Quanta, Wistron see on-month drop in January revenues

Feb 9, 01:20

Quanta Computer and Wistron have announced their January results with both suffering on-month drops in terms of revenues and notebook shipments.

LCD monitor sales to remain sluggish in Europe in 2012, say sources

Feb 8, 14:56

Sales of LCD monitors in Europe are expected to remain sluggish in 2012 after suffering a slump a year earlier as consumer demand has been weakened by the prolonged debt crisis in...

Taiwan market: February LCD monitor sales to grow 10% sequentially

Feb 7, 14:41

Branded LCD vendors in Taiwan including Asustek Computer, Chimei, BenQ and ViewSonic will offer incentives to promote sales to students in the local market upon the beginning of the...

Large-size LCD panel pricing stabilizes in December 2011, says IHS

Feb 7, 11:12

After five straight months of steep declines, prices for large-size LCD panels stabilized in December 2011 because of better-than expected sales and decreased production, according...

China government reportedly plans to raise import tariffs for LCD panels

Feb 6, 11:28

The China government plans to raise import tariffs for LCD panels by 3-5% in the second quarter of 2012 in order to safeguard the development of the domestic flat panel industry,...

TPV aims to double LCD TV shipments in 2012

Feb 3, 14:05

TPV Technology aims to double its shipments of LCD TVs to 30 million units in 2012, optimizing the image of its brand products, including the Philips brand, according to the compan...

Renesas to terminate large-size LCD driver IC business

Feb 2, 14:44

Renesas Electronics has unveiled plans to withdraw from the large-size display driver IC business, citing the slowdown of the flat panel display market and falls in prices.

Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD monitor shipments decline in 4Q11

Feb 2, 01:25

Shipments of LCD monitors by Taiwan makers totaled 27.46 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 5.7% sequentially and 13.1% on year, according to data compiled by Digitimes...

Apex Circuit to step into production of LCD, automotive PCBs

Feb 1, 01:25

Apex Circuit International, a PCB maker headquartered in Thailand and listed in Taiwan, will extend its production of PCBs from use in set-top boxes (STBs), TVs, printers and hard...

Wistron LCD TV shipments to slide 40% in 1Q12, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 31, 12:38

Wistron is expected to see its LCD TV shipments slide by 40% sequentially to 1.2 million units in the first quarter of 2012 as rival Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry)...

Wistron seeking acquisition targets

Jan 31, 01:30

Wistron, after raising US$180 million in euro-convertible bonds (ECB) and building a US$100 million greenshoe fund, is seeking acquisition targets for vertical integration and is...

LCD TV area demand to reach 116 million square meters in 2018, says DisplaySearch

Jan 30, 12:09

The LCD TV market saw a rapid shift toward sizes larger than 40-inch at the end of 2011, as consumers, particularly in North America and China, took advantage of new sizes and more...

Low-cost direct LED backlights to reduce premiums for LED-backlit LCD TVs, says DisplaySearch

Jan 19, 10:43

Due to lower-than-expected consumer adoption of LED-backlit LCD TVs, TV makers have changed their strategy to develop a product that utilizes less power and lowers costs, according...

Samsung to begin production of 46-inch transparent LCD panels

Jan 18, 01:10

South Korea-based Samsung Electronics has announced that it is expanding the transparent display market with production of a 46-inch transparent LCD panel, beginning January 2012.

Some Taiwan LCD driver IC designers release orders to South Korea-, Japan-based packaging/testing firms

Jan 18, 01:05

Some Taiwan-based LCD driver IC design houses, in order to spread risks, have placed orders for 8-inch bumping packaging and testing services with South Korea- and Japan-based providers,...

TCL ships over 10 million LCD TVs in 2011

Jan 16, 14:33

China-based TCL shipped 10.856 million LCD TVs in 2011, including 6.606 million units sold in the domestic market and 4.25 million units shipped to overseas markets, the company has...

Taiwan market: Asustek expects to ship 460,000-500,000 LCD monitors in 2012

Jan 6, 01:35

Asustek Computer expects its shipments of LCD monitors in the Taiwan market to reach 460,000-500,000 units in 2012, including models with touch features to be rolled out in the third...

