NB battery market forecast Q3 of this year there is room for price cuts
Core notebook battery (Cell) South Korea the main supplier of LG, Matsushita, Sanyo and other large capacity expansion plans from the second quarter of this year, will be out, the market expected this year, the supply of global cell growth compared with last year amounted to Third, as supply and demand balance is expected in the second quarter, notebook computer batteries in the third quarter of this year there will be room for price cuts.
Good notebook computer parts market, many battery manufacturers are also planning to enter the market. Hon Hai Group, the production of connectors, console and mobile phone batteries are Wei, was also reported for the international OEM customers Dell laptop battery production; addition, China’s production of mobile phone battery maker BYD is also prepared to cross-scrape of a knife sharpening into the production of notebook batteries.
Part of a laptop pointed out on behalf of industry, including the panel, such as hard disk and battery module suppliers to expand production lines last year, the second half of action, will be in the second quarter of fermentation, the production capacity substantially out, the price will be a growing component The more expensive, will be Intel’s processor price cuts in March this year, since the second half of a laptop is bound to further lower price.
A notebook computer factory in charge of that battery is an important notebook computer components, but the majority of cell technology in the hands of the Japanese hands last year, Japanese production is subject to supply less than the price rise, production in the second quarter to open one after another after, the situation will change.
Notebook computers in response to the demand for a rapid increase in the battery module, the production of batteries Panasonic batteries are the Japanese companies to expand a production line, in addition to Japanese Sanyo, LG and Samsung, the Korean maker is expanding production lines, one of LG this year, in May all about capacity out, Samsung is about to open in June a major production plant next year focused on the end of the second quarter, opened the third quarter, and were two to three times the growth of notebook computer batteries last year in short supply situation in the second half of this year will be alleviated.
Notebook computer industry estimates, if the notebook computer market last year percent growth to estimate growth rate of cell production will exceed demand, so do not rule out the battery module has room for price cuts, but still, as the notebook market this year may be required.
