As consumer demand for digital projectors skyrockets, the industry may not be able to supply quickly enough.

• Privately owned makers of projector components have struggled to keep up with the soaring demand.
• Despite the inability to match supply with demand, digital projector purveyor Barco doubled its projector sales in 2009 – its best year to date.
• Barco considers additional funding of component makers as a potential option for solving this supply crisis, and may even use a secondary supplier to meet its component needs.

Facts & Figures

• 85% of the world’s cinemas have yet to be fitted with digital projectors.
• Barco thinks it could make nearly 150 million euros ($203.6 million) in 2010.
• Barco shipped around 1,000 projectors in the fourth quarter of 2009, worth around 36 million euros.

Best Quote

“The challenge will not be how many you can sell, it will be how many you can make.” – Eric Van Zele, CEO of Barco