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Innolux Announces Manufacturing Automation Plans and Job Cuts

by Andrew Fenn

Foxconn-owned Innolux has announced it will cut 10,000 jobs as it plans to automate 75% of its production processes. The firm’s workforce will drop from around 60,000 to 50,000. The company recently spent $342 …

Tags:Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Jasper Display Optimistic About MicroLED Potential

by Bob Raikes

One of the most intriguing meetings that we had at CES was in the Westgate Hotel suite with Jasper Display of Taiwan. It was the first time that this reporter has met with the …

Tags:CES 2018| Display Drivers| LCOS| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Global TV Foundries ‘Work their Socks Off”

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell Research of China reported the results from Chinese and Taiwanese ‘TV Foundries’ for November. The total reached 9.02 million, up 19.2% compared with last year as they and their clients ‘worked their socks …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| ODMs & OEMs| Taiwan| TV Production| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Touch Panel-Maker JTouch Declares Bankruptcy

by Andrew Fenn

Touch panel-maker JTouch has declared bankruptcy, according to Digitimes. The publication did not name a source, but said that the firm is in the process of laying of its staff. The announcement is a …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Touch Market| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Delta Named as a Best Taiwan Global Brand

by Bob Raikes

Delta said that it has been listed in the top 20 Taiwanese global brands list for the seventh consecutive year, and compiled by Interbrand, as it came in at #15. The brand was valued …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Market Shares - Brands| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 44

EOSRL Micro-LED Line to Commence Operations by Q3 2018

by Andrew Fenn

The new Micro-LED project from Electronic and Optoelectronic System Research Laboratories (EOSRL, part of ITRI), in collaboration with PlayNitride, Macroblock and Unimicron Technology, will develop small-scale displays for VR applications, as well as large-sized …

Tags:ITRI| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 43

PlayNitride in Taiwan MicroLED Project

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources have reported that PlayNitride of Taiwan is part of the microLED project that we reported on a couple of months ago. (Taiwan’s EOSRL Planning 2018 MicroLED Production) PlayNitride microLED Display, Credit Business …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 42

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Taiwan LCD TV Shipments To Decline in Q4

by Andrew Fenn

According to new data by Digitimes Research, shipments of LCD TVs coming out of Taiwan will decline by 7.2% year-on-year, down to 9.36 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, due to “keen …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Gaming Notebook Shipments to Reach 5.5 Million in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Global shipments of gaming notebooks are expected to reach 5.5 million units in 2017, according to a recent report by Digitimes. Though Digitimes doesn’t quote a source for its data, the report goes on …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Sharp Taiwan Makes Multi-Million Dollar Retail Store Investment

by Andrew Fenn

Sharp’s Taiwan branch has announced that it has invested NT$546.88 million (US$17.98 million) in local retail chain Aurora Telecom, acquiring a 34% share in the business according to the Taipei Times. (left to right) …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| sharp| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Taiwan’s EOSRL Planning 2018 MicroLED Production

by Bob Raikes

ITRI’s display group, the Electronic and Optoelectronic System Research Laboratories (EOSRL) is working on micro-LED displays that could be used for large TV scale devices in conjunction with Macroblock, which develops LED drivers. EOSRL …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Taiwan OEMs/ODMs Up Year on Year

by Yvette Raikes

Acer reported July turnover of NT$18.2 billion ($601.4 million), a fall of 14.4% MoM but up 6.2% YoY. This brought revenue for the year to date to NT$127.8 billion ($4.23 billion), down 1.4% from …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 29