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Tablet Demand Declining

by Isaac Oburu

Tablet supply chain vendors expect slow tablet business in Q1’16, and shipments are predicted by supply chain sources to be low. Most brand vendors are adjusting their product lines and business strategies, with the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 08

LG to Produce OLEDs for Phones in 2017

by Isaac Oburu

LG has announced that it plans to start using OLED displays for its flagship phones by the second half of 2017. LG Display is expected to start producing OLEDs for LG’s mobile phones, rather …

Samsung Begins S7 Panel Production

by Isaac Oburu

According to reports, Samsung has started the production of AMOLED panels for its anticipated flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones. These are expected to be launched on Sunday, the 21st February, at …

Wistron to Supply New iPhone

by Isaac Oburu

According to local reports, Wistron will join Foxconn as a supplier of the entry-level iPhone, currently known as the iPhone 5SE. It is expected to be launched in the middle of March.

Companies Revise Earthquake Impact

by Tom Allen

After the earthquake last week (Earthquake Rocks Taiwan Production Base), TSMC has said that the impact on its production would be larger than originally thought. Wafer shipments had been estimated to fall less than …

New iPad Production Expected to Begin in Q2

by Isaac Oburu

Taiwan-based supply chain makers have reported that Apple is expected to unveil new models of its iPad Air in March. Production will start in the second quarter. The new 9.7-inch device will apparently feature …

Apple Mac Shipments Will be Flat

by Isaac Oburu

Apple is expected to sell 20 million Mac products in 2016, which would be a largely flat result. According to sources, shipments of Mac-series products last year were up 4%, to 20.4 million units. …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 04

Tempe Equipment to be Used in Chinese OLED factory

by Isaac Oburu

Colnatec is supplying technology to a European firm building an OLED deposition machine that is headed for China. The machine will adopt Colnatec’s temperature-controlled Tempe system and is said to be larger than any …

Oversupply Will Continue in LCD Market

by Tom Allen

The oversupply issue currently affecting the LCD industry – exacerbated by China’s aggressive investment in production capacity and high fab utilisation – will continue well into 2016, says IHS. Large-area LCD supply is forecast …

LG Raising LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Asian sources say that LG Display is raising its monthly capacity at LCD facilities. Capacity at its Guangzhou-based facilities will be raised from 90,000 substrates to 120,000 by the end of the year. Local …

Asus Raises BYD Orders

by Tom Allen

Asus has apparently taken on BYD, a Chinese OEM, to manufacture 1.5 million notebooks. Sources say that this represents less than 10% of Asus’ total planned notebook shipments this year. It is thought that …

LGD Sets Monthly Capacity Target for 2017

by Tom Allen

ET News of Korea claims that LG Display plans to produce 75,000 OLED substrates each month at its G6 facilities through the first half of 2017. The substrates will be used to produce curved …