Worldwide Plasma revenue is expected to rise to $8.6 billion USD for 2007, up over 11 percent from 2006. Revenue is also expected to swell to $10.2 billion USD in 2008 due to increased production of larger sized panels. iSuppli believes that after 2008 however, plasma revenue should begin a steep decline, hitting $8.7 billion USD in 2011.
"In order for plasma manufacturers to continue to be successful in the market, they must weather the storm of LCDs while focusing consumer interest on PDPs' attractive form factors and reasonable prices," Riddhi Patel, principal analyst for television systems at iSuppli, said in a statement.
For the first quarter 2007, Matsushita held 31.5% of the plasma market in terms of revenue, with LG, Samsung, Fujitsu and Pioneer rounding out the rest of the top 5.
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