Demand for LCD panels from South Korean and Chinese TV makers is forecast to slowdown in the first quarter of 2018, according to market analysts. Slower demand is attributed to a traditionally slow season at the start of a new year and some demand pulled into the fourth quarter of 2017 to prepare for holiday…
On December 20, the global highest generation line, BOE Gen 10.5 TFT-LCD production line, has put into production ahead of schedule in Hefei. It hasn’t been long after the mass production of China’s first BOE Chengdu Gen 6 flexible AMOLED production line, marking another new milestone in the global display industry. Not only does this mean that the year 2018…
With the construction of several new Generation 10.5 fabs underway, and the first mass production shipments expected in the first quarter of 2018, prices for large flat panel displays (FPDs) are expected to drop as production capacity surpasses market demand. IHS Markit reports that several suppliers – BOE, China Star, LG Display and Foxconn – are…
Due to rising demand for OLED displays in smartphones and high-end flat panel TVs, panel manufacturers are making bigger investments in new OLED display fab construction, according to market research firm IHS Markit. This investment is expected to increase global production capacity of AMOLED panels — including both red-green-blue (RGB) OLED and white OLED (WOLED)…
Vendors in the organic display technologies market are taking a page from the semiconductor industry and are developing toolkits that enable the manufacturing of organic displays on existing equipment, according to Yole Développement (Yole). This capability could mean the difference between widespread adoption of organic display technology or its limitation to niche markets. “The OSC [organic semiconductor]…
China is no longer a destination for offshoring — it is becoming more of an an outsourcing economy in its own right. Because certain TFT LCD panels were scarce in 2014, according to IHS, top TV brands turned to TV subcontract manufacturers in China. BOE and TCL were chosen for their semi-set outsourcing and original…
El Segundo, Calif. — The market for large-sized liquid-crystal display (LCD) panels is set for a seasonal drop in the first quarter after record shipments for TV and tablet panels in December, according to a new report from IHS Technology (NYSE: IHS). Despite record shipments, overall December shipments rose slightly from 81.6 million in November to…