AUSTIN – DisplaySearch today raised its forecast for 3D-capable TV shipments as hype turns into “real products.”

The research firm said shipments would grow from 2.5 million in 2010 to 27 million sets in 2013, dominated initially by developed regions, with North American shipments accounting for more than half of shipments this year.

TEMPE, AZ – US manufacturing grew in March for the eighth consecutive month, with the PMI registering 59.6%, up 3.1 percentage points, says the Institute for Supply Management.