These are in-depth pre- and post-show reports on major international trade fairs, held in Taiwan and other countries with significant participation by Taiwanese manufacturers and exporters. They are offered to help global buyers and other readers better understand what is going on at the fairs and the latest offerings by Taiwanese exhibitors.
With more safety features that require a higher level of driver monitoring, the demand for multifunction thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in automotive instrument clusters is accelerating. In fact, shipments of TFT-LCD panels for auto instrument clusters are expected to grow 48% to 30.2 million units in 2014 and further to 50 million units in 2018, according to the lat...
Suppliers of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel are stepping up large-sized (larger than 9-inch) panels business this year amid rising demand for key applications. According to the latest DisplaySearch quarterly report, TFT panel suppliers are forecast to ship 718 million large-sized panels, up 3% year-on-year (YoY). Due to recent panel price increases and larger average...
To further invigorate its sales during the year-end peak season in Taiwan, Acer Inc., a major personal computer vendor, recently announced that it would kick off sales of 15 new products during Information Technology Month (IT Month), which is running from from Nov. 29, 2014 to early January 2015. Some of the new models are attracting a lot of consumer attention, including the affordable 4...
Terry Guo, chairman of Hon Hai Group, major EMS (electronics manufacturing services) provider in Taiwan, recently said that flat panel display (FPD) is a key part of overall high-tech industry and everyone should be optimistic toward the future development of the segment. At the recent press conference "Invest Taiwan, Develop Taiwan", Hon Hai and affiliate Innolux Display Corp., major maker o...
Taiwan's Hon Hai Group, a large electronics conglomerate, and its affiliated Innolux Display Corp., the largest maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels on the island, recently announced plans to build a sixth-generation (6G) low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) TFT-LCD panel plant in Innolux's complex in the Kaohsiung Science Park in southern Taiwan. Total inve...
BenQ Corp., a major Taiwanese maker of computer peripherals, recently announced that its global shipments of projectors in the first three quarters of 2014 jumped 24% from the same period of the previous year, or year-on-year (YoY). Research data recently compiled by Futuresource Consulting show that BenQ's share of the global projector market soared to 13% in the first third quarters, making ...
Driven by continued launches of 3C (computer, communication, and consumer electronics) products, including curved TVs by Samsung and LG of South Korea, global demand for flexible electronics has been increasing. Such rising demand is creating huge opportunities for flexible printed circuit boards (PCBs) and related flexible electronic parts as flexible pressure sensors, thin-film touch switche...
More than 20 million on-cell thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) touch panels shipped globally in H1, 2014, after only 4.7 million were shipped in all of 2013, as the technology has been adopted in the expanding entry-level and mid-range smartphones market, according to NPD DisplaySearch. By 2018, shipments of on-cell TFT-LCD panels are expected to reach 129 million. Embedded...
Global shipments of TV thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels are expected to rise to 257 million units in 2015, a paltry 3% gain over the forecasted 249 million units to be sold this year, according to David Hsieh, vice president of NPD DisplaySearch Greater China. Hsieh recently issued the forecast on the NPD DisplaySerach blog based on the business plans of TV pane...
Global thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel suppliers are forecast to ship 718 million large-sized (9.0-inch and larger) panels in 2014, up 3% from the previous year, according to NPD DisplaySearch. Panel price increases and growing average TV size will help revenues track unit gains up 3% year-on-year (YoY) to US$75 billion, the display-market research firm predicte...
