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BOE Expects China to Overtake Taiwan in LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Chinese panel makers believe that their TFT-LCD capacity could surpass that of Taiwan by 2017, taking the global number two spot behind Korea. Speaking at Finetech Japan, BOE VP Chikara Kuboshima said that companies …

Tags:BOE| China| CSOT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Capacity| Taiwan| TFT| Tianma| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Samsung Will Triple Edge Production

by Tom Allen

ET News of Korea claims that, following successful pre-orders (Samsung Reaches Pre-Order Record), Samsung wants to as much as triple planned production of the Galaxy S6 Edge. Samsung Display is currently capable of producing …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production| Production Capacity| Samsung| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Apple Cuts Watch Targets on Display Concerns…

by Tom Allen

According to Taiwan’s UDN Mobile, Apple has halved its Apple Watch shipment targets. The new target is 1.25 million – 1.5 million units per month, from 2.5 million – 3 million. ‘Sources in Apple’s …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Production Capacity| Smartwatches| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 13

ET News Details Flexible OLED Plans

by Tom Allen

ET News has summarised information about the flexible OLED plans for LG Display and Samsung Display. LGD currently has a monthly capacity of 14,000 substrates (LGD Succeeds in Doubling Flexible Capacity), and is now …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Capacity| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Samsung Reaches Pre-Order Record

by Tom Allen

Samsung has said that pre-orders for its new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones have reached record levels. 20 million orders had been placed by mobile operators at the end of the weekend following …

Tags:Curved Displays| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production Capacity| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Visionox Follows Samsung in OLED Capacity

by Tom Allen

China’s Visionox began building a G5.5 AMOLED plant in August 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 30). Now, it has told journalists that it will be ready to start mass production in Q2 this …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production Capacity| Vol 22 - Issue 10

LGD Succeeds in Doubling Flexible Capacity

by Tom Allen

Universal Display has revealed some details about LG Display’s flexible OLED capacity. During a conference call with investors, UDC said that LGD’s current monthly capacity is 14,000 substrates from its G4.5 fab – more …

Tags:Capacity| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production Capacity| UDC| Vol 22 - Issue 08

LGD’s OLED TV Production Expansion to Cost $915 million

by Helen Vince

Following LG Display’s (LGD) recent announcement that it planned to expand production capacity at its 8G OLED plant (LG Display Aiming to Make 600,000 OLED TV panels), sources in Korea have estimated that the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs| Production Capacity| Vol 22 - Issue 07

Innolux Investing in More Capacity

by Helen Vince

Innolux’s chairman and CEO, Tuan Hsing-chien, told investors this week that the company will increase its capital expenditure significantly this year to NT$35 billion ($1.1 billion), up from NT$20.5 billion ($655.4 million) last year. …

Tags:Innolux| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Capacity| Vol 22 - Issue 07

LCD Supply Demand

Steady as We Go for Panel Supply

by Bob Raikes

This week, we have published our report on the BETT show which took place at the end of last week and we’ve got into the serious build up for ISE. It’s a busy time …

Tags:AUO| BOE| Display Supply & Demand| Editorial| Innolux| Investment| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Capacity| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Samsung Kicks Off Indonesian Production

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s smartphone production lines in Indonesia (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 33) have begun operation, according to Korea’s Edaily. The lines will produce phones specifically for the Indonesian market – about 900,000 per month.

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Production Capacity| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Inventec Look to India for New Fab

by Tom Allen

Inventec may open a new factory in India to supply clients outside of China, chairman Richard Lee has said. Company president KC Huang recently visited India to examine the feasibility of such a move. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| Production Capacity| Vol 22 - Issue 04