Prices of panels for smartphone displays were in an uptrend from the start of the fourth quarter of 2015 to just before the Chinese New Year holidays this year. Sales of smartphone panels during the period benefitted from strong export demand for Chinese panel products and clients stocking up for Chinese New Year sales events.
Currently, the healthcare sector can be divided into three major subfields – pharmaceuticals, medical devices and biotechnology. The medical device industry in particular has huge growth potential due to advances in information communication technology (ICT). “New technologies have significantly enhanced the capabilities of medical devices,” said Jason Huang, TrendForce’s research manager for the healthcare industry.
The latest report from LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, finds that the global average price of 40W-equivalent (equiv.) LED light bulbs arrived at US$10.2 in February, down 0.6% from the prior month. The global average price of 60W-equiv. LED light bulbs also fell 0.5% monthly to US$14 in February.