Taiwan market: Chimei, BenQ to roll out 50-inch LCD TVs in 2Q12

Jan 5, 13:34

Taiwan-based branded TV vendors Chimei and BenQ both will launch 50-inch LCD TVs in the second quarter of 2012. Additionally, BenQ also plans to promote 39-inch models in the second...

2012 Olympic Games to not stir up replacement demand for LCD TVs, say sources

Jan 5, 01:30

The holding of the 2012 Olympic Games this summer in London may not be able to stir up replacement demand for LCD TVs due to a slow recovery of the global economy, especially in Europe,...

Global LCD TV shipments to grow slowly in 2012, say sources

Dec 30, 14:07

Following a flat performance in 2011, global shipments of large-size display products will continue to grow at a slow pace in 2012, with LCD TV shipments to post a growth around 10%,...

Holiday TV prices in 4Q11 expected to reach new milestones, says DisplaySearch

Dec 28, 14:20

According to DisplaySearch, average US street prices for all LCD TV sizes up to 46-inch will be below US$1,000 for the first time, and all 32-inch, including high frame-rate LED models,...

Sony, Samsung shift to new LCD panel business alliance

Dec 27, 11:34

Sony and Samsung Electronics have announced that the two companies have signed agreements to transition the current business relationship with respect to LCD panels.

Firms to phase out COF substrate business

Dec 26, 09:42

With LCD panel demand for large-size applications such as TVs remaining dull, Mitsui Kinzoku and Sumitomo Electronics Taiwan (SET) are looking to withdraw from the standard chip-on-film...

LCD market to rebound in 2Q12, says Chipbond

Dec 22, 01:05

Chipbond Technology has expressed caution about the company's business outlook for the rest of 2011 and first-quarter 2012, as generally weak demand continues to plague the LCD panel...

TPT, Tripod expect order receiving to rebound as early as February

Dec 21, 16:17

PCB manufacturers Taiwan PCB Techvest (TPT) and Tripod Technology, which mainly supply optoelectronics boards for LCD TV, monitor and notebook applications, both agree that orders...

Asustek 2011 LCD monitor shipments lower than target

Dec 20, 14:05

Asustek Computer is expected to ship 3.8 million LCD monitors in 2011, lower than the four million units projected earlier in the year, according to an estimate of industry sources...

Notebook ODMs picking up the pace in inland China production

Dec 20, 01:15

Notebook ODMs such as Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics have both recently picked up their pace in production in inland China with Compal's plants in Chengdu set to produce 10...

China market: Gome places large volume LCD TV orders with 14 brand vendors, reports say

Dec 19, 15:04

China-base electronics retailer Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings reportedly has placed orders with 14 brand vendors for a total of CNY53.6 billion (US$8.47 billion) worth of LCD...

Monthly production of LCD TVs rises to record high, says DisplaySearch

Dec 16, 14:11

As global LCD TV brands ramp up production for the fourth quarter 2011 holiday period, LCD TV production is nearing a record high. Of the TV brands surveyed by NPD DisplaySearch,...

Anticipated tablet growth alters LCD manufacturing strategies, says DisplaySearch

Dec 14, 11:56

In response to falling large-area TFT LCD panel prices in 2011, panel makers have minimized their second half of 2011 production, but preparation for 2012 models and gradual clearing...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD TV shipments slowing down

Dec 13, 16:01

LCD TVs shipped by Taiwan-based makers are expected to reach 12.36 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, up 9.6% sequentially and 1.5% on year, according to data released by...

China-based TCL posts January-November global sales of over 9.3 million LCD TVs

Dec 9, 16:53

China-based vendor TCL sold 9.3041 million LCD TVs in the global market during January-November 2011, increasing 43.71% on year, according to the company.

TPV to ship 70 million monitors in 2012, say sources

Dec 5, 13:47

TPV Technology is expected to ship 70 million LCD monitors in 2012 compared to 60 million units projected for 2011, according to an estimate of industry sources.

More storm clouds form over Taiwan LCD industry, as chairman of Chi Mei Innolux steps down

Dec 3, 01:33

Chi Mei Innolux (CMI) chairman Liao Ching-siang, who also serves as chairman of Chi Mei Corporation is stepping down from his position as chairman of the company, citing health reasons,...