Acer plans to introduce new products as well as a new brand at an event to be held in New York in April as the company is diversifying its offerings to offset the impact of the declining PC market.

According to company chairman and CEO Jason Chen, Acer will expand its product lineup to the fields of digital gaming and enterprise solutions.

Acer is likely to introduce a sub-brand for its gaming accessories products other than its existing Predator brand for gaming PC hardware.

Acer also boasts broad ideas for incubating more than 10 new businesses as it moves to scale up its operations, with a number of new businesses likely to launch IPOs, Chen revealed.