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Barco Looking Into Relocation of Norway Manufacturing Activities

by Andrew Fenn

Barco has confirmed it is studying a possible relocation of the manufacturing activities of its Barco Fredrikstad AS location in Norway, while further building out its local R&D and business development activities. The Fredrikstad …

Tags:Barco| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Taiwanese Companies See Slower December

by Yvette Raikes

Acer announced December revenue of NT$21 billion ($711 million), down 10.9% MoM but up 11.6% YoY. This brought sales for the year to NT$232.7 billion ($7.9 billion), up 2%. The company commented that the …

Tags:Acer| Compal| Delta| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

CY Vision Completes Series A Funding

by Andrew Fenn

Hakan Urey.We missed it at the time, but thought it was interesting that CY Vision, a vision systems and applications company, has officially closed its Series A funding round totalling $7 million, led by …

Tags:Intel| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vestel| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 02

ALi Adopts Advanced HDR by Technicolor in STB Chipsets

by Damir Lokas

ALi Corporation, a leading innovator and developer of set-top box (STB) chipsets, has announced that its upcoming generation of chipsets will feature Advanced HDR by Technicolor technology. “Viewers today are demanding an enhanced, sophisticated …

Large Panel Makers See Little Change

by Yvette Raikes

Large panel shipments for the four main companies we track were 20.312 million in December, falling 2.7% MoM but up just 0.6% YoY. AU Optronics reported December revenue of NT$25.84 billion ($873.8 million), down …

Tags:AUO| CPT| Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Samsung Foldable Smartphone to Enter Production in November 2018?

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has amended its timeframe for the release of an upcoming range of foldable smartphones. Speaking at a press briefing shortly before this week’s CES trade show, the President of Samsung’s Mobile Communications Business, …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Counterpoint: Global Smartphone Profits Grew 13% Year-on-Year

by Andrew Fenn

According to the latest research from Counterpoint, global mobile handset profits grew 13% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2017, due to the strong performance of Samsung and Chinese brands. This is the first …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Universal Display and Samsung in OLED Agreement Renewal Talks

by Andrew Fenn

Universal Display Corporation has disclosed that its OLED patent licensing and supplemental material purchase agreements with Samsung expired on December 31st 2017. The two companies are currently in talks to renew the agreements. Universal …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Samsung| UDC| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Kyulux in Trouble?

by Bob Raikes

We heard over the New Year holiday that Japanese TADF developer, Kyulux, was going through some substantial changes in management, including the loss of its CEO Christopher J. Savoie, its VP of Products, announced …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Reorganisation & Restructuring| TADF| Vol 25 - Issue 02