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Truly Expects to Begin AMOLED Production in Q1’16

by Tom Allen

Truly Optoelectronics expects to begin AMOLED production at its own facility in Q1’16. The Chinese company has said that construction of the G4.5 fab will be completed in June, and equipment will be installed …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Foxconn Looks at India for Expansion

by Tom Allen

Foxconn chairman Terry Gou has said that the company is aiming to develop between 10 and 12 facilities in India, and could spend “a few billion dollars” on them. “A lot of our customers, …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| India| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 22

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 …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 22

BOE Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony

by Tom Allen

BOE has begun construction on its G6 LTPS LCD/AMOLED fab in Chengdu, China. The total investment is estimated at $3.54 billion and production is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2017. Small-sized …

Tags:BOE| China| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Mobile Panel Prices Continue Downwards

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel pricing data for late April and early May. Weak IT demand in Q1 led to notebook vendors successfully driving down panel costs. IT demand is flat in Q2, …

Tags:IHS DisplaySearch| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Samsung Denies OLED Rumours, Considers G10

by Tom Allen

There have been rumours in recent months that Samsung was preparing to re-enter the OLED TV market (IHS: Samsung Looking at a Change in its OLED TV Plans?). However, Samsung Display executive Lee Chang-hoon, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| OLED TVs| Production| Samsung| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Inventec Eyes APAC Expansion

by Tom Allen

Inventec chairman Richard Lee has said that the company is considering establishing factories in Japan and Singapore this year. The depreciation of the yen against the dollar has led to requests for local assembly …

Tags:APAC| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 15

IGZO Production Steps Up on iPad Rumours

by Tom Allen

IGZO production is said to be increasing, following reports that Apple will use the technology in its (long-rumoured) 12.9″ iPad Pro. ET News says that LG Display has begun tooling for a G8 plant …

Tags:Apple| IGZO| iPad| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Samsung Display| 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

Samsung Will Use WRGB in OLED TV Return, Says ET News

by Tom Allen

Samsung Display is resuming its efforts in the OLED TV market – according to Korea’s ET News. The source says that SDC is taking up OLED TV panel production once more, using a different …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Licensing| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Patents| Production| Samsung| Samsung Display| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 14| wrgb

LG Opens New Vietnam Facility

by Vanessa Browning

LG Electronics has completed construction of its latest production facility in Vietnam which will be used to manufacture TVs, mobile phones and car infotainment systems for both its domestic and overseas markets. The new …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Wistron to Manufacture iPhone 6C

by Tom Allen

The iPhone 6C (Three iPhone Models Claimed for 2015 Release) will be made by Wistron, say Asian sources. The phone will be released in the second half of 2015; it will have a 4″ …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 14