Asia Express - Display
Fuji Electric Holdings Increasing Output of PDP Driver Chips
August 08, 2005
According to information provided by Fuji Electric Holdings, the company plans to triple its production capacity of driver chips for plasma display panels in the fiscal year 2005, which ends in March 2006, for which it will invest 3.2 billion Yen. This expansion will allow the company to help the overall industry in meeting growing demand for PDP televisions, as it will increase its production to 40 million units in the second half of the fiscal year 2005, triple the amount it produced in the second half of the fiscal year 2004. Currently, Fuji Electric Holdings is said to hold a 20% share of the worldwide market for driver chips for plasma display panels, and it hopes to double this share in the foreseeable future.