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Appotronics Announces Litigation Against Delta Electronics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Appotronics, the key developer of laser phosphor light source technology, has filed an action against Delta Electronics in the Guangzhou IP Court. The action is the latest in a series of …

Tags:China| Delta| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Litigation| Patents

China’s Luxshare builds iPhone mega-plant to challenge Foxconn

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Luxshare of China is building a ‘massive manufacturing complex’ in eastern China to break the hold of Pegatron and Foxconn have had on iPhone assembly. The factory will …

Tags:Apple| China| iPhone| ODMs & OEMs

B&W Teams with Formovie

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The UK-based audio specialist Bowers & Wilkins sent us a press release (BW_Formovie.pdf) to say that it has done a deal with Formovie, a Chinese company founded by Xiaomi and Appotronics, …

Tags:audio| China| Laser Phosphor Projectors| UST Projectors

LeTV Restores Employee Benefits

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Caixin Chinese news source reports that LeTV, which hit really difficult financial conditions in the past (LeEco Still Struggling to Survive and LeEco Brags about its Debt), has decided to …

Tags:China| Reorganisation & Restructuring| TVs (TV Sets)

Oppo announces the Air Glass monocle AR device

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Oppo has a new “limited release” product, called the Air Glass, which is a monocle AR device based on a ‘self-developed’ microLED-base projector called the Spark. The image is presented to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Microdisplays| MicroLED

Collapse of the Lira & Chinese Property Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Turkish lira plummeted by 7% in a single night this week against the US dollar. Analysts are deeply sceptical about the policy of Turkey’s President Erdogan. The currency is around …

Tags:China| Europe| Macroeconomics

Flexible-screen Maker Royole Delays Employee Salaries

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin reported that Chinese flexible OLED maker, Royole Corp, has been delaying paying staff salaries after withdrawing its IPO planned for earlier this year. Staff were told that the pay due …

Tags:China| Financial Data| OLEDs

MicroLED microdisplay developer RaySolve raises $10 million

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A Hong Kong-based microLED microdisplay developer, Raysolve Technology said that it has raised $10 million in pre-Series A funding to scale up its R&D to early production. In the last six …

Tags:China| Investment| Microdisplays| MicroLED

Sigmaintell Looks at Smartphone Panels in Q3

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell has reported that smartphone panel shipments dropped 6.5% year on year to 475 million in Q3, although YTD volumes are up 7.9% to 1.425 billion. OLED has boomed based on …

Tags:China| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphone Market

China’s ‘Singles Day’ Shopping Event is Muted

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Although spending still grew to a record level ($84.5 billion for Alibaba and up to $160 billion overall) and up 8% on last year, reports from China say that growth in …

Tags:China| Retail