Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to establish a new R&D center in Taipei, Taiwan in September 2010 and will allocate all its notebook and desktop R&D technicians and resources to the site, according to industry sources.

HP Taiwan on May 17 held a press conference to mark its 40th anniversary, with executives of all its Taiwan notebook partners, including Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo, and Compal Electronics president and Inventec chairman Richard Lee, being major guests.

HP set up a Product Development Center in Taiwan in 2002, with staff expanding from 20 members initially to 700 currently, HP Taiwan pointed out.

HP's 2009 purchasing in Taiwan reached a total of US$20 billion and the company expects the value will grow further in 2010.