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Fujitsu Reportedly Leaving PDP Market as Competition Intensifies

Fujitsu May Cease PDP Manufacturing

by Yaroslav Lyssenko

[ 01/27/2005 | 02:37 PM ]

Constant technology evolution and development do not always bring profits to companies. As the time pasts even the oldest players have to decide whether to stay in the business or quit. Such a decision was made recently by IBM, who sold its PC business unit to Lenovo, and now it seems that Fujitsu has to make a similar decision about the company’s future in the plasma display panel market.

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“Despite robust market demand, Fujitsu Ltd. is considering scaling down or completely withdrawing from the plasma display panel (PDP) business, according to Japanese news reports. High capital investment costs, growing competition from LCDs, and intensifying competition from Korean suppliers are all giving Japanese companies second thoughts on continuing in the plasma display business, despite growing demand,” claims reports over EETimes web-site.