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Registration Open for CES Asia 2016

by Tom Allen

Registration is now open for CES Asia, which takes place between the 11th and 13th May in Shanghai. It will be the second edition of the show, which first took place last year. The …

SM Cinema First in South East Asia to Use Christie 6P Laser Projection and Christie Vive Audio

by Tom Allen

Christie®, a leader in creating and sharing the world’s best visual and audio experiences, announced that SM Cinema, a subsidiary of SM Lifestyle Entertainment Incorporated and the largest shopping mall and retail operator in …

Tags:APAC| Christie| Cinema| Laser Projectors

SM Cinema is First Laser Customer in Philippines

by Tom Allen

SM Cinema, in the Philippines, has chosen to install Christie’s 6P laser projectors and Vive Audio system in its new location on the resort island of Cebu. The CP42LH projector was installed in one …

Strongest Q3 Smartphone Sales on Record Driven by Demand in China, MEA and Emerging APAC*

by Isaac Oburu

The record quarterly sales performance in Q3 2015 can be attributed to three markets: China, which returned to growth, the MEA and emerging APAC. In total, 324m smartphone units were sold. The US$294 average …

Tags:APAC| China| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Smartphone Market

Oliver Ahrens Leaves Acer After Two Decades

by Tom Allen

Oliver Ahrens, long-standing senior corporate VP of pan-Asia Pacific operations at Acer, has decided to leave the company. Jason Chen, president and CEO of Acer, is now filling Ahrens’ role. Ahrens was with Acer …

Sony to Revive Thai Manufacturing

by Tom Allen

Sony plans to establish a smartphone manufacturing facility in Thailand, according to the Nikkei. A new production line will be added to an existing site in Pathum Thani Province, which has been suspended since …

CES Asia to Double in Size

by Tom Allen

More than 100 exhibitors have already been confirmed for the next CES Asia show, which will run from the 11th – 13th May 2016 in Shanghai. The current line-up of companies has already exceeded …

$3 Billion OLED Investment by SDC

by Tom Allen

A report from Korea’s Money Today claims that Samsung Display is to invest $3 billion to expand OLED display module facilities in Vietnam. The result would be a more vertically-integrated supply chain in the …

Tags:APAC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Christie Breaks Newly-Set Record

by Tom Allen

Hexogon Solution used Christie projectors to accomplish a new Guinness world record, for the highest light output in a projected image ever produced in a single event. 160 Roadster HD20K-J and S+22K-J projectors were …

Inventec Eyes APAC Expansion

by Tom Allen

Inventec chairman Richard Lee has said that the company is considering establishing factories in Japan and Singapore this year. The depreciation of the yen against the dollar has led to requests for local assembly …

Gartner Says Asia Pacific Devices Shipments to Grow 3.2 Percent in 2015

by Helen Vince

Combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) in the Asia Pacific region are forecast to total 1.2 billion units in 2015, an increase of 3.2 percent over 2014 (see table 1), …

Tags:APAC| Gartner| Mobile Phones| PCs| tablets

Asahi Glass to Expand PVC Production in Vietnam

by Tom Allen

Asahi Glass will expand its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) capacity at a local subsidiary in Vietnam by 50% by early 2016. Annual capacity will reach 150,000 tons. In addition, the Vietnamese unit will increase procurement …

Tags:APAC| Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 13