According to DRAMeXchange, a division of global market research firm TrendForce, smartphones shipments amounted to 222.7 million units in the second quarter, a 7% QoQ increase.
The new agreement between China and Europe on EU imports of Chinese solar panels has officially been launched. The result of the minimum price and volume limit, which the industry is most concerned about, has also been released. The minimum price of Chinese modules shipped to Europe from now on will be €0.56/Watt.
In 2013, LED package industry in China still grows very fast. Take Refond, a representative company of medium-large size LED package manufacture, for example, their revenue in the first half of 2013 meet RMB 294 millions, 67% higher on a year-on-year basis.
According to TrendForce, as NAND flash contract price continued rising and shipments of system products such as eMMC and SSD remained steady in the second quarter, NAND flash brand suppliers’ total revenue amounted to US$5.775 billion, an 11.2% QoQ and over 30% YoY increase.
China’s battery cell manufacturers including Amperex Technology Limited (ATL), Coslight Group and others are gradually gaining ground, and more active than Japanese and Korean manufacturers in production capacity, according to research by EnergyTrend, a research subsidiary of TrendForce.
