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Large Panel Makers See Monthly Rise in Shipments

AU Optronics saw September turnover of NT$29.07 billion ($961 million), down 3.6% MoM and 3.8% YoY. This brought Q3 sales to NT$87.4 billion ($2.89 billion), a rise of 3.5% QoQ and 1.6% YoY, and year-to-date revenue to NT$260.4 billion ($8.61 billion), up 9.8%. The company saw shipments of 10.23 million large panels, up 2% MoM and 3.7% YoY. For the quarter, shipments were 29.09 million, up 8.3% QoQ but flat YoY.

Meanwhile Innolux reported sales for the month of NT$26.9 billion ($890 million), down 1.1% MoM but up 1.2% YoY. This resulted in Q3 revenue of NT$79.5 billion ($2.63 billion), a drop of 5.9% QoQ but up 6.7% YoY, and year-to-date turnover which jumped 26.5% to NT$250.0 billion ($8.27 billion). The panel maker sold 10.69 million large units during September, an increase of 4.5% MoM and 3.3% YoY, giving quarterly shipments of 26.69 million, up 1.9% QoQ.

Hannstar posted September revenue of NT$2.1 billion ($70 million), a drop of 11.7% MoM and 25.7% YoY. The vendor sold 141,000 large panels, up 100.4% MoM but down 30.2% YoY.

Chunghwa Picture Tubes announced monthly turnover of NT$3.29 billion ($109 million), up 3.9% MoM and 12.9% YoY, giving year-to-date revenue of NT$25.92 billion ($857 million), a rise of 17.7%. The firm shipped 151,000 large panels, an increase of 39.8% MoM and 81.9% YoY.

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