With touchscreen becoming the trend in the handset and tablet PC markets, cover glass demand is also booming, Japan-based Asahi Glass, on January 20, introduced its new Dragontrail...
As the transition to flat panel TV nears completion, TFT-LCD TV panel demand is slowing, from 41% on year in 2010 to 8.3% in 2011. Total TFT-LCD panel area demand is expected to increase...
Oversupply of LCD panels in the second quarter is expected to drop to below 5% from the previously estimated 7% over total demand after an earthquake rocked southern Taiwan yesterday,...
Global LCD glass substrate demand increased to 18.56 million square meter per month in the second quarter, up 26% sequentially and much higher than the glass supply growth of 12%...
Asahi Glass has re-started glass tanks to increase its utilization to nearly 100% and plans to start operation at its plant in Korea in the third quarter of 2009, according to market...
A fire occurred at the Asahi Glass plant in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan last week, which should impact glass substrate supply for Sharp, according to market sources. The fire...
Japan-based Asahi Glass will start construction on its fifth glass substrate plant in Taiwan next month, and it aims to further expand its capacity by running a total of 10 plants...
There appears to be no constraint on TFT LCD panel production for PC and TV applications this year or next, as 20 tanks of TFT LCD glass substrate capacity will come on-line in 2008,...
