LCD shipments in June

 

The growth rate accelerated from 6.9% in May and 6.2% in Aprilon demand for all major LCD segments.

 

The growth in the large-sized LCD segment was led mainly byrising sales of television and notebook panels with increases of9.2% and 9.1%, respectively. This was followed by monitor panels,which climbed 8.3%.

 

For the second quarter, global large-sized LCD panel shipmentswere up 43% sequentially, and up 12% from the second quarter of2008.

 

The strong growth in demand, combined with tight supply,resulted in 20% to 25% panel price increases for mainstreamlarge-sized LCD panels from March to June. The rise in pricinghelped panel suppliers move away from below-cost pricing and lossesand toward profitability for all applications by the end of thesecond quarter.

 

Shipments of monitor panels in June reached 17.8 millionunits, representing a better-than-expected growth of 8.3% from Mayand an 8.5% rise from June 2008, says iSuppli.

 

Unit shipments of TV panels reached 13.2 million in June,rising sharply by 61.8% from a year earlier, and up by 9.2%sequentially.

 

Shipments of notebook panels, including 10" displays, reached15.3 million units in June.


Reference by PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN&FAB