Panel and component supply chains associated with Xiaomi are expected to see a 30% on-quarter increase in orders during the fourth quarter of 2013.

　　Largely driven by sales of its Red Rice smartphone, Xiaomi has been seeing increasing success and is currently preparing for a surge in sales in the fourth quarter.

　　Panel makers such as AU Optronics (AUO) and touch module makers such as O-Film Tech will be some of the companies seeing the increased orders, helping Xiaomi to achieve its 2013 goal of selling 20 million smartphones.

　　O-Film Tech meanwhile also has plans to further tackle medium- to large-size touch panel production for use in notebooks and AIOs.