14 DAY TRIAL // It seems that analysts and companies are being fairly vocal about finances as of late, with Transcend being, apparently, one of the companies that intends to see is sales grow by a fair bit this year.
It appears that the year 2011 really is being looked upon with hope and ambition, at least as far as some IT segments go.
For instance, while netbook shipments aren't expected to perform very well, they will still go through a small shipment increase.
Meanwhile, the first and second quarters of the year have been shaping up as quite favorable overall, even though this might be offset by possible rough times in the later half of the year.
Mostly, the disaster that hit Japan on March 11 is expected to make its impact felt once or if supply disruptions lead to shortages in Q3 and Q4.
Then again, things may end up better than people fear, and Transcend is one of the more optimistic IT players.
According to a report made by Digitimes, the company sees good things ahead for its 2011 sales, with the target figure being of 100 million shipped DRAM and NAND Flash products.
To achieve this, production capacity will be gradually boosted at the Taiwan plant, until the number of SMT (surface-mount technology) lines grows from 9 to 18.
Still, considering that the Taipei plant was only recently opened, the Shanghai, China-based one will remain the primary facility.
The company has also been expanding availability of its memory solutions in China and South America.
Should things go smoothly, the first sign that the company will meet its goal will come in June, when revenues will start to grow sequentially again. This expectation is, in fact, quite interesting, considering that base employee salaries should increase by 10% as well (the largest boost in 10 years).