Vol 24 - Issue 41

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Leyard and Planar Displays Installed in $250m Bel Air Mansion

by Andrew Fenn

Bruce Makowsky, founder of BAM Luxury Development, has built the United States’ most expensive home, listed at $250 million, in collaboration with Leyard and Planar. The 38,000m² four-storey mansion incorporates some pretty spectacular home …

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4DX Cinema Now Open in 50 Countries Worldwide

by Andrew Fenn

Australia’s first 4DX theatre opened on October 26th, at Village Cinemas Century City. The new theatre is a milestone for 4DX, which is now available in 50 countries across six continents. 4DX claims to …

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Flex Sees Solid Growth

by Yvette Raikes

Flex reported Q2 net profits of $205 million, compared with losses for the same quarter last time of $2.5 million, on revenue which rose 4% to $6.3 billion from $6.0 billion. For the first …

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Celestica Keeps to Its Strategy

by Yvette Raikes

Celestica Inc.recorded Q3 net profits of $33.4 million, down from $53.6 million a year earlier, on revenue which slipped 2% to $1.53 billion from $1.55 billion. For the nine months profits fell to $132.6 …

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AUO Sales Up Despite Declining Panel Prices

by Yvette Raikes

AU Optronics posted Q3 net profits of NT$8.2 billion ($273 million), a rise of 78% YoY from NT$4.6 billion ($153 million), on turnover which went up 1.6% to NT$87.4 billion ($2.9 billion) from NT$86.0 …

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Delta Sees Improved Sales But Profits Down

by Yvette Raikes

Delta Electronics saw Q3 net profits of NT$5.5 billion ($181 million), down from NT$5.7 billion ($188 million) a year ago, on turnover which rose to NT$59.8 billion ($2.0 billion) from NT$57.1 billion ($1.9 billion). …

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OLED TV Gives LG Electronics Big Profits

by Yvette Raikes

LG Electronics reported Q3 net profits of KRW336.1 billion ($303 million), compared with losses for the same period last year of KRW81.5 billion ($73 million), on record Q3 revenue of KRW15.2 trillion ($13.7 billion), …

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NEC Shows Steady Performance

by Yvette Raikes

The NEC Group posted Q2 net profits of ¥15.18 billion ($133 million), down from ¥35.41 billion ($311 million) a year earlier, on revenue of ¥705.56 billion ($6.2 billion), an increase from ¥682.36 billion ($6.0 …

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Eizo Adds to Surgical Monitor Range

by Bob Raikes

Eizo has added two new models to its range of LCD monitors designed for surgical applications in endoscopy and operating microscope feeds. The two models are the CuratOR EX3220 and EX2620 – 31.5″ and …

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LG Display Adds Some Detail in Earnings Call

by Bob Raikes

In its earnings call, LG Display said that it has additional capacity for OLED panels for TV from Q3 and that it will increase production in Q4. At the moment, 65% of OLED TV …

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Instrument Systems to Show Production Testing Gear

by Bob Raikes

Instrument Systems plans to show a spectrally optimised LumiTop 2700 imaging colorimeter which is a combination of spectroradiometer and RGB camera at the Productronica show in Munich in a couple of weeks. The system …

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Apple Announces Consumer Repair Costs for iPhone X

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has announced the costs of repairs for its latest flagship smartphone, the iPhone X. In the event that the device’s Super AMOLED display is broken out of warranty, repairs will set consumers back …

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