An anticipated pick-up in demand for NAND flash-related products is set to buoy third-quarter revenues at memory module manufacturer Transcend Information, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted market watchers as saying in a recent report.

　　Transcend is expected to see orders orders from China, Europe and the US pick up between August and October as clients start to replenish inventory prior to the holiday season, market watchers were quoted as saying. Meanwhile, the memory module firm has secured a steady supply from its chip partners such as Samsung Electronics, according to the report.

　　Transcend said previously that back-to-school demand could emerge starting August. Meanwhile, shipments of its high-margin industrial memory devices would register steady growth, the firm said.

　　Transcend saw its July sales decrease 13.9% on month, due mainly to falling prices for commodity memory chips and a continued slowdown in customer orders. Despite the overall revenue drop, sales of Transcend's industrial products climbed to an almost 12-month high in July, the company revealed. Of Transcend's July revenues, sales of flash-based products accounted for 55.1% followed by its industrial and strategic product segment with a combined 34.8%. DRAM modules made up the remaining 10.2% in the month.

　　Transcend reported revenues of NT$5.97 billion (US$199 million) for the second quarter of 2013, down 15.3% on quarter. However, gross margin grew to 23.1% in the second quarter from 18.5% in the first. Net profits for the second quarter increased about 15% sequentially to NT$1 billion, or NT$2.33 per share.