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Innolux Announces Manufacturing Automation Plans and Job Cuts

by Andrew Fenn

Foxconn-owned Innolux has announced it will cut 10,000 jobs as it plans to automate 75% of its production processes. The firm’s workforce will drop from around 60,000 to 50,000. The company recently spent $342 …

Tags:Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Nikkei Reveals Latest Open-Cell LCD Trends

by Andrew Fenn

According to an article by Nikkei, the bulk order price for 32″ open-cell LCD panels dropped by 2% month-on-month, to around $65 per unit. The article quotes data from IHS Markit, who says the …

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Sony Result 2/02/2018

by Vijaya

Sony reported its financial result for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 ended December 31, 2017. Sales and operating revenues were ¥2,672 billion ($23.65 billion) compared to ¥2,398 billion in the same period previous …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Mitsubishi Electric Result 2/02/2018

by Vijaya

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation reported financial results for 9 months and third quarter ended December 31, 2017. Net sales for the nine months period were ¥3,115 billion ($28.32 billion) compared to ¥2,947 billion reported in …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Arrow Electronics Result 6/02/2018

by Vijaya

Arrow Electronics reported its financial results for fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017. Q4 sales were $7.63 billion, an increase of 18% from $6.44 billion reported in Q4 of 2016. Global component sales of …

Tags:Arrow Electronics| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Lenovo Recalling ThinkPad X1 Carbon Laptops Over Fire Hazard

by Andrew Fenn

Lenovo is voluntarily recalling some of its ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th Generation laptops, in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. The company has determined that a limited number of devices may have …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 05| warranty

Xilinx To Showcase 8K And AV Over IP Solutions At ISE 2018

by Damir Lokas

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the leading provider of All Programmable products, will showcase the latest 8K and AV over IP solutions for any media over any network. The Professional Audio/Video and Broadcast markets are …

Samsung and San’an Opto Sign Agreement to Co-develop Micro LED Displays

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has pre-paid for a supply of LED chips from San’an Optoelectronics worth $18.63 million to establish a long-term partnership to co-develop Micro LED displays. The two companies will continue to discuss their future …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 25 - Issue 05

WitsView: TV Vendors Aim to Regain Profits by Specs Upgrade

by Andrew Fenn

According to WitsView, a division of TrendForce, global shipments of branded LCD TV sets for 2017 totalled 211 million units, a decrease of 4.1% compared with the previous year. This is the lowest result …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TV Set Market| Vol 25 - Issue 05