The major panel display manufacturers will continuously add low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) production lines from 2015 to 2016, focusing on the Generation 5.5 and Generation 6 lines, according to WitsView, a research division of TrendForce. “Total production capacity by area will more than double from 5.8 million square meters in 2013 to 11.7 million square meters in 2016,” said Boyce Fan, Senior Research Manager at WitsView.
Intense competition among TV panel brands buoyed global shipment growth in October, which increased at a 10.2% annual clip, according to WitsView, a division of the Taiwan-based market intelligence firm TrendForce. Monthly growth was still positive, but more modest. In October, TV panel shipments grew at 0.2% to 22.55 million units compared to September. Monitor panels rose 2.9% to 13.73 million units.
The consumer electronics market has been go-go in November because of the many sales promotions this month, notably China’s Double 11 (November 11) shopping holiday, which earned NT 270 billion dollars in revenue. With Black Friday (November 28) in Europe and America coming up at the end of the month, the market is hoping for another big boost.
LED monitor shipments among the top ten brands grew 8% on month in September, while the top ten SI makers’ shipments increased 5.8% during the same period, according to WitsView, a division of the Taiwan-based market intelligence firm TrendForce. Compared to August, the top ten LED monitor brands all performed better in September, said Anita Wang, a research manager at WitsView.
Global notebook shipments reached 45.8 million units in the third quarter, an increase of 7.2% over the quarter ending in June and 4.2% over the same period last year, according to TrendForce. Among the top 7 notebook vendors, shipment growth was an exceptional 8.6%. Despite the strong performance of notebooks in the third quarter, TrendForce is concerned that that momentum will be unsustainable and shipments will decrease 3% to 5% in the fourth quarter.
