Manufacturing – Page 15

Aixtron Delists from NASDAQ

by Yvette Raikes

Struggling German firm Aixtron has had several setbacks recently. Last May it reached agreement with Germany-based GCI, owned by Chinese investment company Fujian Grand Chip, for a takeover of Aixtron SE. However, in October …

Rumor: Foxconn to Build Display Factory in the USA?

by Norbert Hildebrand

The iTechPost and PhoneArena.com are both reporting on a rumor that Foxconn is planning or at least considering building a LCD factory in the USA. Both articles relate to an informal statement by an …

Statistics of Projector Manufacturing

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Bob Raikes brought to my attention the fact that BenQ makes two virtually identical projectors, the MU686 and the MU706. Both are single panel DLP projectors using a 240W lamp. The only difference between …

Tags:BenQ| Manufacturing| Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Samsung Quits TOLED

by Tom Allen

Just over a year since Samsung announced production of transparent OLED displays – and two months since the first customer was announced (Korean Hair Salon is First User of SDC’s Mirror OLEDs) – the …

OLED Will Overtake LCD by 2020

by Tom Allen

While LCD technology has been dominant in mobile phones for more than 15 years, IHS expects OLEDs to become dominant in smartphones in 2020. AMOLED displays with LTPS backplanes will represent 36% of all …

Chinese LED manufacturer Xiamen Changelight puts AIX R6 MOCVD system into production

by Isaac Oburu

AIXTRON SE, a worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, announced today that Chinese optoelectronics manufacturer Xiamen Changelight has successfully finalized the qualification of AIXTRON’s Close Coupled Showerhead MOCVD system AIX …

Tags:China| LED| Manufacturing| Supply Chain

Apple’s OLED Capacity Will Take Half of G6 Equipment Orders

by Tom Allen

UBI Research has predicted that Apple’s rumoured adoption of OLED technology in the next iPhone will lead to $13 billion of production equipment orders by 2020. The firm estimates that Apple’s orders will take …

Google Moving to Hardware

by Tom Allen

A Google-branded smartphone is in the works, according to the Telegraph. Designing its own hardware, as Microsoft found, would give Google more control over all aspects of the design – not just the Android …

Tags:Google| Manufacturing| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 25

IGNIS announces signing a Patent License Agreement with LG Display

by Isaac Oburu

IGNIS Innovation Inc. (“IGNIS“), an emissive display technology company, today announced the execution of a Patent License agreement with LG Display Co., Ltd. (“LG Display“), the Seoul-based world-leading display manufacturer. Under the agreement, IGNIS …

Tags:Korea| LG Displays (LGD)| Manufacturing| Mergers & Acquisitions

Sony Ends Manufacturing in Brazil

by Tom Allen

Sony has decided to stop making smartphones in Brazil, which was being done through deals with Foxconn and Arima. The company took the decision due to a lack of fiscal incentives and the poor …

BC11 Annis Sets Out Issues for OLED Production

by Bob Raikes

Charles Annis of IHS in a classic, Displaysearch-like high bandwidth presentations (which I love!), said that the company is getting more and more queries about OLEDs and this is because there is some revenue …

Leading UHD TV Manufacturer TCL Sets New Standard for UHD Technology

by Isaac Oburu

TCL, the world’s third largest television manufacturer, recently announced that after showcasing its latest 65’’ Curved QUHD TV Xclusive (X1) at CES 2016, TCL plans to further expand its presence in emerging markets to …

Tags:Manufacturing| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD & 4K