Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators

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Taiwan panel makers are continuing to benefit from handset panel orders from the China market, and are now seeing increased orders for 5-inch qHD (960 by 540) panels from local telecom...

Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments

Jun 18, 15:31

Second-tier handset vendors in China are worried about a lack of resources in their supply chains due to increased competition for handset panels in China, according to industry so...

Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs

Jun 18, 15:11

Chipbond Technology is ramping up testing capacity for advanced LCD driver ICs in response to rising demand for high-end smartphones and other mobile devices with higher resolution...

Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders

Jun 18, 15:09

Touch panel maker Wintek is expected to reach NT$8 billion (US$267.47 million) in revenues during the third quarter of 2013 due to orders from Google and Amazon, according to industry...

Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market

Jun 18, 14:40

As China-based touch panel makers are continuing to improve and expand their product portfolios, international-based handset and tablet vendors are increasing their orders to the...

Digitimes Research: Competition in the AMOLED panel industry continuing to heat up

Jun 17, 16:07

Panel makers throughout Taiwan, China and Japan are continuing to bump up development of AMOLED panel technology, with Japan Display showing the most visible signs of being a competitor...

Globalfoundries adding capacity to satisfy rising orders for touch panel ICs

Jun 13, 22:05

Globalfoundries has significantly boosted its mature process capacity in order to meet strong demand for touch panel ICs from China-based MStar Semiconductor, according to industry...

Equipment supplier Contrel to see strong performance in 2013

Jun 13, 14:49

Contrel Technology, an equipment supplier affiliated with Innolux Corporation, has recently entered touch panel and polarizer supply chains and expects to return to profits in 2013,...

TV panel makers expect steady profits in 2H13 despite limited shipment growth

Jun 13, 11:58

Despite panel makers expecting to see limited growth in flat panel TV shipments during the second half of 2013, the makers still expect to see increased profits from the panels due...

Digitimes Research: AMOLED handset panel shipments to reach 363 million units in 2015

Jun 11, 10:24

Currently, smaphone is the most important application for AMOLED panels and has been fueling shipment growth. Digitimes predicts AMOLED handset panel shipments to grow to 363 million...

Touch panel maker Laibao to expand production in 2H13

Jun 3, 20:08

China-based touch panel maker Laibao High-Tech is expected to have a 5G line go into production by the end of June 2013 followed by another 5G line in August for notebook touch panels,...

Digitimes Research: AMOLED production capacity expected to increase 327% by 2015

May 31, 14:36

The production capacity of AMOLED panel technology is expected to reach 11.47 million square meters in 2015, up 327% compared to 2012, according to Digitimes Research.

Digitimes Research: Global 2Q13 handset touch panel shipments to show 5% sequential growth

May 31, 10:55

The second quarter is the beginning of the traditional boom season for the touch panel market and demand from handset makers has been reviving. Digitimes Research predicts that global...

Large-size LCD display suppliers ship more than they produce to keep inventory in check, says IHS

May 30, 11:37

Shipments in March of large-size LCD displays exceeded total production when measured in terms of area, the result of a deliberate move by panel manufacturers to digest accumulated...

Taiwan panel makers continue to benefit from Samsung orders

May 28, 22:12

Taiwan-based panel makers are continuing to receive orders from Samsung Electronics for smartphone panels sized 5- and 5.8-inch, according to industry sources.

China luring away Taiwan talent in flat panel industry

May 28, 15:45

Taiwan is continuing to lose engineers in the LCD panel industry to China-based players amid increasing competition from panel makers to bump up their technology and production capacity,...

CSOT eyeing Ultra HD TV market

May 27, 21:53

China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) has won an award at the 2013 SID (Society for Information Display) Display Week taking place in Vancouver, Canada for its 110-inch Ultra...

Touchscreen notebooks to become focus of Lenovo for 2013

May 27, 21:52

As Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing has recently announced that the company is aiming to achieve shipments of 100 million IT products for 2013, sources from the upstream supply chain expect...

Global smartphone shipments to surpass basic and feature phones in 2013; handset panel specifications to change, says DisplaySearch

May 27, 16:14

Global smartphone shipments will surpass shipments of basic and feature phones for the first time in 2013, according to research firm DisplaySearch, adding that the device's screen...

Global touch screen panel shipments to double by 2016, says IHS

May 27, 15:20

Worldwide shipments of touch screen panels are set to double from 2012 to 2016, reaching nearly three billion units as a wide variety of products beyond smartphones and tablets adopt...

Large-size TFT LCD panel shipments expected to drop 6% in 2013, says DisplaySearch

May 23, 16:07

Panel suppliers are being forced to reshape their large-size TFT LCD business plans in 2013 as market demand for various applications continues to change rapidly. TFT LCD panel suppliers...

Flat panel public display market expected to grow 23% annually through 2017, says DisplaySearch

May 23, 14:34

The global large screen public display market is forecast to grow at 23% compounded annually from 2013 through 2017, according to research firm DisplaySearch. The growth comes after...

Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch

May 22, 21:46

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has successfully acquired the technology for carbon nanotube (CNT) touch panel production through cooperation between its subsidiary...

After a year of decline, global flat panel TV market sees marginal growth in 1Q13, says IHS

May 22, 15:24

Bringing an end to a full year of declines in 2012, global flat panel TV shipments rose slightly in the first quarter of 2013, paving the way for marginal growth in 2013, according...

NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology

May 21, 20:15

NLT has announced that the company, in conjunction with Renesas Electronics America, will demonstrate its latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel...

Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK

May 21, 18:13

The output value of Taiwan's panel industry reached NT$234.47 billion (US$7.86 billion) in the first quarter of 2013, down 7.5% on quarter, according to the Industrial Economics &...

TV panel pricing expected to further drop in May, says WitsView

May 21, 15:26

TV panel pricing is expected to drop in the second half of May due to a slowdown in demand for TVs in the market, according to research firm WitsView.

AUO publishes 65-inch Full HD OLED panel technology paper at SID Display Week

May 21, 12:28

AU Optronics (AUO) is participating in Display Week 2013, held by SID (Society for Information Display) in Vancouver from May 19-24. AUO's R&D team has submitted 13 papers to...

Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView

May 20, 21:45

Global large-sized panel shipments in April 2013 reached 65.2 million units, dropping 5% on month, according to research firm WitsView.

Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels

May 20, 21:24

Taiwan-based panel makers are continuing to see increased orders from China-based TV vendors for Ultra HD TV panels as the makers' pricing for the technology is continuing to drop.

Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics

May 17, 14:22

Taiwan-based Wintek plans to establish a 6G touch panel factory in China on a joint venture basis with China-based Nanjing Panda Electronics with respective stake ratios of 60% and...

Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market

May 16, 22:07

Innolux is competing for orders for panels used in all levels of smartphones from China-based vendors, while in contrast, fellow maker AU Optronics (AUO) is focusing on orders for...

Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong

May 16, 21:46

Demand for small-size LCD driver ICs has remained strong thanks to brisk smartphone sales in China, which is set to drive revenue growth for related suppliers including design houses,...

Panel makers to benefit from Huawei plans to sell 60 million smartphones in 2013

May 16, 14:23

Huawei Device is reportedly aiming to sell 60 million smartphones worldwide over the next 12 months, which is expected to bring in major orders for Taiwan-based panel makers, according...