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Vuzix Updates iWear Components

by Tom Allen

Vuzix has begun to ramp up production of its iWear Video Headphones, and expects to reach full production levels within the coming month. This is due to the company receiving and qualifying newly revised …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 18| Vuzix

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AUO Aims at 30% Thin Bezel and Curved Market Share

by Tom Allen

AUO has begun production of flat, ‘bezel-less’ TV panels, and is aiming to take a global market share of 30%. Shipments are expected to pass 1.5 million units this year. The company has also …

Tags:AUO| Curved Displays| Large Display Monitor| Narrow Bezels| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Orbotech: OLED Penetration is Rising

by Tom Allen

Orbotech has received new optical system orders for two OLED fabs in two different countries, it announced during a quarterly finance results call. The company has also delivered a system to a third fab …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Samsung Will be Apple’s Sole OLED Supplier – At First

by Tom Allen

We have covered the ‘OLED iPhone’ rumour several times in recent months, and now Bloomberg is back with new claims about Samsung’s links to Apple. According to sources, Samsung will be the exclusive supplier …

Tags:Apple| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 16

LG Launches Made-in-India Phones

by Tom Allen

LG has launched two smartphones in India, which are the first of its handsets to be made in the country. The K7 and K10 are both 4G units, costing INR9,500 ($140) and INR13,500 ($200), …

Tags:India| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Kyocera Ready for Third Manufacturing Line

by Tom Allen

Kyocera is to begin construction of a third manufacturing facility at its Kyoto Ayabe complex in Japan this week, says Evertiq. The line will be used to produce compact organic packages to house microelectronic …

Tags:Japan| Kyocera| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 15

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Apple Cuts Production on Low Demand

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nikkei newspaper says that Apple has cut iPhone production, due to weak sales of the flagship iPhone 6S/6S Plus and rising inventory levels. 6S production was apparently reduced by 30% in calendar Q1’16. …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 15

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Yonhap Puts Figure on Apple-Samsung Rumour

by Tom Allen

Rumours continue to circulate of Samsung Display supplying AMOLED screens to Apple for the next iPhone. Yonhap News has now put a number on rumour. According to the source, SDC will supply 100 million …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Analyst: Sharp OLEDs by 2020

by Tom Allen

Yasuo Nakane, an analyst at Japan’s Mizuho Securities, has said that 2020 would be “a realistic timeline” for the newly-merged Foxconn-Sharp to begin producing OLED displays. Sharp has previously researched OLEDs but has concentrated …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| IGZO| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| sharp| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 13

AGC to Expand its Supply System

by Isaac Oburu

Asahi Glass (AGC) has announced that it intends to strengthen its system to supply cover glass for car-mounted displays at its subsidiary AGC Display Glass Yonezawa Co., citing strong demand. This glass is a …

Tags:Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Automotive| Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Apple ‘Confirms’ SDC as Primary OLED Supplier

by Tom Allen

SDC currently produces around 9 million OLED displays per month for the Galaxy S7 EdgeKorea’s ET News claims that Apple and Samsung Display have signed an official contract, confirming SDC as the primary flexible …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 11

SDC to Double Flexible OLED Capacity

by Tom Allen

Business Korea claims that Samsung Display will double the capacity of its A3 line, which is used to produce flexible OLEDs, to 30,000 substrates per month. According to the source, SDC has placed KRW400 …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung Display| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 09