Taiwan’s two major BLU manufacturers reported sequential increases in sales in March, though for both companies, last month’s result was down year on year.
Radiant Opto-Electronic achieved a 17.7% month on month increase in sales to NT$3.1 billion ($99 million), though this was 15.3% down on March 2014. Sales in the first three months of the year were also lower YoY, down 25.2% to NT$9.4 billion ($300 million).
Coretronic’s March sales climbed 25% from February to NT$5.6 billion ($178.9 million), taking sales so far this year to NT$15.8 billion ($504.8 million). The company’s monthly and year to date revenue, however, was down 12.6% and 17.3% respectively. Coretronic shipped 6.2 million BLUs in March, growing 17% MoM and 18.5 million units in the first three months. In addition, the company shipped 87,000 DLP projectors, an increase of 30% from February and 227,000 units in January to March, slipping 14% YoY.
