Report Highlights

In 2008, the development of global flat panel display industry slows down due to global economic crisis.

With regard to technology development, LED backlight products enter market in large scale due to mature LED backlight technology. PDP products are widely used in large size screen market due to improved high definition technology. Touch screen technologies have been the focus of middle and small size screen field as well.

With regard to market development, flat panel display market development slows down. Increasing production capacity leads to a supply-over-demand situation. Average price of panel products decreases greatly. Most panel companies fall into deficit.

With regard to industry size, most companies decide to reduce yield due to decreasing market demand. By the end of 2008, the production utilization rate of flat panel companies has been lower than 50%. On the other hand, most companies delay plan of production capacity expansion...

In the face of changes and challenges of competition and market, we release 2008-2009 Annual Report on the Development of Global Flat Panel Display Industry, which helps vendors, investors and industry insiders grasp more accurately laws governing the industry's development and in combing the development track of application value:
* Backed by full and accurate industry description data, the report depicts changes in the industry from the angle of industry size, product structure, international division of work, industry transfer, regional structure, major countries, market competition, present situation and trend of industry and technology, and discerns the industry's development trend.
* The report elaborates on leading brands' performance in 2008. It sums up leading global enterprises' performance in the dimension of shares in market segments, competitive strategies and SWOT analysis, and reviews the makings of leading players in the industry.
* It analyzes favorable and unfavorable factors affecting the development of the global flat panel display industry and the industry's development trend. It conducts quantitative forecast of the industry. Through regression modeling and expert verification in the overall market and market segments, it presents valuable trend analysis and quantitative result.