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E Ink To Grow Faster on ESL Success

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Taipei Times said that E Ink plans to double its capex this year to $56.3 million to expand its capacity and catch up with customer demand. A drop in the …

Tags:E Ink| Financial Data| Investment

Samsung Transfer of Suzhou to TCL Completed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell reported that Suzhou Samsung Display has now changed its name to Suzhou Huaxing Optoelectronics Display Co., Ltd and its shares are now 100% held by TCL Huaxing Optoelectronics Technology Co., …

10K Facebook Employees Working on AR/VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information reported that nearly a fifth of Amazon’s global workforce are working on AR and VR projects and that 17% of employees are in the AR/VR division, up 5% from …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Facebook/Meta| Investment| Virtual Reality

Samsung Display Considers Expanding Notebook OLED Production

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec in Korea reports a talk given in Korea by UBI Research has said that he thinks that Samsung Electronics is unlikely to use QD-OLED for its TVs. Instead, it …

Tags:Investment| OLED Fabs| QD OLEDs| QNED| Samsung

Links Week Ending 19th March 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. AMC Theatres to Have 98% of Its …

MICLEDI raised €7.1 million

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Micledi Microdisplays bv of Belgium, a spin-out from Imec, has closed a second round of funding, totalling €7 million, a year after its last one (MICLEDI Microdisplays Raises EUR 4.5M). The …

Tags:Investment| Microdisplays| MicroLED

Foxconn-Backed TV Maker Vizio Files a Second Time for IPO

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TV brand Vizio, which has been so successful in the US, has filed for an IPO for the second time on the NYSE under the symbol VZIO. The first plan for …

Tags:Financial Data| Investment| TVs (TV Sets)

Sharp to Sell its Stake in Sakai Display Products

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Various websites have reported that Sharp has sold all its shares in Sakai Display Products Corp, the G10 fab that was at one time the jewel in its crown as an …

Tags:Investment| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large LCD Supply| sharp

Stratacache Expands Again

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Stratacache, which has already bought a plant that will be used to make microLEDs, (Stratacache Pursuing GaN on Silicon in Oregon), said that it has bought a 100K sq. ft (9,300 …

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AUO to expand capex for 2021

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Digitimes reports that AUO is to boost its capex this year to boost LCD production. It will reach $785 million against around $550 million in 2020. The focus will be on …

Tags:AUO| Investment| Large LCD Supply| Production Equipment

Royole Backs Away from IPO

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin reports that Royole Corp and its sponsor, Citic Securities, have withdrawn their plan to go for an IPO on the Shanghai Star Market. The firm cited ‘unresolved shareholder issues’. The …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| Investment

Links Round-up Week Starting 8th Feb 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. LG announces EU pricing & availability for …