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Foxconn Details Sharp Share Split

by Tom Allen

Foxconn has revealed exactly how its shares of Sharp will be split, following the company’s acquisition. Hon Hai Precision will invest ¥114.4 billion ($1 billion) for a 26.14% share; Foxconn (Far East) Ltd. will …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Investment| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 13

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LG Display Invests in TADF

by Tom Allen

Image: OLED-InfoKyushu University of Japan spun off a new company called Kyulux last month, which aims to commercialise thermally-activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters developed by the university. Kyulux raised ¥1.5 billion ($13.5 million) in …

Tags:Investment| Japan| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| TADF| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Foxconn Raises Chinese Investment

by Tom Allen

Foxconn is to deepen its investment in several companies in China, covering industries including handsets, glass and optical lenses. The investments will total $1.65 billion. $1.5 billion of this will go to a subsidiary …

Tags:China| Foxconn (Honhai)| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Hendy Highlights “Race to the Bottom”

by Bob Raikes

The final speaker that we heard was Ian Hendy of Hendy Consulting which looks at the finances and development of the supply side of the display industry. His talk was entitled “Race to the …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Electronic Displays & Embedded World 2016| Investment| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 09

Foxconn Linked to New China Tech Park

by Tom Allen

A local government website in China has revealed plans by Foxconn to invest ‘billions of yuan’ in a new technology-focused industrial park in Nanning, Guangxi Province, says Reuters. Construction on the planned park will …

Tags:China| Foxconn (Honhai)| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 09

SDC to Double Flexible OLED Capacity

by Tom Allen

Business Korea claims that Samsung Display will double the capacity of its A3 line, which is used to produce flexible OLEDs, to 30,000 substrates per month. According to the source, SDC has placed KRW400 …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung Display| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 09

Blippar Claims Project ‘Bigger Than the Internet’

by Tom Allen

Augmented reality app maker Blippar has raised $54 million in Series D funding, to help it build a ‘visual browser’ to help in augmented reality (AR) applications. CEO and co-founder Ambarish Mitra told Business …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Samsung to Invest in Large OLED

by Isaac Oburu

In recent weeks, Samsung Display confirmed that it was developing large-sized OLED panels (Samsung “Will Proceed” With Large OLEDs). Reports from the Korea Display Industry Association indicate that Samsung is discussing a large investment …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung Display| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Are AR and VR Becoming the Tech Bubble of the 21st Century?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Writing about augmented and virtual reality is kind of fun, as it describes a new technology that is developing incredibly fast, where nobody knows what will happen each day. There’s anticipation before the computer …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Investment| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 08

E Ink Partners With Wei Feng

by Tom Allen

E Ink’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Transcend Optronics, has made an investment in Wuxi Wei Feng Technology, of Taiwan. The investment marks the formation of a strategic partnership between the firms, which will jointly work to …

Tags:E Ink| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 03

LGD Will Retool LCD Lines for OLED

by Tom Allen

According to Japan’s Nikkei newspaper, LG Display will invest KRW850 billion ($718 million) in the LCD production lines at its Paju factory, in order to convert them to OLED. The retooling is scheduled for …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 23 - Issue 03