Chunghwa Picture Tubes' (CPT's) shipments of small- to medium-size panels increased up to 134% on year and exceeded 350 million units in 2010 and the company aims to ship 500 million units in 2011.

CPT has increased its market share in the global small- to medium-size panel market to over 13% from 7.3%.

CPT has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.25 billion (US$179.37 million) for December, down 8.8% sequentially and 13.4% on year.

Revenues for TFT-LCD business totaled NT$4.76 billion, down 9.1% sequentially and 10.4% on year.

Large-size panel shipments in December were 1.64 million units, down 11.3% sequentially and 10.3% on year. Small- to medium-size panel shipments totaled 36.94 million units, down 3.1% sequentially.

CPT noted that the company is strategically reforming its production line in order to meet product developments and client demand. The 4.5G (LA1) line resumed production in 2010 and some of the capacity was transformed for the production of capacitive touch sensors. CPT has entered the supply chain of first-tier handset vendors and monthly shipments of touch sensors have reached three million units.