AU Optronics was fined $500 million by a court in San Francisco on Thursday, and two of its former executives were fine and sentenced to three-year prison terms in connection with an LCD price-fixing conspiracy, the Department of Justice ...
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A former executive at Taiwanese LCD marker AU Optronics has been convicted of participating in a worldwide conspiracy to fix the prices of LCD panels,the U.S.Department of Justice said. Shiu Lung Leung,AU Optronics'former senior manager ...
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An Apple iPad with a smaller screen, if released, could create tough decisions for buyers and slow the momentum of the current 9.7-in. iPad and a number of Android devices with 7-in. and 8-in. screens, analysts said on Thursday. ...
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Lextar Electronics Corp. and Wellypower Optronics Co. Ltd. today announced that they have entered into an amalgamation agreement. The merger agreement was approved today by the Boards of Directors of both Lextar and Wellypower. The ...
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As LG has been contracted to supply 60% of the LCD screens used in iPad minis, TSMT is tantamount to filling most of iPad minis need for backlight light bars with LG's contracts. AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) supplies the remaining 40% of the ...
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Taiwan-based BenQ Solar,a subsidiary of AU Optronics(AUO),is currently showcasing its latest AC Unison integrated solar PV solution at PV Taiwan 2012.The firm has also been promoting mini-grid solution for residents in remote areas in ...
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Thanks to the solid support of HTC and Sony,AU Optronics(AUO),Taiwan's leading flat panel display(FPD)maker,announced that yield rate of its AMOLED(active-matrix organic light-emitting diode)panel has exceeded 50%,paving the way for its ...
Weak demand is said to have caused Taiwan-based LED firms to consider reducing their workforces. Huga Optotech, Lextar and Everlight are reportedly considering cutting staff. Taiwan-based firms have been seeing disappointing capacity ...
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Taipei, Nov. 6, 2012 (CENS)--AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), the second-largest maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in Taiwan, recently announced having signed patent cross-licensing agreements with local ...
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Taiwan-based panel maker AU Optronics(AUO)has announced that AUO Crystal,its solar material subsidiary,has obtained shares of AUO's Japan-based polysilicon subsidiary,M.Setek. According to AUO,AUO Crystal secured around 20 million M.Setek ...
Industrial cooperation between Taiwan and China could be jeopardized if China-based companies continue to engage in unfair competition, including the stealing of business secrets from Taiwan makers, Taiwan's vice economic minister Woody Duh ...
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Taipei, Nov. 21, 2012 (CENS)--AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), a major maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel in Taiwan, recently won the Thomson Reuters Taiwan Innovation Awards 2012. The Award is organized by the ...
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In the late '90s, when most of us could only dream of having a thin, widescreen TV, several manufacturers were fixing prices on the LCD screens that were about to revolutionize the industry. More than a decade later, consumers who bought ...
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Taiwan-based LED firm Lextar Electronics, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO) has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2012. The firm reported consolidated revenue of NT$2.894 billion (US$99 million), up 10.9% from the ...
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Two AU Optronics (AUO) subsidiaries, Lextar and Wellypower, are set to merge. According to David Su, chairman of Lextar, the only overlapping technology between the two firms is packaging. Wellypower currently has CCFL and SMD LED products ...
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