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Three New Fabs for Foxconn

by Tom Allen

Sources from Asia claim that Foxconn is to establish a G6 LTPS TFT-LCD panel fab in Guiyang City, China. The fab will mainly be used to produce 5.2″, 5.5″ and 6″ panels for smartphones. …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 52

2015 – Started with CES and an LED Story

by Bob Raikes

I had thought about writing a review of 2015 and the display stories that we had covered (and I still might), but the more I thought about developments in the year, the more one …

Tags:China| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 22 - Issue 51

BOE Signs G10.5 Supply Agreement with Corning

by Tom Allen

Corning is to establish a production base adjacent to BOE’s under-construction G10.5 fab in Hefei, China, from where it will supply glass substrates to the new plant. Glass production is expected to support BOE’s …

Tags:BOE| China| Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 51

TCL

LeTV Takes 20% Stake in TCL

by Tom Allen

China’s LeTV is to acquire a 20% stake in TCL: an acquisition valued at HKD2.2 billion ($291.6 million). Through the move, LeTV will become TCL’s second-largest stakeholder. The official owner of the shares will …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Smart TV| TCL| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Rumour: Samsung Will Cut OLED Prices

by Tom Allen

Korean media outlets have published multiple claims about Samsung’s OLED capacity. iNews 24 says that the company will ‘mass produce’ transparent OLED displays this month, with initial supply mainly going to retailers in North …

Tags:AMOLED| China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Production| Samsung Display| Transparent Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Xiaomi

Xiaomi Takes on Inventec

by Tom Allen

The rumoured notebook from Xiaomi will be produced by Inventec, say Taiwanese supply chain sources. The product will be a 12.5″ model and will be produced at Inventec’s facility in Shanghai. Shipments are expected …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 49| Xiaomi

Barco Reaches 18,000 Solid-State Lumens

by Tom Allen

Building on its previously-announced work (Barco is Ready for Lamp-Free Projection), Barco has shared news of two new solid-state DLP projectors, which will reach up to 18,000 lumens of brightness. The DP2K-20CLP and DP2K-15CLP …

Tags:Barco| Brightness| China| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Barco Moves in China

by Tom Allen

Almost 100 units of Barco’s new D2K-6E projector have been shipped to customers in China. Billed as ‘the smallest projector in the [digital cinema] industry’, the DP2K-6E is being used to upgrade smaller cinemas …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| China| Cinema Projection| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Foxconn Chair Supports Tariff Elimination

by Tom Allen

Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn, has said that the Chinese government should drop tariffs on LCD products shipped from Taiwan, from 5% to 0%. Korean makers do not pay these tariffs, so such a …

Tags:China| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 49