LED TV vendors are planning to shift their focus more onto edge-lit units in 2014, which are expected to make up as high as 60% of LED TVs in the market during the year. The penetration rate for direct-type backlit LED TVs has been ...
Tags: LED TV, Edge-Lit Units
China's Ministry of Finance announced on Sunday that it will offer tax breaks to manufacturers of solar power products, in the country's latest effort to encourage the use of the green energy. From Oct. 1, 2013 to Dec. 31, 2015, vendors ...
Tags: Solar Power Products, PV Products
Global LCD TV shipments reached 90.2 million units in the first half of 2013, up 3.44% on year. Within the shipments, Samsung Electronics was responsible for 18.5 million units to hold the top spot in global shipments followed by LG ...
Tags: LCD TV Shipments
China and Korea panel makers have plans to produce 48- and 49-inch TV panels in 2014 on their 8.5G lines, with some makers expected to also produce Ultra HD TV panel technology in the same sizes. Market observers believe the makers are ...
Tags: Panel Makers, Ultra HD TV Panels
BEIJING--China said it would impose tariffs on imports of U.S. raw materials used to make solar panels, but the levies fell far short of what Beijing had threatened. China's Commerce Ministry said Monday that it would impose a 6.5% tariff ...
Tags: Solar-Panel Materials, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Taiwan panel makers are continuing to focus more on LED edge-lit 50-inch and above size LCD TV panels in order to allow vendors to make thinner and lighter TV units, according to Digitimes Research. The panels also have a more even light ...
Tags: LCD TV Panels, LED
Panel makers maintained high utilization rates for large-size TV panels in August 2013 while shipments only grew slightly. This has lead to high reserves and a decline in pricing for the panels as a result, which could last until the fourth ...
Tags: Panel Pricing, Shipment Growth
Panel makers expect to see increased vehicle display shipments in 2013. Innolux is expected to tackle the high-end vehicle industry in the US and Europe, with industry estimates stating the company is likely to ship at least 14 million of ...
Tags: Panel Makers, Vehicle Display
Ultra HD TV pricing in China is likely to drop to that of Full HD units for the October 1 holiday period in China, according to market observers. While Ultra HD TV panel pricing has not dropped significantly in recent months, TV vendors ...
Tags: Ultra HD TV, Full HD Units
Corning Incorporated announced a technical collaboration through its High Performance Displays organization with AU Optronics Corp. (NYSE: AUO). Corning is exhibiting AUO’s 5-inch HD720 AMOLED panels that feature Corning Lotus™ ...
Tags: Amoled Panels, Corning Lotus Glass
After experiencing runaway growth in recent years, the OLED display market is gearing up to make another big leap. Flexible OLED technology is expected to bring about an unprecedented change in flat displays which have ruled the display ...
Tags: OLED Sector, Electrical
The LCD materials industry in Taiwan had an output value of NT$15.53 billion (US$518.38 million) during the second quarter of 2013, up 12.5% on quarter and up 13.7% on year, according to the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK). ...
While shipments of touch panels for handset applications will continue to dominate the touch panel industry in China in the second half of 2013, the ratio of tablet touch panels will rise in the fourth quarter as China-based touch panel ...
Tags: Tablet, Notebook, Touch Panel
Last week, JA Solar, a major Chinese manufacturer of high-performance solar power products, revealed it had secured a US$89.84 million (RMB250 million) credit facility from state-owned lender Bank of Communications under a central ...
Taiwan panel makers are reportedly lowering their shipments for Ultra HD TV panels in the second half of 2013 due to lower-than-expected sales as well as to increased competition from Korea- and China-based makers, according to industry ...
Tags: Ultra HD TV, panel makers