JIANGYIN, CHINA - Industry sources report that HannStar Board expects shipments of notebook PCBs to grow 30% to 54 million units in 2008, keeping a 40-42% market share to remain the number one supplier for notebook PCBs, according to the company.

The company disclosed that it shipped 40 million notebook PCBs in 2007, a 40% share of the market. The company's 2008 projected growth is higher than previous forcasts of 24.73% for the year, the sources indicated.

The company is applying with authorities in China to increase plant capacity to 5.25 million units, up from the current 4.05 million per month for conventional notebook PCBs, and to 100,000 units from the present 50,000 units for the HDI segment, the sources said.

HannStar expects seasonality to keep first-quarter notebook PCB shipments down 10-15% sequentially to 10-11 million units, sources reported. Fourth-quarter consolidated sales totaled $170 million, up 5.2% sequentially.

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