EKRANAS AB                 Stock Exchange Release                 28/10/2005



Ekranas AB will explore the recovering European electronics market 



International Consumer Electronics Trade Fair “IFA 2005“ that took place in 

Berlin in the beginning of September, as forecasted, became a strong stimulus 

for the recovering of electronics market. 



According to the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Ekranas AB Eimutis Žvybas,

three technological lines are currently working in the company producing 

picture tubes. Forecasts are made that market buoyancy tendencies will keep up 

in 2006 as well, therefore next year Ekranas AB hopes to work on four technological 

lines.



Last year 41.9 mill. color picture tubes (CPTs) have been produced in Europe, 

whereas new products from the technological point of view such as LCD, plasma 

and  projection TVs comprised only about 3,5 mill. pieces or 12 times less than 

CPTs (source: EECA Market Report, Summer 2005). These tendencies show that 

vacuum tubes is a technology holding a firm leading position in the television 

manufacturing industry. 



Price and quality ratio of conventional tubes, reliability and effective functioning 

time exceeds adequate parameters of new technology products. 



Therefore it has been announced in the EECA (European Electronic Component 

Manufacturers Association) Report that CPT is a durable product even in the 

European market where new technologies are usually rapidly implemented.



In the meantime the demand for CPT increased and the shortage of CPT appears 

in European market. Due to increased  demand and shortage of CPT the important 

price increase has appeared in the market. Ekranas AB also follows this tendency a

nd will increase the selling prices in the fourth quarter 2005. According to 

the world and European market commentary a new sales price increase tendency 

is expected in the first quarter y. 2006.



It is evidential the orders received by the company for the fourth quarter 2005

increased by 43 % compared to  the third quarter 2005.





Although Ekranas AB sustained 60.7 mill. LTL (17.6 mill. EUR) loss during the 

three quarters of this year and reached the turnover of 228,6 mill. LTL 

66.2 mill. EUR), the recovering electronics market allows to forecast better 

results for the fourth quarter 2005 and the year 2006.  



Angelija Zokaitienė

Director of REKLAMOS POREIKIS UAB 

Phone: + 370 699 88330.