Local electronics contract maker Qisda Corp (佳世達) yesterday said it would continue to promote emerging products, such as electronics readers, mobile Internet devices and multimedia routers, to drive revenue growth.
“These future mainstream products have the potential to become a new spark in the company’s revenue growth,” the company said in an English statement after its shareholders’ meeting yesterday.
Qisda will also grab hold of the booming opportunities for niche products, which include professional displays, high-end LED lighting and remote healthcare devices.
“Development of our new product lines progressed smoothly last year ... [laying] a solid foundation for our revenue and profit growth this year,” the statement said.
The company said it would also continue to develop LCD monitors and projectors — its two major sales contributors — which have grown in economies of scale and are highly profitable.
Qisda is a spinoff of BenQ Corp (明基), which separated its electronics manufacturing unit and brand unit after failing to turn around the money-losing handset unit of Siemens AG it bought in 2005.
Qisda reported a 12 percent year-on-year jump in revenues in the first five months of the year to NT$34.5 billion (US$1.1 billion). Its shares closed up 1.9 percent to NT$16.45 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange yesterday.
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