Thursday, September 24, 2009

LCD TV makers

Who are the Large LCD TV makers besides Samsung and LG?

TCL,
A Major China LCD TV maker
The Accumulated shipment from Jan-Jul 2009 was 3.6M set. That is approx. more 86% than 2008. The Sales is growing in Sept 2009.

Sony and Sharp
Sony would invest 1B for collaboration with Sharp for manicuring LCD. Sharp has LED factory in Indonesia and that is a way to lower the manufacturing cost. They might seek another place in SE Asia for reduce the regional risk for LED manufacturing.

Vizio
Established in 2002 with 3 employees providing consultant service to Gateway Inc
Vizio is No. 1 HDTV importer to North America
In 2008 Vizio Shipped a total of 3,500,000 HDTVs
Total revenue exceeds 2 Billion Dollars
In 2009 Vizio has 160 staff.
Their Major LED makers are in Taiwan.

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