Orbotech of Israel said that it has done a deal worth $61 million, with BOE of China to supply inspection and testing systems for the BOE G10.5 LCD fab line in Hefei. The plant is expected to produce around 90,000 substrates per month by 2019, reaching 120,000 at full capacity.
At present, BOE has seven production lines in operation, including a Gen 5 TFT-LCD line and a Gen 8.5 TFT-LCD line in Beijing, a Gen 4.5 TFT-LCD line in Chengdu, a Gen 6 TFT-LCD line and a Gen 8.5 TFT-LCD line in Hefei, a Gen 5.5 AMOLED line in Ordos, and a Gen 8.5 TFT-LCD line in Chongqing. There is another Gen 6 AMOLED line in Chengdu, a Gen 8.5 TFT-LCD line under construction in Fuzhou as the world’s highest generation line Hefei Gen 10.5 TFT-LCD line under construction.
