06 years in the first quarter of the global plasma panel Market LG electronics won

Market research firm iSuppli released the latest survey shows that in the global panel market, South Korea's LG electronics in the third quarter of last year the market share decline after the loss of its first World Championship, the first quarter of this year, LG electronics company and regain the spare no effort to catch up, the title.

The company said that in the first quarter of this year in the global plasma panel market, LG electronics's share has risen from fourth in the last quarter of to 31.1%, more than the Japanese Panasonic Corp. In the first quarter of last year, LG electronics company's plasma panel production and volume to maintain the highest market share in the world.

Patel electronics, a senior analyst at Riddhi, said: "LG electronics company's market share rose due to its plasma panel production capacity and the growth of shipments. This trend is a reflection of the long term investment in plasma panel makers in Japan over the panel makers in Japan and Taiwan, china."

In the first quarter of this year, the South Korean plasma panel maker LG electronics and Samsung SDI global market share has reached 54.5%, while in the first quarter of 2004 this figure was $40.5%. LG electronics and Samsung SDI, which is third, not only increase production capacity, but also improve the quality and cost of their parts and standard products. Two South Korean plasma panel manufacturers to expand the size of the factory, each glass substrate can cut more panels, thus increasing production capacity, reducing the cost of panel manufacturing.

Panel makers in Japan have lost more of their market after plasma panel makers have increased their production capacity. In Japan, the only way to emulate South Korean panel makers to increase production capacity is Panasonic Corp.

Taiwan China plasma panel manufacturers due to pay no attention to their partners the technology has changed, but out of the market, they found that in the fierce competition of the market is very difficult to survive. Although plasma TV adds more customers, but many manufacturers face the plasma panel yield challenges, due to lower profits, more factors promoted the consolidation in the market, including the price drop, sales growth slowed and the large size TV market is facing the competitive selection. These factors led to the Taiwan plasma panel manufacturers out of the plasma panel business.