LCD industry needs $60 billion in new investments between 2008 and 2011
Posted : June 19, 2007

South Korea – To keep up with the rising demand for LCD panels in monitors and TVs, the industry needs additional investments on new production lines worth $60 billion between 2008 and 2011. This is according to Kenny Kim, Display Bank's vice president, at a conference held in New York for banks and investors in the United States.

The demand for LCD panels increases by 14.2 percent every year, according to Kim. At this rate, it will balloon from 340 million units in 2007 to 520 million units in 2011. In terms of dimensions, the expected average rate is 24.6 percent per year, or from 45.4 million sqm in 2007 to 94.4 million sqm in 2011.

Even as TFT-LCD makers invested a total of $92.6 billion in the past 10 years and are pouring in approximately $11.9 billion in additional investments in 2007, it will be difficult to maintain the balance between supply and demand beyond 2008. This notwithstanding Sharp's 8th generation line that can extend its capacity by 70,000 sets per month at the end of 2008. The forecast scenario also takes into consideration the planned completion of projects of other major LCD panel players such as Samsung's 7th and 8th generation lines, LG.Philips LCD's 7.5th, AUO's 7.5th and CMO's 6th and 7th generation lines.

Buoyed by this development, Samsung Electronics, Sharp and other makers have signified interest in investing in the next-generation line, which is expected to be 10th generation. LG.Philips LCD, AUO and CMO are planning to make a constructive examination of the new line after 2008. Other companies, including Photoelectric Beijing Case of BOE Technology Ltd (BOEOT) of mainland China and SVA-NEC, are forecast to invest in LCD lines beyond the 6th generation before and after 2008.

 

A new set of LED advanced manufacture equipment have been put into production .
Posted : May 10, 2006

1.　 (1) four sets of auto-dice bonding machine

2.　 (2) two sets of auto-wire bonder

With the new LED advanced equipment , the LED daily output have been brought up to 60%. It largely improve the LED production technics and make sure the consistency of the LEDopto- characteristic .

 

Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2006

Congratulation the HongKong Electronic Fair in 2006 was accomplished successfully !