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Foxconn Will Use 7 Million Gallons of Water from Lake Michigan Every Day

by Andrew Fenn

Foxconn has received permission from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to drain up to 7 million gallons of water from Lake Michigan — one of the five Great Lakes of North America — …

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Good News From Korea

by Bob Raikes

This week, as I write my editorial, there is a lot of news coverage of the apparent rapprochement between the two halves of Korea. It’s great to see some break in hostilities, although the …

Building new display fabs in China to face financing challenges

by David Hsieh

When the Chinese government announced years ago that it was supporting the country’s display manufacturing industry in its 13th Five Year Plan from 2016 to 2020-specifically, to upgrade the manufacturing floor and develop expertise …

Tags:China| Investment| LCD Fabs| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Display Equipment Spending and Growth by Technology

DSCC: $109 Billion Spending Expected from 2017 to 2022

by Andrew Fenn

From 2017 to 2022, display suppliers are predicted to spend $109 billion, down from the $116 billion predicted last quarter, to meet the demand for larger and higher-resolution TVs and thinner, lighter and flexible …

JDI Puts OLED Plans on Hold

by Bob Raikes

JDI has had to re-align its capital raising and investment plans in the light of market developments over the last nine months. Having first planned to raise funds to invest in OLED production, the …

BOE Denies LCD Yield Issues

by Bob Raikes

Responding to comments that it might be struggling to get good yields at its G10.5 fab in Hefei and its 8.5G line in Fuzhou, BOE has said that it is running with an overall …

Tags:BOE| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 13

AUO President Says Flat Panel Industry will Rebound in 2018 Q3

by Andrew Fenn

Michael TsaiMichael Tsai, president of AU Optronics (AUO) was recently quoted by Digitimes as saying that the global flat panel industry will rebound in the third quarter of 2018 after a difficult second quarter. …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 10

BOE to Open Third Flexible OLED Fab in Chongqing

by Andrew Fenn

BOE has officially announced plans to construct its third 6G flexible OLED line in Chongqing’s Liangjiang New District, at a cost of CNY46.5 billion ($7.3 billion). Nikkei reports that BOE will be contributing around …

BOE Exempt from Repaying $984 Million Loan

by Andrew Fenn

There are unconfirmed reports coming out of Taiwan that China-based panel maker BOE Technology has been exempted from repaying a CNY6.3 billion loan ($984 million) by the local government in Fuzhou, China. The loan …

MMG Getting More Interest

by Bob Raikes

For the last few weeks, I have been threatening to look at a technique of LCD manufacturing, known as MMG – although I have seen many different versions of what this acronym stands for! …

Tags:LCD Fabs| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 48

FPD capacity dedicated to production of large are applications

59% CAGR for G10+ Fabs

by Milos Pavlovic

IHS said that the majority of all new incremental capacity for producing FPD televisions and other large area applications will be added at G10.5 in the future. With BOE, China Star, LG Display and …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 46

102417 RGB OLED vs WOLED production capacity outlook

IHS Predicts Global AMOLED Production Will Quadruple by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

Global production of AMOLED panels will quadruple over the next five years, according to new data released by IHS Markit. Production capacity is expected to skyrocket by 320%, from 11.9 million square metres in …