OEM supplier Inventec has landed low-volume LCD TV orders...
OEM supplier Inventec has landed low-volume LCD TV orders from LG, Sharp and Vizio as it seeks to double shipments this year to 10 million units, Taiwanese news reports said. A Sharp spokeswoman declined to comment. LG and Vizio officials…
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weren’t available for comment. Partly fueling the rise in Inventec shipments this year is Sharp’s decision to outsource 10 percent of TV production to OEM manufacturers, industry analysts have said. A Vizio pact with Inventec would signal a further broadening of the company’s supplier base beyond Amtran, which has been among its top TV assemblers for many years. Inventec shipped 600,000 LCD TVs in February and is forecasting 1.5-2 million units in Q1, up from 1.35 million in Q4, reports said.