The latest report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce, finds the global shipments of LCD TVs in this second quarter totaled 48.25M sets, down 6.4% from the prior quarter. Due to the slowdown in the Chinese economy, sales figures from events related the Chinese Labor Day and the Dragon Boat Festival fell below expectations.
Orders continued to stream into the photovoltaic (PV) market during the latter half of July, according the latest PV price report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. Besides China’s domestic demand being spurred by government policy, market demands remain strong across regions, including the United States, Japan and India.