LG Chemical recorded 29% market share in the global large-size TFT-LCD polarizer market in the second quarter of 2009, ranking first for three consecutive quarters, according to Di...

Large-size TFT-LCD backlight optical film demand grew by more than 22% sequentially in the second quarter of 2009 to 56 million square meters from 45.9 million square meters in the...

LG Chemical ranked first in the global large-size TFT-LCD polarizer market with a 30% share in the first quarter of 2009, according to Displaybank. Japan-based Nitto Denko was second...

Taiwan-based polarizer maker Optimax Technology will suspend its plant at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) beginning on June 30, 2009, and shift all production to its Pingzhen...

Korea now leads the polarizer market, and it is expected to account for 45% of the market in 2009 and 50% in 2012, according to Displaybank.

The demand for brightness improvement films used in TFT-LCD backlights will grow by 30% on year to 116 million square meters in 2009 from 89.6 million square meters in 2008, according...

Nitto Denko has dismissed a recent report in Taiwan's media about the Japan-based company quitting the polarizer film business. Nitto Denko reaffirmed its commitment to producing...

Taiwan's overall flat panel display (FPD) production value is projected to drop 8.9% sequentially to NT$240.66 billion (US$7.18 billion) in the first quarter of 2009, according to...

With first-tier LCD panel makers suffering losses in the fourth quarter of 2008, components suppliers will be engaged in an exceptionally intense price war in the first quarter of...

According to DisplaySearch, TFT-LCD polarizer revenues are expected to fall 1% to US$5.71 billion in 2009 compared to 2008, marking the first time that this segment has experienced...

Taiwan-based polarizer maker Optimax Technology ha announced plans to downsize the company due to the global economic downturn.

LCD panel makers' production cutbacks are taking their toll on upstream suppliers, with some polarizer specialists suspending facilities or planning layoffs, according to industry...

Among the component suppliers who have been hit by LCD panel makers' production cuts, color filter (CF) specialists have suffered most, with the prices of 6G CFs dropping more than...

Polarizer maker Optimax Technology has reported net losses of NT$976 million (US$30.76 million) for the first half of 2008, compared to net losses of NT$1.82 billion for the same...

The recent large-size panel price drops are causing makers to heap more pressure on upstream component makers for additional cost downs. Component suppliers are at a disadvantage...