LG ELECTRONICS OUTSTRIPS SONY IN LCD TV SALES
LGEPF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- LG Electronics Inc. (KSE:066570)
said Friday it outstripped Japan's Sony Corp. (TSE:6758) to
become the world's second-largest maker of liquid crystal
display (LCD) TVs in the first half of 2009.
LG Electronics said it sold 6.74 million units of LCD TVs
globally during the January-June period, including 3.55 million
units in the second quarter. Second-quarter LCD TV sales soared
48 per cent from a year earlier, it said.
Sony announced Thursday it sold 3.2 million units in the
April-June period, with its first half sales reaching 6.54
million units.
LG held a 12.6 per cent market share in the second quarter,
trailing market leader Samsung Electronics Co. with 19.9 per
cent. Sony was in third place with 11.4 per cent.
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