70% of Philips products will be made in factories OEM-manufacturers

Guide Royal Philips Electronics plans to increase the number of orders for the production of LCD TVs up to 70%, although last year the figure was 60 %. This year the company plans to produce 14 million LCD TVs, of which about 10 million will be created in the factories of third-party. In the Chinese -language publication Commercial Times has information that the company previously TPV Technology has been a major supplier of world famous companies, but now Philips wants to add to his list of OEM- partner manufacturers such as Funai, TCL and Qisda.

However, TPV will continue to produce most of the TV - about five million units. Under the contract Qisda and Jabil will put nearly one million TV sets. According to unconfirmed reports, Qisda will manufacture 26 - and 32 -inch panels from Philips. Before starting a confident partnership with Funai and TCL, Philips has made ​​a limited trial orders. Representatives from TCL said they hoped to form a long mutually beneficial partnerships in the LCD TV, adding that the total volume of devices manufactured by the company to grow by 300% in 2008.