Taiwan-based maker Coretronic shipped 107,000 DLP projectors and 5.34 million backlight units (BLUs) in May 2011, growing 9% and 2% respectively on month, according to the company.
During January-May, Coretronic shipped 503,000 DLP projectors for revenues of NT$6.726 billion (US$230 million) and 27.13 million BLUs for NT$21.02 billion.
Coretronic expects shipments of DLP projectors and BLUs used in tablet PCs in June to increase from May and those of BLUs used in LCD TVs and monitors to decrease.
| Coretronic: Breakdown of BLU shipments by application, May 2011 |
| Application | Shipments (units) | M/M | LED penetration* |
| LCD TVs | 905,000 | 19% | 48% |
| LCD monitors | 2.05 million | (1%) | 54% |
| Notebook and tablet PCs | 2.20 million | (5%) | 95% |
* Proportion of total volume for LED backlit ones
Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, June 2011
| Coretronic: Consolidated revenues, May 2011 (NT$b) |
| Amount | M/M | Y/Y | January-May amount | Y/Y |
| 6.449 | 13.13% | (25.25%) | 32.816 | (14.17%) |
Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, June 2011