“The challenge will not be on how many you can sell, it will be on how many you can make,” said Eric Van Zele, Chief Executive of Belgian digital projector maker Barco (BAR.BR).

“We really are confronted with a serious question of how we ramp up beyond what we can do now.”

About 85 percent of the world’s cinema screens have yet to be fitted with digital projectors.

Britain-based cinema research company Dodona estimates that there 115,000 cinema screens in the 57 countries it covers worldwide. Estimates for the number of screens fitted with digital projectors in 2009 vary from 13,000 to 17,000.

Barco believes it could make around 150 million euros ($203.6 million) from digital cinema in 2010.

However companies could be forced to take a rain check on further growth unless they can help clear the bottlenecks in supply caused by components makers. These small privately held companies which make printed circuit boards, optical devices and specialized chips have struggled to meet the recent demands of digital cinema.

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