DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/m2v5kt/global_and)
has announced the addition of the “Global
and Chinese CMOS Camera Module Industry Report, 2013-2014″
report to their offering.
In 2013, the CMOS camera module market size attained approximately
USD13.7 billion, up 18.9% from 2012; but in 2014, it will shrink
greatly, up merely 6.7% to USD14.6 billion. The market competition
became fiercer in 2013, especially the price wars; therefore, almost all
of CMOS camera modules saw a decline of about 2 percentage points in
gross margin.
Japan Konica-Minolta is the first one that exits from the fields of CMOS
camera modules and mobile phone cameras due to unbearable falling
profits. O-film, a company in Mainland China, has invested RMB2 billion
in CMOS camera modules. As the world’s largest film-based touch screen
vendor, O-film has extensive customer resources, and it intends to enter
the CMOS camera module field with competitive prices in order to become
the largest camera module company in Mainland China. O-film’s gross
margin was less than 6% in 2013.
South Korea Cowell performed most outstandingly in 2013 with the annual
revenue growth rate of 148%. With the main production base located in
Dongguan, China, Cowell acted as Apple’s core supplier in 2013. Apple
supported Cowell to reduce the dependence on Sharp and LG INNOTEK. In
2013, Cowell’s revenue and profit surged. However, not every Apple’s
supplier was lucky. Primax specializing in Apple’s low-end products
witnessed dropping gross margin.
Largan nearly monopolizes the non-Korean 13MP camera market which is
characterized with high technical threshold and high patent threshold,
occupying an unparalleled position. The second-ranked Genius suffered
losses in 2013. In 2014, Sunny acquired the assets of Konica-Minolta in
Shanghai, so that its optical lens technology is expected to be greatly
improved, but it still can not threaten Largan. Largan continues
capacity expansion in 2014, but mainly in Taiwan, and it will cut down
the capacity in Mainland China owing to labor costs.
In 2014, OIS (Optical Image Stabilizer) is still a hot topic in the CMOS
camera module field. Samsung AFA’s core supplier JAHWA is not able to
provide enough OIS capacity to meet the demand of Samsung, and Samsung
is reluctant to commission non-core providers to offer OIS, because
Samsung needs to master its supply chain perfectly. Samsung may not
launch a large number of OIS mobile phones in future.
Nevertheless, Apple may use OIS on iPhone6. The core OIS supplier Sharp
is also Apple’s core supplier in camera modules and screens. Another
core OIS supplier LG INNOTEK is Apple’s core supplier as well.
KEY TOPICS COVERED
1. Analysis on CMOS Image Sensor Industry
2. Analysis on Lens Industry
3. Analysis on CMOS Camera Module Industry
4. Development Trends of OIS
5. CMOS camera Module Downstream Market
6. Seven CIS Vendors
7. 15 Lens Vendors
8. 20 CMOS Camera Module Vendors
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/m2v5kt/global_and
Article source: http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/sony-xperia-z2-review/
No comments:
Post a Comment