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China close to South Korea in display panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports data from Omdia that panel sales from China will reach 36.3% of the market this year at $42.5 billion close to the 37.3%/$42.5 billion of panel shipments from …

Tags:China| Korea| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| OLED Fabs

HannStar Display to start developing microLED display panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that Hannstar Display has bought production facilities, previously used for touch sensors, from HannsTouch Solutions for $95.5m. The facility will be used to make miniLED and microLED displays. What …

Tags:Hannstar (Hannspree)| LCD Fabs| MicroLED| MiniLED

Wisconsin Denies Foxconn Tax Subsidies

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Verge published a detailed report on the failure of the planned Foxconn LCD fab in Wisconsin. The company’s application for subsidies has been rejected as the number of employees was …

Tags:Investment| LCD Fabs| USA

LCD vs OLED – A Capital Topic!

by Bob Raikes

A couple of weeks ago, I read an editorial from DSCC’s Bob O’Brien that talked about OLED vs LCD. He pointed out that when his firm started in 2016, it focused on OLED research …

Tags:Investment| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| OLED Fabs

BOE Acquiring CEC Panda Fabs in Nanjing and Chengdu

by Bob O'Brien

BOE Technology Group, Ltd (BOE) announced this week the proposed acquisition of majority stakes in two of the four CEC Panda LCD fabs in China, the Gen 8.5 fab in Nanjing and the Gen …

Tags:BOE| China| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Mergers & Acquisitions

When It Comes to Displays, China Wins

by Ken Werner

Most of us are generally aware that some electronics companies are moving their sources of display out of China. Even Foxconn, the China-friendly Tawan-based company that is China’s largest employer plans to move more …

Tags:BOE| China| CSOT| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs

Covid Brings Harsh Reality to Display Industry (Part 1)

by Bob Raikes

A couple of weeks ago, Ross Young of DSCC ran a webinar that summarised the impact of the Coronavirus on the display industry, and he subsequently published a detailed blog, but he kindly sent …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Small Medium Panel Supply

Stranger Things, Wisconsin Edition

by Pete Putman

Foxconn’s original plan to build a Gen 10.5 LCD fab in Racine County has taken yet another weird turn. The saga continues. Foxconn, which had announced it would build a state-of-the-art LCD fab and …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| LCD Fabs| USA

What Now?

by Ken Werner

No, this is not a question of cosmic proportions. I’m not, for example, asking how we should tackle the current Covid 19 pandemic. Rather, I’m asking a much narrower display-related question. Last week Bob …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| QD OLEDs| Samsung

Another of Those Damned Inflection Points….

by Bob Raikes

As regular and long term readers will know, I’m keen on trying to spot inflection points in the development of the industry – moments after which the industry will never be quite the same. …

Tags:Crystal cycle| IHS DisplaySearch| LCD Fabs| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Samsung