Home theater system (HTS) production in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan is picking up after a slowdown in 2004, fueled by the increasing popularity of digital entertainment and digital home concepts, as well as wireless technologies such as Bluetooth. From an output level of 7.5 million units worth US$1.65 billion in 2004, Greater China is foreseen to manufacture up to 10.8 million units worth US$2.12 billion in 2007, according to Global Sources' Consumer Electronics China Industry Outlook report in 2005.

For 2006, more aggressive manufacturers forecast that growth in production and exports will reach up to 50 percent, exceeding the estimates in the Global Sources report.

This report covers 48 companies: 30 from mainland China, five from Hong Kong and 13 from Taiwan. The respondents comprise a sizeable segment of the estimated 100 manufacturers on the mainland and Hong Kong, and 30 makers in Taiwan.

Production center
The Pearl River Delta, mainly Guangdong province, is the manufacturing center not just for mainland China-based makers, but also for those whose headquarters are in Hong Kong or Taiwan.

Manufacturing capability This report discusses key manufacturing capability indicators for industry players. Among these are key manufacturing processes, output volume, length of manufacturing experience, factory sizes and production capacities.

•	HTS makers are divided into three tiers based on annual output volume. Companies considered small-scale manufacture up to 100,000 units annually; midsize makers produce up to 200,000 units; and the largest ones manufacture up to 500,000 units.
•	Mainland China and Hong Kong companies average six years' experience in HTS manufacture while Taiwan makers average eight years.
•	Production processes that are done in-house typically include cosmetic design, R&D and woodworking, while raw speaker production, mold making and plastic injection molding are typically outsourced to other facilities.
•	Mainland China and Hong Kong companies invested more in equipment than Taiwan companies, on average, in 2005. This is because many Taiwan companies are seen to be shifting their focus away from the traditional HTS to higher-end product lines in the A/V sector.

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