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AUO Sells Off 3.5G LCD Plant

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) has sold one of its 3.5G production lines to networking/communication device maker, Wistron NeWeb. The facility, which AUO said uses out of date technology, was sold for NT$810 million ($25.6 million) …

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AUO Fights Slowdown With High-End Panels

by Tom Allen

Expecting a weak second half for the panel industry, AUO is aiming to maintain profits by producing large-size, curved and UltraHD TV panels, say sources from Asia. High-end notebook panels, automotive and wearable displays …

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AUO’s July Sales Drop 23.4% YoY

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) saw sales in July fall 10.4% sequentially and 23.4% year on year to NT$27.4 billion ($852.5 million), bringing sales so far this year to NT$214.9 billion ($6.7 billion), 7.2% down on …

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AU Optronics (AUO) Result – 28/07/15

by Yvette Raikes

AU Optronics announced Q2 net profit of NTD4.43 billion ($143 million), up from NTD4.02 billion ($130 million) a year ago, on revenue which fell 3.1% to NTD92.3 billion ($2.9 billion). For the first half …

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AUO Building Premium TV Panels

by Tom Allen

AUO is developing 65″ LCD TV panels combining quantum dots, UltraHD resolution and HDR technology, say Taiwanese media reports. These panels will also be released in 55″ and 85″ sizes, in the second half …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 29

by Tom Allen

Arçelik, Turkish owner of the Grundig German TV brand, has announced that all future Grundig smart TVs will use the Android TV operating system. The new TVs will be unveiled at IFA 2015, in …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 29

by Tom Allen

HP‘s Elitebook Folio 1020 (Core-M Drives HP’s Macbook Challenger) has been revamped by Bang & Olufsen. The ‘Elitebook Folio 1020 limited edition laptop’ features a B&O audio system. Although HP hasn’t revealed specifications, they …

AUO’s June Sales Dip 10%

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) reported a 10.4% year on year and 2.1% month on month drop in sales in June to NT$30.5 billion ($982.9 million). Sales in the second quarter of the year were also …

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43″ Overtakes 42″ in TV Size Popularity

by Tom Allen

According to sources in Asia, both LG Display and AUO have seen 43″ TV panels pass 42″ units in popularity over the last year. Due to this demand, other makers – such as BOE …

AUO, Innolux Dismiss Merger Rumours

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux have dismissed further rumours that the two companies are considering merging, citing differences in market strategy, technology, patents and management. The two companies were reported to have been considering …

Is Flexible OLED Possible for Apple’s iPhone?

by Tom Allen

UBI Research, of Korea, writes that flexible AMOLED displays are the newest form of smartphone differentiation. Now that hardware performance has improved ‘as much as possible’, Samsung and LG are using flexible screens to …

AUO Wins Award and Impresses

by Bob Raikes

AUO started by showing us its 1.3″ (320 x 320 – 257ppi 350 cd/m²) plastic AMOLED and its 1.4″ “Full Circle” (400 x 400 – 287ppi 350 cd/m²) OLED which won the SID Best …