Taipei, January 12, 2008—In the wake of the severe downturn in the TFT-LCD industry last year, the MCI index underwent sharp persisting declines since June. It subsequently even fell to a new historical low of 3606. Although a signal in an improvement in the market fundamentals occurred in early December of 2008, where the index [...]

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 [...]

NEC LCD Technologies (TOKYO:6723), together with its sales and marketing channels in the Americas and Europe, NEC Electronics America, Inc. and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, today announced the successful development of a new 12.1-inch (31 centimeters diagonal) amorphous-silicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) color liquid crystal display (LCD) module with super video graphics array (SVGA) resolution that enables [...]

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 22, 2008—Global aggregated large-sized panel shipments in 3Q08 reached 105.3 million units, a QoQ decrease of 4.9% and a mere 3.4% YoY growth. Thanks to preparations for China’s National Day holidays and year-end sales promotions, TV panel shipments were up monthly during the third quarter. For 3Q08, they reached a new record high [...]

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 17, 2008—According to WitsView’s survey, worldwide large-size panel shipments in August reached 35.3 million units, a 7.8% MoM increase and a mere 2.2% growth on year. Since SI makers and brand vendors started to adjust their inventory levels in June, panel shipments have fallen for two consecutive months. The market environment has been [...]

Seiko Epson Corporation (”Epson”)(TOKYO:6724)(ISIN:JP3414750004) today announced that it recently shipped its 50 millionth high-temperature polysilicon (HTPS) TFT panel for 3LCD projection systems. Epson has maintained its position as the industry’s leading supplier of HTPS panels, the key component in 3LCD projectors, ever since becoming the first manufacturer in the world to launch full-scale volume production [...]

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 [...]