Samsung, Sony, announce new LCD line

By James Carbone -- Purchasing, 4/28/2008 12:51:00 PM

Samsung Electronics Co. and Sony Corp. will establish an additional 8th generation amorphous TFT-LCD manufacturing line through their joint venture, S-LCD Corp.

S-LCD, established in April 2004, started operating its 7th generation line in April 2005 and its first 8th generation line in August 2007 to manufacture and supply TFT-LCD panels for Samsung and Sony. Because of rising demand for LCD televisions, Samsung and Sony decided to expand the capacity of the 8th generation line.

The new line will be built in the Tangjeong Complex in Korea, and production is targeted to start in the second quarter of 2009. Production capacity for the new line is expected to be 60,000 sheets per month initially (substrate glass input basis). The size of substrate glass from this line will be 2,200 x 2,500mm.

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