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Debasish P. Choudhury
Editor
You’ll be seeing more of
us next year
Frankly, “astounding” is the word that best
describes India’s LCD TV sales in October
2010. The total LCD TV shipments
during this one month, which coincided
with the great Indian festival of Diwali,
almost matched up with the total LCD
TV shipments of 2008, when 745,000
LCD TVs were shipped in the entire year.
It seems everyone wanted to erase the
memories of the slowdown days.
As the year draws to a close, we can
feel the excitement in the air. Christmas
parties, vacations and the impending New
Year bashes are the central points of our
discussions now-a-days. Christmas sales,
which a couple of years back were alien
to Indian retail industry, have gained
acceptance due to aggressive consumerism
riding on India’s near 9% GDP growth this
fiscal.
But in this hour of celebration the
biggest shock was the postponement of the
COMPONEX NEPCON India 2010 show,
originally scheduled during mid December
in New Delhi. COMPONEX NEPCON,
which was till 2009 considered to be a
must-attend electronics manufacturing
supply chain show in India, lost its clout
due to Reed Exhibitions’ failure to organise
the show in February 2010. Now, it will
be co-located with the maiden EFY Expo
scheduled in February 2011 in New Delhi.
The interesting aspect of this handshake
is the launch of a brand new trade show
in February 2012 in New Delhi. We will
keenly watch its evolution in the Indian
electronic landscape.
At the same time, it is heartening to
see LED Expo, the only dedicated trade
show for the LED industry in India, to be
held during 3rd week of December in New
Delhi, receive an overwhelming response
from the global LED eco-system. The LED
show will now cover all the standalone
halls in Hall 7 at Pragati Maidan. It once
again shows how favourable government
policies influence businesses around the
world.
At present, all LED chips are imported
from countries such as Japan, Korea,
Germany and the US, and the prices are
high due to low consumption, thereby
prohibiting widespread usage. If we take
into account the current consumer LED
demand projections, the industry estimates
the local manufacturing capacities in India
wouldn’t come up before 2016. But the
real action in the LED industry will come
when the domestic manufacturing scenario
heats up.
Let me share with you an interesting
fact! In 2009, the world produced an
estimated US$ 1,620 billion of electronic
equipment. After the painful recession
of 2009, growth resumed significantly in
2010, with SE Asia driving the electronic
equipment rebound, which includes China
& Taiwan. We, at Trafalgar Publications
Ltd. are also buoyed by this feel-good factor
and have decided to increase the frequency
of our magazine next year. In 2011, Global
SMT & Packaging SE Asia edition will be
a bi-monthly, with more news, reviews,
interviews, technical articles, columns, etc.,
to increment your desire for manufacturing
technology excellence.
I expect 2011 will be a brilliant year for
Indian electronics industry, and SE Asia
will continue to drive the growth of the
global electronic equipment production.
Before I conclude, a heartiest ‘Thank
You’ to all our readers, advertisers,
columnists and subscribers for a success
launch of the SE Asia edition of Global
SMT & Packaging magazine.
I wish you all Merry Christmas, and a
fantastic New Year 2011!
—Debasish P. Choudhury
2 – Global SMT & Packaging Southeast Asia – Winter 2010 www.globalsmtindia.in