Manufacturing – Page 19

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 …

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eMagin Seeks to Raise Funds for Manufacturing Upgrade

by Tom Allen

According to OLED-Info, eMagin will raise around $6 million in a registered direct offering of shares and warrants. The new capital will be used to upgrade the company’s manufacturing equipment, balance its production line …

Packaging Brings it Together

by Phillip Wright

Today’s consumer electronics products rely on a wide range of technologies and engineering disciplines. However, the mechanical and materials engineering used in today’s state of the art CE products often go on unrecognized. As …

Business as Usual for Sharp Professional

by Chris Chinnock

That’s the message that Gary Bailer, Sharp’s Director of Product Management, Information Display Products told us in a phone interview. “It is important to communicate this message to our customer base following a lot …

Tags:Hisense| LFD - Large Format Display| Manufacturing| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 31

TV Makers Choose China

by Tom Allen

TV outsourcing will reach a record high this year, says IHS DisplaySearch. TV sets made by outsourcing specialists will represent 43% of LCD TVs shipped worldwide in 2015. Outsourcing is now one of the …

EDO Warns of Blue Light Danger with LCD (BC24)

by Bob Raikes

Michael Wong is from EverDisplay Optronics (EDO) which is developing AMOLED technology. EDO is interested in the new high growth markets and sees watches as an important application for the future as well as …

Applied Materials Highlights Scaling Challenges for LCD & OLED Making (BC20)

by Bob Raikes

Max McDaniel is Chief Marketing Officer at Applied Materials. He said that there is more change happening now in the industry than ever before, and quick adoption of innovations is essential to capture value. …

ITRI and Orbotech Sign Flexible Display Agreement

by Tom Allen

Orbotech of Israel signed a co-operation agreement with Taiwan’s ITRI, to develop solutions for the production of flexible displays. As part of the agreement, ITRI will use Orbotech’s inspection technology to identify production bottlenecks …

Full-Colour OLED Patterned With Photoresist Technology

by Tom Allen

Fujifilm and Imec, a nanotechnology research institute, have worked together to develop a full-colour photoresist OLED. The result ‘paves the way to producing high-resolution and large organic electroluminescent (EL) [OLED] displays and establishing cost-competitive …

India Looks to Low-Cost OLED Production

by Tom Allen

G Rajeswaran, formerly of Eastman Kodak, is attempting to kickstart OLED manufacturing in India. Rajeswaran is working with the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras on the INR5 billion ($72.2 million) project. The partners …

Samsung’s S6 Edge Costs More – And Less – Than iPhone 6

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge is the most expensive Galaxy S handset ever produced, and costs more to manufacture than the iPhone 6 Plus – despite costing $50 less at retail. In a teardown, IHS …

New Process Lowers 1,000x Cost Difference of Gallium Arsenide

by Tom Allen

Stanford University researchers have developed a new manufacturing process for gallium arsenide – a semiconductor material that is faster than silicon, but around 1,000 times more expensive to work with. Smartphones already use gallium …