[USPRwire, Wed Jul 31 2019] The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)-enabled electronic devices, such as television, mobile phones and others, is creating potential opportunities for the
LCD panel market.
So said prices of the 32-inch
LCD panel for televisions increased 4.9 percent in March compared to the previous month, saying LG Display is expected to post a 103 billion won operating profit in the second quarter.
Last year, LG supplied 40,000 to 50,000
LCD panels to Samsung for testing.
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The agreement gives Samsung a 3 percent stake in Osaka-based Sharp and a supply of large-size
LCD panels for televisions.
Price-fixing scandals have been relatively common in the
LCD panel industry.
Samsung's 46-inch transparent
LCD panel features a contrast ratio of 4,500:1 with HD (1,366x768) resolution and 70% colour gamut.
The Japanese electronics giant will still procure its
LCD panels from Samsung, at market prices, Samsung on the other hand, will gain "heightened flexibility, speed and efficiency in both panel production and business operations" with its full ownership.
In 2004, Sony and Samsung Electronics set up the joint venture, S-LCD Corp., as the two leading television makers wanted to secure a stable supply of
LCD panels.
Fitch would embark on positive rating action if there is a recovery in operating EBIT margins for Sharp's
LCD panel segments to near historic levels, if overall EBIT margins reach the 4%-5% range, if positive FCF generation is sustained and if FFO adjusted leverage falls below 2x, all on a sustained basis.
The world's second and third largest
LCD panel manufacturers were fined nearly two-thirds of the total.
Sharp will collaborate with the new company on construction of the
LCD panel plant adopting the 6th generation glass substrates in Nanjing-city and production of
LCD panels, by providing its LCD production technology and know-how as well as the sales of 6th generation production equipment of Kameyama Plant No.1 incorporating cutting-edge production technology.
