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IHS has released its pricing data for small- and medium-sized panels in July and early August. Smartphone market demand failed to rebound quickly in July. Brands remained cautious about panel procurement. Some panel makers shipped panels above demand in June in order to raise their half-year finance results; this pushed channel inventories to high levels, … Read more
IHS has shared its pricing figures for large-area (9″+) LCD panels in July and early August. Monitor makers are shifting capacity to produce TV panels, due to weak demand and shrinking profitability. Monitor panel supply has shrunk in recent months, and is expected to continue to do so in the future. This trend may keep … Read more
Sharp recorded Q1 net losses of ¥34.0 billion ($273 million), up on losses for the same quarter last year of ¥1.8 billion ($14 million), on revenue which slipped to ¥618.3 billion ($4.98 billion) from ¥619.7 billion ($4.99 billion). The company said that this was the result of planned production adjustments, the prioritisation of sales of … Read more
Panasonic Corporation saw Q1 net profits of ¥59.5 billion ($479 million), up from ¥37.9 billion ($305 million) in the year-ago quarter, on revenue which rose to ¥1.86 trillion ($14.94 billion) from ¥1.85 trillion ($14.89 billion). The company said that it was changing its focus away from sales growth towards generating profit.
Hitachi saw Q1 net profits of ¥95.0 billion ($763 million), up 35% from ¥70.5 billion ($566 million) last time, on revenue which rose 7% to ¥2.3 trillion ($18.6 billion) from ¥2.2 trillion ($17.4 billion). The company said that this was in line with expectations.
Seiko Epson Corporation (Epson) recorded a 58% drop in Q1 net profits to ¥19.9 billion ($159 million) from ¥47.4 billion ($379 million) on revenue which rose 6% to ¥260.9 billion ($2.1 billion) from ¥246.3 billion ($2.0 billion). The company blamed the drop in profit on the printing solutions division.
Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. posted Q2 net profits of ¥30.3 billion ($243 million), compared with a loss of ¥2.0 billion ($16 million) in the same quarter last time, on revenue which rose to ¥333 billion ($2.67 billion) from ¥330 billion ($2.64 billion). For the half year there were profits of ¥35.4 billion ($284 million), up … Read more
Samsung has sent out invitations to its Galaxy Unpacked event, which will take place on the 13th August – two weeks earlier than normal (presumably to get ahead of Apple’s iPhone announcement). The invitation appears to hint at a curved design – which, according to tipster Evan Blass, refers to a new phone called the … Read more
US-based Luminit has announced that its light shaping diffusers have been added to Optis’s Speos optical modelling and simulation library. The company said, ‘the addition…gives Luminit’s customers the ability to visualise the aesthetics and performance of their designs with excellent accuracy’.
Wolf Cinema, a leading manufacturer of high-performance home cinema projectors, announced an entirely new division of projection solutions, designed and optimized for use in business, prosumer, education and commercial environments. Starting at just $2,995 MSRP, these seven exciting new Wolf Cinema PRO light engines are packed with a wide range of installation capabilities, including multiple … Read more
US-based Wolf Cinema focuses on home cinema projectors – but has now launched a new division developing products for business, prosumer, education and commercial applications. To mark the event, the company developed seven new projectors under the Wolf Cinema PRO brand. The new models feature installations flexibility. They have multiple lens options, image offsets and … Read more
During the announcement of its Q2 results, Intevac described a coating it has developed for smartphone display cover glass. The company has been working with its Vertex physical vapour deposition (PVD) product for some time (the first was shipped in Q1), and in late July sold a system to a new “tier one” customer. The … Read more
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