Competition Among Manufacturers Of Flat Shadow Mask Industry Conspiracy Situation Analysis

Shadow Mask(SM) is one of the most important components in the industry chain of Color TV (CTV) based on Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) technology. It has ever affected the development of Color TV and limited the output of production for some period of history. In the past long time, few high-tech vendors could monopoly the supply and production of shadow mask, and keep close co-operative relation to make good profits together. But in recent years, the CRT-CTV seems enter into its old stage with Flat Panel Display (FPD) penetrating further into the tradition CTV market. The cooperative relation is changing slowly among the mask-makers since the market goes down sharply.Based on the development of CTV and current market situation of Shadow Mask, this article analyzes the globle market trend of CRT CTV and the competition and conspiracy between Shadow Mask makers. It could be concluded that matket structure is key factor of vendor conspiracy leads to high profits in shadow mask industry.Although current market is shrinking, there would be an equilibrium of demand and supply in Shadow Mask market in the future. The conspiracy relation will be closer together with higher market centration ratio.