117 news items tagged polarizer
CMMT ramping up polarizer output
Wednesday 3 February 2021Polarizer maker Cheng Mei Material Technology (CMMT) plans to ramp up its monthly output to four million square meters from the current 3.5 million through an overhaul of its production...
Polarizer makers to raise prices amid tight supply
Tuesday 2 February 2021Polarizer makers will hike prices by 5-10% in first-quarter 2021 amid tight supply, a result of shortages of a key material, optical compensation films, according to industry sourc...
Taiwan polarizer suppliers to embrace strong 1H21
Tuesday 12 January 2021Taiwan-based polarizer makers are poised to embrace brisk sales in the first half of 2021, bolstered by strong demand for TV and IT panels along with rising polarizer prices in the...
BenQ Materials sampling circular polarizers for foldable phones
Wednesday 25 November 2020BenQ Materials has kicked off volume production of OLED circular polarizers for wearable applications in the fourth quarter of 2020, while also starting sampling related polarizers...
Cheng Mei sees order visibility for polarizers extend to 1H20
Monday 23 November 2020Polarizer maker Cheng Mei Materials Technology (CMMT) has seen its order visibility extend to the first half of 2021 thanks to demand for IT products and TVs driven by stay-at-home...
BenQ Materials reports improved earnings for 3Q20
Friday 20 November 2020Polarizer maker BenQ Materials has reported improved earnings for the third quarter of 2020, bolstered by increased sales, as it expects current sales dynamics to continue into the...
Taiwan polarizer suppliers diversifying client bases
Friday 11 September 2020Taiwan's polarizer makers BenQ Materials and Cheng Mei Material Technology (CMMT) both are striving to expand their client bases to sustain shipment momentum, according to company...
Polarizer supplies to stay tight through 1H21
Friday 4 September 2020Global supplies of polarizers are expected to remain tight through the first half of 2021 along with recent upsurge in demand for LCD panels supporting remote work and study, according...
Polarizer maker CMMT sees improving utilization rate
Friday 28 August 2020Polarizer Cheng Mei Materials Technology (CMMT) has seen its capacity utilization rate improve substantially and orders surpass its available capacity by about 10%, according to company...
TSMC acquires factory building in southern Taiwan
Friday 21 August 2020TSMC has announced the acquisition of a factory building and related facilities owned by E-Ton Solar Tech at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) for NT$860 million (US$29.2 million),...
Polarizer maker Optimax to sell plant to TSMC
Friday 14 August 2020Optimax Technology has disclosed plans to sell its plant at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) to TSMC for NT$3.65 billion (US$124.2 million), with the deal likely to complete...
Polarizers in tight supply
Wednesday 20 May 2020Global supplies of polarizers have been tight and could remain so in 2021 even though demand for such optical filters is weakening in light of the gradual closure of LCD lines by...
CMMT aims to deliver operating profit in 2Q20
Monday 4 May 2020Polarizer Cheng Mei Materials Technology (CMMT) has adopted multiple approaches to strengthen its operations aiming to switch its operating margin and EBITDA back to the positive...
Cheng Mei Materials lands polarizer orders from SDP
Wednesday 15 April 2020Polarizer supplier Cheng Mei Materials Technology (CMMT) will see strong sales growth in the second quarter 2020 as the firm reportedly has landed orders for large-size TV-use polarizers...
Optical film maker Wah Hong expects robust demand in 2020
Thursday 30 January 2020Optical film supplier Wah Hong Industrial expects its sales momentum to continue in 2020, having seen its revenues grow 26.67% to NT$9.819 billion (US$324.81 million) in 2019.
Large-size polarizer pricing to remain under downward pressure in 2020
Wednesday 18 December 2019Prices of large-size polarizers are expected to continue to come under downward pressure in 2020 due to market uncertainty arising from realignment of LCD panel production capacities...
Polarizer, QDEF supply capacity in China insufficient
Friday 22 November 2019Taiwan's suppliers of polarizers and quantum dot enhancement films (QDEF) still have opportunity to make gains in China where the supply capacity for these two optical products is...
Polarizer makers conservative about 2H19 outlook
Friday 30 August 2019Polarizer suppliers Cheng Mei Materials Technology (CMMT) and BenQ Materials are both conservative about their business outlooks for the second half of 2019 as prices of polarizer...
Polarizer prices to remain weak in 3Q19
Monday 29 July 2019Prices of polarizers are unlikely to stage an uptick in the third quarter of 2019 as panel makers have still seen their panel inventory levels remain high in the peak season thwarting...
Polarizer prices to remain flat in 2H19
Monday 1 July 2019Prices of polarizers are likely to stay flat in the second half of 2019 as demand for these products from flat panel makers has become weak recently, affected by slow sales of TVs...
BenQ Materials on track for value transformation
Thursday 20 June 2019BenQ Materials is currently undertaking a process for value transformation that will shift its focus to the manufacture of high value-added polarizer products for applications in...
BenQ Materials tapping high-margin polarizer segments
Friday 17 May 2019Polarizer supplier BenQ Materials has been striving to improve its product mix focusing on the development of high-margin products for applications including the PID (public information...
BenQ Materials hikes quotes for polarizers amid tight supply
Tuesday 30 April 2019In response to the tight supply of polarizers in the market, BenQ Materials has hiked the quotes of its polarizer products for use in 32-inch LCD panels, while keeping all of its...
Polarizer maker Cheng Mei to resume normal operation in 3Q19
Tuesday 30 April 2019Polarizer producer Cheng Mei Materials Technology has said that its operations are expected to return to normal in the third quarter of 2019, now that it has settled a recent management...
BenQ Materials seeing growth potential in contact lens business
Tuesday 16 April 2019BenQ Materials is striving to ramp up sales of its hydrophobic contact lenses, making the medical care business a new growth driver in addition to incumbent polarizer products, according...

3M Vikuiti combines brightness enhancement film and reflective polarizer for monitors
Photo: Company, Thursday 21 May 2009