In response to reports that Innolux plans to invest NT$500 billion (US$15.49 billion) to set up an 8.5G plant in a science park in Miaoli, northern Taiwan, the company has indicated...
Major LCD panel makers in Taiwan expect small- to medium-size panel shipments in the fourth quarter to remain flat or drop only 5-10% sequentially, according to company sources.
The last six months have been very strong for small- to medium-size LCD panels mainly used in cell phones, but suppliers do not expect the good times to last in the fourth quarter,...
Handset panel shipments are expected to increase significantly in the third quarter and early fourth quarter, as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are gearing up their handset...
Small- to medium-size panel makers Wintek, Giantplus Technology, Prime View International (PVI), and TPO Display have all reported net losses for the first half of 2009.
Prices for 3.5-inch projected capacitive touch panels (not including controller ICs) have dropped to below US$3.5 due to increasingly intensive competition, according to sources with...
LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will delay the production at its second 4.5G plant to the fourth quarter of 2009 due to short supply of glass substrates, according to...
LCD panel maker HannStar Display has announced a net loss of NT$2.7 billion (US$82.12 million) for the second quarter of 2009, with an operating loss of NT$2.58 billion.
Taiwan-based Cando will convert its 4.5G color filter (CF) line to a capacitive touch panel line amid surging demand for notebook touch panels, according to the company. The company...
Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD panel makers have suffered short supply of glass substrates since May because suppliers have given priority to large-size panel makers, according...
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...
Global small- to medium-size LCD panel pricing is expected to remain on a downward trend in 2009, despite rising demand, a reduction in inventories, and a marginal increase for some...
Taiwan-based Mildex Optical has introduced several medium- and large-size touch panels and will start mass production in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the company.
Taiwan-based makers of LED backlight units (BLUs) used in notebook panels originally estimated that demand for LED BLUs for mainstream-size (12-15-inch) notebooks would emerge in...
In addition to the white-box handset market in China, Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has cut into the supply chains of Japan-based and first-tier handset makers. Also, conversions of...
