How PC cases are made: In-Win Factory Tour

Thoughts on In-Win's Manufacturing

In-Win claims it's easier to guarantee quality by not manufacturing products in Chinese factories, but while the labour cost in Taiwan is much lower than in the West, it's far higher than China, meaning that In-Win's cases are ultimately not as competitive as they could be when it comes to price.

In-Win is also an ISO 9001 and 14001 certified company, it employs 500 to 600 people locally and its stock is listed in Taiwan as well. While In-Win has a long history in OEM and ODM manufacturing and development since 1986, it has only been making retail products since 2006. The company has since won the Red Dot and Taiwan Excellence in Design awards too, which is pretty impressive.

With consistent QA all throughout its process and continual investment in home grown manufacturing, In-Win needs to get the case designs right if it wants to make it in the retail market - something we're not sure that the company has done yet.


From what we've seen, the mini-ITX enclosures might be mostly there and In-Win could carve itself a niche there because the mini-ITX case market is still open and there are relatively very few "stylish" cases available. A company offering a selection of different prices could do well for itself too.

There's an opening in the market (over here in the UK at least) for a company to create a new series of lifestyle-orientated cases, especially in the home theatre and mini-ITX formats. We'd love to see In-Win design some new high-quality mini-ITX cases, especially if the materials are up to scratch.

In-Win's manufacturing is sound, but we've yet to be all that impressed by In-Wins case design - but let us know what you think in the forums.