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Tuesday 1 October 2024
TCL CSOT buys LGD Guangzhou site, strengthening China's TV panel dominance
LG Display (LGD) and TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology (TCL CSOT) have signed an agreement for the latter to buy LGD's 8.5G LCD facility in Guangzhou for CNY10.8 billion (US$1.54...
Tuesday 29 August 2023
Skyworth reportedly to take over LGD Guangzhou plant
LG Display's 8.5G LCD fab in Guangzhou, China is reportedly up for sale and may be acquired by Chinese firm Skyworth, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 7 June 2022
China panel vendors keen on building next-gen OLED fabs
Samsung Display is reportedly constructing an 8.5G line for the production of OLED panels with fellow China-based peers, including BOE Technology and InfoVision Optoelectronics (Kunshan),...
Tuesday 3 November 2020
Shenzhen-based Laibao to build 8.5G LCD fab
Shenzhen-based Laibao High-Tech has struck a deal with the local government in Wuhan, Hebei province to build an 8.5G LCD fab in its Donghu New Technology Development Zone, according...
Wednesday 21 October 2020
CSOT to build new 8.5G fab for inkjet-printed OLED panels
China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) plans to start building a new 8.5G fab in Guangzhou in 2021 for production of inkjet-printed OLED panels, with volume production likely...
Friday 25 September 2020
BOE to acquire majority stakes in CEC-Panda LCD fabs
BOE Technology has reached a deal to acquire majority stakes in two advanced LCD fabs owned by CEC-Panda LCD Technology in Nanjing and Chengdu respectively for a total of CNY12.117...
Thursday 23 July 2020
CEC-Panda LCD fabs reportedly up for sale
China's Nanjing Huadong Electronics Information and Technology has disclosed that it is looking for potential buyers of its stakes in two LCD fabs belonging to its subsidiary CEC-Panda...
Thursday 3 October 2019
Global large-size LCD panel production to undergo major shift in 2020-2024, says Digitimes Research
Global production capacity for large-size LCD panels (9-inch and above sizes) will undergo a major shift in 2019-2024, during which the ratio of China's capacity to global total large-size...
Thursday 21 February 2019
Japan and Korea polarizer suppliers mulling price hike
Japan- and Korea-based polarizer suppliers have stopped taking low-margin orders recently, and are mulling raising prices to reflect their tight supplies, according to industry sou...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Samsung Display to shift one 8.5G LCD fab for QD-OLED panels in mid-2019, say sources
Samsung Display reportedly plans to convert one of its 8.5G LCD fabs, the L8-1, into a production base for the development of QD-OLED (quantum dot-OLED) panels with the transition...
Friday 30 November 2018
Polarizer makers to gain from China LCD panel capacity increases in 2019
The supply of polarizers has fallen short of demand recently and will stay tight throughout 2019, when several China-based panel makers are set to kick off commerical operation of...
Wednesday 1 August 2018
AUO expanded 8.5G fab to reach full-capacity in 3Q18
AU Optronics (AUO) expects its newly expanded second-phase facilities at its 8.5G 8B fab in Houli, central Taiwan to reach full-capacity in the third quarter of 2018, propelled by...
Monday 23 July 2018
Smaller-size TV panel prices to pick up further in August
After suffering a major tumble in the second quarter of 2018, the quotes for smaller-size TV panels are beginning to rebound in July, likely to pick up further in August, especially...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Two minor China panel makers to see shipments double in 2018
China-based flat panel makers Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics and Nanjing CEC-Panda LCD Technology are expected to see their annual shipments of LCD TV panels soar to break the level...
Friday 30 March 2018
BOE claims high yield rates at 8.5G and 10.5G lines
China-based flat panel maker BOE Technology has denied recent market speculations that claimed low yield rates had marred production of its 10.5 line in Hefei and 8.5G line in Fuzh...