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Tuesday 29 December 2009
LG Display targets 20% of EPD market in 2010, says CEO
LG Display (LGD) expects its share of the global e-paper display (EPD) market to reach 20% in 2010, up from 15% in 2009, according to company CEO Kwon Young Soo at the signing of...
Friday 25 December 2009
AUO, CMO urge Taiwan to lift ban, as Korea lets Samsung, LGD set up LCD plants in China
AU Optronics (AUO) chairman KY Lee has indicated that the company has completed preparations for building LCD plants in China and is only waiting for the Taiwan government to lift...
Thursday 17 December 2009
LCD makers shifting notebook, netbook panel production to 5G, says DisplaySearch
Driven by increased competition and taking advantage of new fab capacity, TFT LCD panel makers have increased the use of 5G fabs to produce netbook and notebook PC panels. In the...
Thursday 19 November 2009
China will need 6-8 8G plants to fulfill panel demand in the future
Market watchers expect China will require six to eight 8G or above LCD panel production lines to fulfill its demand in the future. China's LCD TV panel demand in 2009 is estimated...
Friday 30 October 2009
CPT looking for partners to invest in China LCD production, says chairman
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), eyeing the China LCD TV market, is looking for partners to construct 6-8G panel plants in China while waiting for the Taiwan government to lift a ban...
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Taiwan premier says no timetable set for relaxing ban on chipmaking and LCD investment to China
Taiwan Premier Wu Den-yih has dismissed a newspaper report claiming the government has set a timetable for lifting restrictions on setting up China operations by the island's chipmakers...
Tuesday 29 September 2009
BOE denies planning second 8G LCD fab, says report
BOE Technology brand promotion executive Wei Jing has denied rumors claiming the company is planning to set up a second 8G LCD panel plant, according to a Chinese-language report...
Friday 18 September 2009
BOE Tech ups investment in China 6G LCD fab
China's BOE Technology has more than quintupled its investment to nine billion yuan (US$1.32 billion) in a 6G LCD panel fab project in the China city of Hefei, according to a company...
Thursday 17 September 2009
Monitor panel production moving to 6G and larger fabs, says DisplaySearch
As panel manufacturers increase production of 16:9 aspect ratio and larger LCD monitor panels, their third-quarter 2009 plans indicate that 56% of LCD monitor panels are expected...
Friday 4 September 2009
Taiwan LCD panel makers worried by government ban on China fabs
Competitors' latest plans to set up next-generation LCD fabs in China have worried Taiwan makers, who are still forbidden by the island nation's government to invest in front-end...
Thursday 3 September 2009
LCD panel makers gearing up fab construction in China, says Displaybank
Leading TFT-LCD panel makers including LG Display (LGD), Sharp and Samsung Electronics are actively seeking advancement into China. Displaybank said that the trend can be seen as...
Thursday 3 September 2009
AUO has no schedule for China LCD fab investment, says CFO
AU Optronics (AUO) CFO Andy Yang recently pointed out that although the company has received invitations from several local governments in China to set up LCD panel plants in their...
Tuesday 25 August 2009
Earthquake causes minor disruption in LCD glass supply, says iSuppli
An earthquake in Japan this month at a plant operated by Corning will slightly exacerbate an existing shortage of glass for LCDs, but the impact is not likely to have a major impact...
Thursday 13 August 2009
Glass substrate shortage may continue in 4Q09
The shortage of glass substrates may continue throughout the fourth quarter of 2009, longer than previous expectations it would end in September, due to the recent earthquake that...
Thursday 23 July 2009
LG Display may build 7.5G or 8G LCD plant in southern China, says report
LG Display (LGD) is reportedly in talks with the Guangzhou government to set up a 7.5G or 8G LCD production plant at a high-tech industrial park in the city in southern China, according...