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Projector shipments rise 12.2%
Taiwan’s projector shipments hit 26,601 units for the third quarter, a growth of 12.2 percent from the same period last year on strong demand from home users.
That figure was a rise of 3 percent from the second quarter, IDC Taiwan said in a statement yesterday.
The top five vendors in the third quarter were Epson, Optoma, Sanyo, NEC and Vivitek, in that order.
Their combined market share was 70.8 percent, with Epson alone taking up a 23.3 percent share, IDC said.
The market is expected to grow this quarter amid new model launches with features such as 3D, the market researcher said.
G-Tech forecasts 30% growth
G-Tech Optoelectronics Corp (正達國際), a supplier of touch-sensors to Apple Inc, expects sales growth of at least 30 percent next year, chief financial officer Sunny Lin (林文山) said in an interview in Taipei yesterday.
G-Tech makes cover glass and touch sensors used in smartphones and tablets, and is about 42 percent owned by Foxconn Technology Group (富士康集團), Lin said.
Source: Taipei Times