Taipei,Sept.20,2012(CENS)--The launch of the Win8 from Microsoft on October 25 will likely drive demand for medium&large-sized touch panels,with production value of OGS(one glass solution)touch panels to exceed US$2.8 billion next year,resulting in the prediction of Taiwana??s two leading touch panel suppliers,TPK Holding Co.,Ltd and Wintek Corp.,to see booming revenues in September.
Cando Co.,Ltd.,a Taiwan-based panel maker and affiliate of TPK,owns two OGS plants,one of which turns out 70,000 3.5G substrates monthly and the other 70,000 4.5G substrates.
Driven by unexpectedly increasing OGS demand,TPK raised funds to expand production capacities,setting up a new OGS plant with output of 100,000 4.5G substrates in Taichung,central of Taiwan,according to S.L.Liu,TPK's CFO.
Liu says that TPK's medium&large-sized OGS panels are installed in tablets,ultrabooks,and e-books(electronic books)globally,accounting for almost 75%global market share.
Liu stressed corporate revenues in the fourth quarter will definitely be better than the third quarter,based on fully booked capacities September to November.
C.L.Xie,research director-general of DisplaySearch,a U.S.-based major display market research firm under NPD Group,noted applications of OGS products are ubiquitous,with the proportion of OGS applications in notebooks and tablets to possibly rise sevenfold within three years.
