While the LCD panel industry is anxious to see whether demand will pick up in the third-quarter high season amid a host of negative factors hitting the economy in general and consumer confidence in particular, second-tier panel makers are especially anxious. If the high season proves to be slow, second-tier LCD panel makers will face a struggle for survival over the next few quarters, as first-tier players’ next generation lines will start coming on line and capacity available on the market will surge.

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