China-based touch panel makers will ship 179.54 million units during the third quarter of 2015, increasing 15.5% on quarter. Shipments will consist of 153.06 million smartphone-use units up 15.6% on quarter, 25.26 million tablet-use units, up 15.9%, and 1.23 million notebook-use units, down 7.6%, according to Digitimes Research.
The sequential growth in smartphone and tablet touch panel shipments will be due to demand from China-based smartphone vendors and China-based white-box tablet vendors, Digitimes Research indicated.
Among China-based touch panel makers, Truly Opto-electronics has become a supplier of OGS (one glass solution) touch panels for Sony Mobile Communications and has additionally landed OGS orders from Microsoft Mobile, while Chung Hua EELY Enterprise will maintain supply for Samsung Electronics.