PRICING PRESSURE: Aside from an influx of new capacities from China, LCD makers are confronted by a slower-than-expected migration to larger-screen LCD TVs, IDC said
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 13, 2017
By: Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
Global LCD panel makers are facing mounting pricing pressure this quarter as a run-up in new capacities from China’s advanced factories has tilted the supply-demand balance, boding ill for shipment prospects, market researcher IDC said yesterday.
With more production lines starting to crank out large-sized panels, a supply surplus was seen last quarter in the LCD TV panel segment, a major profit contributor for most panel makers, IDC said in its latest quarterly report.
That led to a price correction early last quarter, snapping several quarters of price hikes since the second half of last year, IDC said.
“We are afraid that the growth momentum in the third quarter, a peak season for the industry, is not going to carry into the fourth quarter due to diminishing demand for large-sized LCD panels,” the report said. [FULL STORY]