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DSCC Increases Display Capex Forecasts on New Fabs in China and Rising Capital Intensity (Part 2)

by Ross Young

In Part 1 of this article (DSCC Increases Display Capex Forecasts on New Fabs in China and Rising Capital Intensity (Part 1), I covered the developments in our equipment spending forecast by application. In …

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DSCC Increases Display Capex Forecasts on New Fabs in China and Rising Capital Intensity (Part 1)

by Ross Young

DSCC has increased display equipment spending for the 2018-2024 period by 5% to $93B in its Quarterly Display Capex and Equipment Market Share Report as new fab projects emerge and capital intensity continues to …

Tags:InkJet Deposition| Investment| LCD Fabs| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment

Wuhan Lockdown Closes Display Companies

by Ken Werner

As the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic Wuhan, an industrial powerhouse and the capital of Hubei Province, is locked down. The Hubei Provincial Government has ordered most enterprises to resume work no earlier than …

Tags:China| Health and Safety| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs

The Art of the Deal

by Ken Werner

On December 1, 2017 the Village of Mount Pleasant in Racine County, Wisconsin issued the execution version of its development agreement for the “Foxconn Project,” under which Foxconn was to build a $10 billlion …

Tags:Investment| LCD Fabs| USA

… And Looking a Decade Forward

by Bob Raikes

Yesterday was the easier part of my two part look back and forward, by a decade, at the display industry (Looking a decade back….). Looking forward, as Niels Bohr said, “it’s difficult to predict, …

Tags:Forecasts| LCD Fabs| MicroLED| OLEDs

Display Technology – Top Trends for 2020

by Sweta Dash

It is that time of the year again – the time to review the outlook for display industry trends in 2020. Foldable AMOLED: Shifting to new clamshell designs Starting from 2020, foldable smartphones will …

Good News and Bad News for FPD Making in Japan

by Bob Raikes

Japan, of course, was a pioneering region for flat panel display development and in the last couple of weeks there has been good news and bad news about developments in the country. The Bad …

Tags:Japan| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD Fabs| OLED Fabs| Panasonic

Can LCD Panel Oversupply Drive TV Demand?

by Sweta Dash

LCD TV panel capacity has increased substantially in 2019 mostly due to the expansion of Gen 10.5 fabs. After growth in 2018, LCD TV demand weakened this year caused by slower economic growth, concerns …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| OLED TVs| Pricing| TV Set Market

Apple Moves Closer to Display Supplier JDI

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, Apple is doubling down on an investment with Tokyo, Japan-based LCD supplier, JDI, with a now public commitment to invest $200 million in the company, as a $788 million …

ITRI at Touch Taiwan with Breakthrough Customisation Technology

by Bob Raikes

It’s a truism of the LCD manufacturing world that none of the big panel makers would have been in the business without a lot of support from their respective governments. In Taiwan, ITRI, the …

Tags:LCD Fabs| R&D (Research & Development)| Touch Taiwan 2019

Foxconn Looking to Sell New Gen 10.5 Plant?

by Bob O'Brien

Reuters reported this week that Foxconn is in discussions to appoint banks to find a buyer for its LCD factory that is being built in Guangzhou. While Foxconn replied in a written statement that …

Progress Reported on a New Means to Produce Thin Holographic Displays

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers headed by Jongchan Park at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (Daejeon, Republic of Korea) is developing a physically thin display that can project video rate multi-colored …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Korea| LCD Fabs| R&D (Research & Development)