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CORRECTED-Taiwan's Amtran sees TV shipments rising 60-70 pct

Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:30am EDT

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(Corrects headline and lead to clarify company's shipment forecast refers to TVs, not PCs)

TAIPEI, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Amtran Technology (2489.TW), maker of the Vizio brand of flat-screen TVs, sees its global TV shipments rising 60-70 percent next year to about 7 million units, a top executive said on Wednesday.

Amtran Chairman Alpha Wu told Reuters on the sidelines of a company event that shipments from its China plants were expected to double in 2010. (US$1=T$32.9) (Reporting by Baker Li, Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)



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