Strong demand continues to increase Samsung LCD panel global sales expectations

Local time on Thursday, second of the world's largest LCD maker Samsung electronics company said, due to strong demand for flat-panel TVs, it raised its global sales forecast this year a large screen liquid crystal display.

Samsung Electronics is expected to be the latest, the world's largest LCD panel sales will reach 265 million, in January this year, the company had expected large screen LCD panel sales of 256 million.

Samsung Electronics Company in a statement on its website raised this year's global sales expectations this year, the world's largest LCD panel sales will grow by 30.5% over last year's 203 million. 2005 Samsung LCD panel shipments only lower than domestic competitors LG PHILPS lcd.

Samsung Electronics said that this year the company's LCD panel shipments will grow 58% over last year to reach 44 million. In January this year, it is expected to reach 40 million. The company said: "the most significant sales growth is in 32 inches and more than 32 inches on the big screen TV, in all sales, the proportion of large screen TV more than 53%."

Stylish TV will replace CRT TV, lower prices and strong demand for large screen TVs this year at the world cup in Germany to support the growth of sales. In order to meet the huge demand of users to buy large screen TV before the championship, many panel manufacturers increased production.

Samsung Electronics aims to sell more than 40% of the global market share of more than 40 inches and larger panels. This is one of the most critical competitive positions in the flat-panel TV market this year.