Monitor panel offer slightly rises in late March

March 21 news, according to foreign media reports, according to market research firm DisplaySearch announced the latest panel quotes pointed out that affected by the earthquake in Japan, in late March this year, the price of monitor panels rose slightly.

According to DisplaySearch, the lack of work in the Chinese mainland and the supply of components and other issues caused the overall OEM shipments of LCD monitors to be lower than expected in January-February. Some monitor brand manufacturers also consider starting to cover up inventory, but considering the factors such as weak demand in the off-season in the second quarter, some monitor brand manufacturers have yet to move and maintain a wait-and-see attitude.

On the supply side, panel makers have a firm attitude toward price hikes for monitors, especially for panel sizes where gross margins are already low, DisplaySearch said that the main factor in price increase is the supply chain shipments affected by the strong earthquakes in Japan. The crisis of shortage of supply of conductive adhesives for key materials.

Monitor panel prices in late March this year, 18.5 inches per piece of 55 dollars, up 1 dollar, or 2%;. 20-inch quoted price of 62 US dollars, rose 1 US dollar, or 2%, while the remaining size quotes are flat, including 17-inch piece of 57 US dollars, 19-inch wide-band each 60 US dollars, 21.5-inch wide-band each piece of 74 US dollars, 21.5-inch broadband LED backlight panels cost $79 each.

DisplaySearch pointed out that Japan's strong earthquake hit the industry, resulting in Japan's note: component supply changes, originally expected to note the panel offer is expected to rebound, but as market demand continues to slump, so the recent attention to the panel price as long as it is psychological The influence of factors is relatively large. With the uncertainty of the long-term impact of the Japan earthquake disaster on the Narcotics Bureau, the panel price of the Drug Investigation Bureau will be more difficult to forecast in the coming months.

The survey pointed out that the Drug Investigation Division panel quoted in late March, 13.3 inches per piece of 48 dollars, 14 inches per piece of 42 dollars, 15.6 inches per piece of 43 dollars, 17.3 inches per piece of 62 dollars, are equal.