Taipei, January 7, 2008—According to WitsView’s 1HJan price survey, mainstream TV and notebook panels continued to fall respectively by 2-6% ($5-10) and 4-5% ($2-3), while monitor panels remained stable.
　
“The panel production cutbacks in 4Q08 and 1Q09 will render the rate in the production cutbacks to sharply outpace the decline in demand, thereby helping to clear [...]

Taipei, December 24, 2008—According to WitsView’s Top 10 SI monitor survey, shipments slumped by 28.3% MoM during November. But given the deteriorating global economy, clients continued to cut orders, thus resulting in a bigger than expected decline.

As most of the makers posted a sharp decline, the huge shipment drops in November were mainly attributed to [...]

Taipei, December 22, 2008—According to WitsView’s market survey, mainstream IT panel prices fell by 2-4% ($2-3) in 2HDec, while TVs dropped by 7-11% (about $20-30).

　
“The aggregated panel shipments of the three main applications fell by 23.7% MoM in November. This marked the second consecutive monthly decline. Although panel makers have drastically reduced their utilization rates, the [...]

Taipei, November 26, 2008—As to the result of WitsView’s worldwide top 10 LCD monitor SI shipment survey in October, most of the system integrators shipment decreased, only Innolux, Samsung, LGE and Wistron MoM shipment grew. Thus, the total MoM shipment declined 3.6% in October. The result is also a signal that there is no more [...]

WitsView foresees panel market slowdown to persist at least until 1H09

Taipei, November 6, 2008—Based on WitsView’s market survey, mainstream IT panel prices fell by 2~4% ($2-3) in 2HAug, while TVs dropped respectively by 2% (about $5-10). Faced with the sluggish end market demand, panel makers are trying to grab a slice of a market pie that [...]

Taipei, October 21, 2008—According to WitsView’s 2HOct price survey, in monitor segment, which is already relatively saturated (more than 90% market penetration rate), panel prices dropped by 5-6 per cent ($5). Supported by the PC desktop replacement effect, NB panels slipped by a smaller 2-4 per cent ($2-3). TV panels, which still have some room for [...]

Taipei, September 22, 2008—Based on WitsView’s 2HSep price survey, IT panels grew more stable. As panel makers face mounting financial pressures, the room for more price drops narrowed. Meanwhile, mainstream TV panel prices continued to fall by 2~4 per cent ($10) in 2HSep, as panel makers tried to aggressively secure more orders.
In the run-up to [...]

Taipei, September 10, 2008—According to WitsView’s panel price survey for September, the price pressure on the 3 main applications can still be felt. This stems from the weaker-than-usual end market demand during the traditional strong seasonality, as the global economy remains weighed by inflation and credit squeeze problems–resulting in weak consumer confidence and buying power. [...]

Taipei, August 21, 2008—Based on WitsView’s market survey, mainstream monitors panel prices fell by 8~12% in 2HAug. NBs and TVs dropped respectively by 6% and 2~5%. According to WitsView’s large-sized panel cost structure, NB panels are currently the only profitable segment. Both large-sized Monitor and TV panel prices [...]

According to WitsView’s survey, worldwide large-size panel shipments in July reached 32.7 million units, a 7.7% MoM decrease and a mere 1.3% growth on year. Beginning from June, due to rising inventory pressures, some brand and SI makers reduced the amount of panel orders. At the same time, panel [...]