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Thursday 18 June 2009
CF maker Sintek concerned about glass substrate shortage
Color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic is concerned that the current shortage of glass substrates will impact its sales, as well as shipments of its newly developed capacitive touch...
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Corning Gorilla glass targets Windows 7 touchscreen market
Corning, targeting the touchscreen demand expected to be generated by the launch of the Windows 7 operating system (OS), has revealed that it is working with 10 brand-name vendors...
Thursday 11 June 2009
HannStar expects glass substrate shortage to continue through 4Q09
HannStar Display expects that there will continue to be a shortage of glass substrates in both the third and fourth quarters of this year, while the company also forecasts that its...
Wednesday 10 June 2009
Display Taiwan 2009: Global glass market to increase 5-10% in 2009, says Corning
Corning Display Technologies Taiwan (CDTT) president Alan Eusden, speaking at Display Taiwan 2009 that kicked of today, updated Corning's outlook for 2009, indicating that the LCD...
Wednesday 10 June 2009
Innolux and CPT see lower-than-expected May revenues
Taiwan-based LCD panel makers Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and Innolux Display are falling short of expectations for their May revenues mainly because of short supply of glass substrates,...
Tuesday 9 June 2009
Short-term glass substrate shortages a positive development for LCD panel industry, says WitsView
Glass substrates are in short supply as the relighting of idle tanks has been unable to keep up with increasing demand generated by rising utilization at LCD panel makers to meet...
Monday 1 June 2009
Corning raises 2Q09 LCD volume expectations, says CEO
Stronger-than-expected demand for LCD glass has caused Corning to raise its expectation for second-quarter sequential volume growth, according to company chairman and CEO, Wendell...
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Supply of 5G, 6G glass substrates 20% short of demand
Supply of 5G and 6G glass substrates is 20% short of demand as Taiwan LCD panel makers have begun to take deliveries ahead of schedule amid concerns about component shortage in the...
Thursday 14 May 2009
Nokia to adopt Synaptics touchscreen IC solution for upcoming handsets in 3Q09
Nokia has decided to adopt Synaptics' touchscreen IC solution for its upcoming high-end handset and smartphone to be launched in the third quarter, and it does not rule out the possibility...
Monday 4 May 2009
Corning CEO describes 2008 as a year with 'split personality'
Corning chairman and CEO Wendell P Weeks has described 2008 as a year with a "split personality," as he recalled how the company was heading towards record-breaking performance...
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Corning 1Q09 sales down, but expects strong LCD glass demand in 2Q09
Corning has announced that revenues for the first quarter of 2009 declined 9% sequentially to US$989 million, but it expects that continued strengthen in the LCD TV market will boost...
Friday 10 April 2009
China company building LCD glass substrate plant
A state-owned business in China has announced plans to invest 2.7 billion yuan (US$395.1 million) to build an LCD glass substrate plant in the western city of Chengdu.
Wednesday 1 April 2009
HannStar to allocate half of its capacity to small- to medium-size panels
HannStar Display is moving to allocate half of its overall capacity to small- to medium-size LCD panel output by the end of the second quarter, according to company president David...
Friday 20 March 2009
Corning more upbeat about 1Q09
Encouraging data from panel makers and LCD TV retail sales indicate that the display supply chain is performing as predicted, according to Corning. As a result, the company has been...
Monday 9 February 2009
Corning prepared for prolonged recession, but expects LCD demand recovery starting in 2Q09
Hard hit by slowing global economies, Corning is prepared for a prolonged recession, "but well positioned in key growth markets to take advantage of opportunities when the economy...