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Wednesday 30 July 2008
CPT sees recovery in small- to medium-size panel shipments
The small- to medium-size panel market is showing signs of a rebound in the third quarter, with demand from the digital photo frame and white-box handset segments beginning to pick...
Thursday 17 July 2008
Commentary: 6G LCD lines fall prey to miscalculations
With the urge to cut production appearing to be rippling across the LCD panel industry amid a bleak market outlook, makers are axing output from their 6G lines first. It is not hard...
Thursday 17 July 2008
CPT to cut panel utilization rate forecast for 3Q08
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) vice president James Wu has said it is inevitable the company will trim its forecast for panel utilization rates for the third quarter of 2008 due to...
Thursday 10 July 2008
Small- to medium-size LCD panel shipments miss 2Q targets
Taiwan LCD panel makers have seen shipments of small- to medium-size panels fall short of expectations in the second quarter, according to estimates by industry watchers.
Wednesday 9 July 2008
CPT June sales down almost 17% on sharp drop in large-size panel shipments
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has reported that its consolidated sales for June dropped 16.6% sequentially and 23.2% on year to NT$10.4 billion (US$342.15 million), as shipments to...
Wednesday 9 July 2008
LCD panel makers cutting small- to medium-size output amid weakening demand
LCD panel makers, including Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), are reducing their output for the small- to medium-size segment as demand continues weakening, according to industry sour...
Monday 7 July 2008
CPT president expects panel industry to be weaker than usual in 2H 2008
The LCD panel industry is likely to see weaker-than-usual demand in the second half of 2008 during the high season because of rising oil prices, the prolonged impact of the subprime...
Wednesday 2 July 2008
Transition to 16:9 aspect ratio unstoppable, says DisplaySearch
The LCD panel industry's transition toward the 16:9 aspect is unstoppable, according to DisplaySearch who predicts that the widescreen format will have a 90% penetration of the notebook...
Wednesday 2 July 2008
CPT ramps up production at medium-size LCM plant in China
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has already ramped up production of medium-size LCD modules (LCMs) at its Fuzhou plant in China, with an initial monthly capacity of 500,000 units, according...
Tuesday 1 July 2008
2008 is like 2006: Strong growth for small- to medium-size panels to appear in fourth quarter, says CPT executive
The small- to medium-size panel market this year looks similar to the one in 2006 with weak demand from January to August, but sharp growth can be expected to appear in the fourth...
Monday 30 June 2008
Some panel makers remain optimistic that year-end holiday shopping will boost digital photo frame shipments
Some LCD panel makers are still hoping that shipments to the digital photo frame segment will be boosted by the shopping season in the gift market in the second half of the year although...
Monday 30 June 2008
HannStar and CPT may stop supplying 7-inch analog panels if prices fall below US$20
Both HannStar Display and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) may choose to stop supplying 7-inch panels if prices fall too below, and will shift the capacities to producing applications...
Thursday 26 June 2008
Development of eco-friendly applications is a must for panel makers, says CPT R&D executive
LCD panel makers must step up the development eco-friendly applications now, as it is a way to help save the planet, as well as preventing companies from being caught off-guard when...
Tuesday 24 June 2008
LCD panel makers gear up for 14-inch notebook panel production
With notebook vendors expected to launch 14-inch models soon, LCD panel makers are also gearing up the development for the new size segment, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 24 June 2008
CPT to initially use 4.5G plant to produce 15.6-inch notebook panels
While Chunghwa Picture Tube (CPT) expects that it will begin mass production for 15.6-inch notebook panels by the end of the third quarter, the panel maker has indicated that it will...