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by Bob Raikes
Falling LCD TV demand from China could lead to excess panel capacity next year, leading to a price fall in the second half of 2015, say industry sources. LCD TV sales in the country …
Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| TV Production| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
TCL expects to meet its 40 million-unit smartphone shipment target this year, following the ramp of monthly shipments to over 8 million units in October. Shipments have also risen to Europe, Africa, Latin America …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| TCL| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
Semiconductor Manufacturing International has begun operations at its 200mm wafer fab in Shenzen. 10,000 wafers will be produced each month by the end of the year, growing to 20,000 per month by the end …
Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
Shipments of laptop PCs from Inventec will fall between November and December, the company has said. Inventec shipped 1.5 million notebooks in October and 1.6 million in November.
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| ODMs & OEMs| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
LEDinside, a division of Trendforce, has predicted that global production value of LED-backlit tablets and LCD TVs will fall 21.7% and 14.3% YoY, respectively, this year. The products’ production value will be $476 million …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
In Q1’15, Taiwan’s G-Tech Optoelectronics will begin to produce 3D-forming glass (using materials from Corning) for use in vehicles and smartphone screens. According to sources in the country, monthly capacity will begin at 200,000 …
Tags:Corning| Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
The first order of Canatu’s carbon nanobud film, in a roll format, has been delivered to a touch module manufacturer in Asia. A Direct Dry Printing method, on a roll-to-roll line, was used in …
Tags:Canatu| ITO Replacement| Mobile Display Monitor| Roll to Roll (R2R)| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
Rather than price negotiations, some Chinese TV vendors have adopted open-bid competition with optical film suppliers, say sources in Asia. The vendors are seeking to lower procurement costs; suppliers from China, Japan, Korea and …
Tags:Film materials| Large Display Monitor| Pricing| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
Production of polariser’s at Chi Mei Materials’ factory in eastern China may not begin until mid-2016. Production was originally scheduled for Q1’16, but has apparently been delayed by the time taken to obtain government …
Tags:China| Film materials| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Polarisers| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering’s K7 plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has been allowed to resume operations. The plant was closed earlier this year due to major pollution violations, which ASE has endeavoured to fix.
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Industry| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
32″ LCD TV panel prices have risen 25% since March 2014, to $95, say Asian supply chain sources. Prices have been driven up by demand from Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics. The increase has …
Tags:BOE| CSOT| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
A memorandum of understanding has been signed in Azerbaijan, regarding a ‘major’ carbon nanotube (CNT) project. Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC), Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park and Southwest Nanotechnologies (SWNT) agreed the MOU, which will see …
Tags:CNTs (Carbon Nanotubes)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50
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