a subsidiary of Wistron Group, a spin-off of the Acer Group.

Analysts said the most likely buyer would be the Acer Group, the largest personal computer maker in Taiwan, or another Taiwanese company.

Acer Group has its headquarters in Xizhi.

The Acer Group claims to have the 'world's first single Pentium chip multiprocessor upgrade technology,' the engine for the fastest entry-level server ever developed.

Among technology stocks, I.B.M. rose 4 1/2, to 120 1/2, after it announced an $8 billion technology sales agreement with Acer Group of Taiwan.

Stan Shih, founder of Acer Group.