Dear Reader:

Taiwan is fighting it out for the number one spot in this major high tech industry that is poised for extremely rapid growth, and CeBIT Hannover is the place where it will show.

With CRTs a technology of the past and with potential applications for almost every professional and consumer IT product sold today, flat panel displays are expected to become a standard feature of products such as cameras, PDAs, and mobile phones. Large size applications, notably for notebook and desktop PC monitors, already enjoy a staggering popularity, while a global flat home TV market may not be in the house yet, but already around the corner.

Taiwan and South Korea, the two nations best positioned to supply the world market with flat screens, currently account for roughly 70% of the global market, with China for less than 1% of market revenue only, and Japan brands having to rely on offshore production for cost reasons.

This 6th e-paper preceding the annual CeBIT marathon is to raise your awareness for our Taiwan stands in Halls 20 and 21 with monitors, LCD projectors and external storage items, all members of the optoelectronic field.

There will be no less than 21 monitor exhibitors from Taiwan, dominated by leading brands like SAMPO, MAG, Neovo, Proview, Pro Arch, Soaring and TVS. For the technically related PDP (Plasma Display Panels) technology please keep your eyes peeled for Nexgen and Sampo.

Then there will be LCD projectors, whose images by now are nearly as bright and clear as those of twenty times cheaper color slide projectors, but of course more versatile and indispensable for today's computer aided presentation razzle-dazzle. The end user market is clearly dominated by the familiar brands out of Japan, but Taiwan is gaining shape as an OEM supplier. Watch out for Epoque and Premier Image Technology, who, as the world's biggest camera maker, will surely not rest until his projectors will be a household name too, and quite soon.

External storage devices, such as recordable DVDs, optical drives and optical storage discs are also products of the optoelectronic family. Watch out for the transition from 48x to 52x CD-R-drives, and for Taiwan makers in this field like Ritek, CMC, Prodisc and Infodisc.

And now for something completely different:

As mentioned earlier, my infrequent e-papers are just short form reminders for "Taiwan-Technology", our search engine and information service for ICT.

Kindly switch to our headline news section where you can - among other stories - benefit from a very comprehensive analysis of the Asian flat panel display market. I believe that this 10 page story of exactly 4.343 words is important enough for you as a buyer to judge developments and direction of this booming sector - - it may just be a bit long for on-screen reading.

My suggestion: Print it out on a Friday and take it into the weekend for some fascinating pool-side reading about which country will dominate ( if not corner ! ) the flat panel market of the future - - then travel to CeBIT and watch them fight it out in the marketplace - - there ain't no business like show business!

See you all in Hannover, and while there, please swing by at the service counter of any Taiwan Pavilion and ask for me if you have comments or suggestions how to possibly improve our publication for your needs.

Yours truly,

Dieter Neumann
(U.I.P.R.E)
Senior Editor,
Hannover Pacific Publications
Neumann@Taiwan-Technology.com
www.Taiwan-Technology.com
www.cebit.de

Another preview from our exhibitors:

	Making a Display of Achievements We are Pro Arch Technology Inc., a TFT LCD display manufacturing company that never compromises on quality or service. Since our establishment in 1999, we have become one of the leading OEM/ODM LCD monitor manufactures in the world. ....more
	DataFab Hi-Speed USB multi-slot flash card reader/writer Hi-Speed USB multi-slot flash card reader/writer (model name: F4-USB2) from DataFab Systems Inc. won 2003 Taiwan Symbol of Excellent Award implemented for the past 12 years...more
	Tired of messy wiring? Afraid of insecurity in wireless transmission? Fast and Easy to Interconnection No complicated installation. No extra wiring. All you have to do is plug one end of HomePlug into wall plug, and the other end in a USB or Ethernet port in your computer. ....more
	Wincomm won 2003 Taiwan Symbol of Excellence Winner for the Micro PC ( WPC-650 ) We are proud to announce that WPC-650, the Industrial Micro PC won the 2003 Taiwan Symbol of Excellence Winner, this award has played a vital role in the Image Enhancement Plan (IEP) implemented for the past 12 years by the China External Trade....more
	The Golden UPS is coming soon! OPTI-UPS is going to launch a "Golden" UPS at CeBIT Hannover this March. This UPS is online type, with fashion design, reliable quality and multi-functional LCD display. For further information please contact info@opti-ups.com.tw
	EVALUE Launches SOM-ETX Fanless Solution Featuring Ethernet / LVDS / Audio Newly joining EVALUE's army of highly integrated Single Board Computers, ESM-2440, the first model of ETX-SOM series makes its debut featuring a size as compact as ETX form factor. This mini module harbors a low-power NS Geode GX1 processor ...more
	TaiwanTechnology Directory & CD-ROM Free of charge at CeBIT 2003 12. - 19. 2003 Hannover