PT Panasonic Gobel Indonesia (PGI)

PT Panasonic Gobel Indonesia (PGI) menggenjot the sale of television (TV)-based flat screen Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and plasma (PDP) to pursue the mastery of two-digit market this year following a rapid growth in demand is flat screen tv.

Presentation on the sidelines at the launch of the latest product series LCD TV Panasonic Viera, Panasonic Rinaldi explained to this day about the only one digit, or about three percent of the total TV market in the FDP in the country years ago to reach 363,300 units.

This year, he was FDP still optimistic demand will grow in about 41.48 percent to 514,000 units. Rinaldi even estimate the market FDP akan still grew 35 percent in the next year or to be around 690 thousand units.

Rinaldi said starting this year Panasonic factory in the world no longer based produce TV picture tube (CRT) - including the Panasonic factory in Indonesia, namely PT Panasonic Manufacturing Indonesia (PMI) - a trend because the CRT TV demand continues to decline and the market tends to FDP direction.

He is optimistic the latest series of LCD TVs Panasonic "Viera Image Viewer" - equipped with the "SD card slot" so that consumers can immediately see the results catapult back photos and Video in Full HD TV's - will be able to increase sales in Indonesia FDP.

But for the Plasma TV, Panasonic Rinaldi claiming to be the market leader with control of the market is 35 percent. "We will continue to push up sales and increase the plasma TV market share in LCD TVs to be up 10 percent," he said.

PGI, he continued, the latest series of LCD TVs that size from 19 inches to 65 inches with prices ranging from Rp 3,999,000 to Rp 99,999,000 per unit, especially in big cities in Jakarta, Surabaya, and Medan.

Meanwhile Presdir PGI, Ichiro Suganuma, his side will continue to emphasize strengthening the electronic industry in Indonesia and maintain the existence of PMI.