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LG Raising LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Asian sources say that LG Display is raising its monthly capacity at LCD facilities. Capacity at its Guangzhou-based facilities will be raised from 90,000 substrates to 120,000 by the end of the year. Local …

AUO To Boost Capacity by 5% in Q1

by Bob Raikes

Reports from Taiwan have said that AUO’s 8.5G fab in Houli, is due to add around 25K to 30K substrates per month from the first quarter of 2016 – representing around a 5% boost …

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. …

LG Display Takes A Step to G9.X

by Bob Raikes

It’s Black Friday, again and I’m sitting down to write my editorial on a Friday, as I usually do. However, I’m not going to cover the event this year, as just as we were …

Flextronics Expands Polish Presence

by Tom Allen

Flextronics has opened a new logistics and manufacturing facility in Poland. Work started on the building in 2014. It covers more than 9,300m² and is located in Tczew. Focus at the facility is on …

Giantplus Buys 4G Fab from CPT

by Milos Pavlovic

GiantPlus of Taiwan has bought a 4G production line from its parent company, Chunghwa Picture Tube (CPT) to further develop its specialty display products sales. The capacity of the fab is 60K 680 x …

Printing Money

by David Barnes

MakerBot announced another 20% workforce reduction last week. Despite a cult-like following among the DYI crowd (digital do-it-yourselfers), the 3D printer maker seems to be having trouble realizing the business plan it inked. This …

Foxconn and Innolux Consider Joint Expansion

by Tom Allen

Sources in Taiwan say that Foxconn and Innolux are considering whether to make a joint investment in a new G8.6 production fab in India. The facility, if built, would secure a more fully-featured supply …

The Panel Market is Still Developing says Tamura

by Bob Raikes

Tamura-san is from IHS and looked at the development of the panel industry. China is the biggest market for TVs (23% of global) and phones (33% of global) and that means that success in …

LG and the Capital Investment Gamble

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the good old days of LCD manufacturing the optimal size of a display panel and the mother glass size was something that could easily be determined by a simple spreadsheet. Today this relationship …

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AUO Sells Old LCD Fab to Wistron NeWeb

by Norbert Hildebrand

It is the height of summer and exciting news is getting sparse for the most part, if we just forget the US political race to the White House in 2016 for a moment. While …

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AUO Sells Off 3.5G LCD Plant

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) has sold one of its 3.5G production lines to networking/communication device maker, Wistron NeWeb. The facility, which AUO said uses out of date technology, was sold for NT$810 million ($25.6 million) …

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