Samsung no longer produce next NB panel | BOE and other panel makers welcome transfer orders

Samsung strategically fade out of the IT panel market, then shut down a 5th generation plant in the fourth quarter of this year, NB panel will no longer be produced in 2018. Samsung NB panel this year there are still 4.6 million the number of panel makers robbed NB panel. LGD, Sharp , BOE benefits from Apple's orders, shipments have double-digit growth in 2018, the panel is a non-Tiger Twin Tiger NB orders, shipments have more than 6% growth rate.

Samsung focuses on the high-end smartphone handsets and high-end TV panel markets. On the one hand, Samsung continues to expand AMOLED panel production capacity and expand the market for smart cell phone panels, while the QLED panel is the dominant TV panel.

Samsung strategically fade out less profitable IT panels. In the past three years, Samsung has closed two 5-generation plants and reduced the supply of NB and flat-panel panels year by year. In the fourth quarter of 2017, it then closed a 5-generation plant. There were no 5 Factory production, starting in 2018, is no longer producing NB, flat panel.

According to market research firm WitsView statistics, Samsung 2017 NB panel shipments of about 4.6 million, tablet panel shipments also have 4 million.

Although NB and Tablet PC market growth is no longer, but Samsung stop for other panel makers welcome transfer orders.

In the past, major suppliers of Apple MacBook panels were LGD and Samsung, but because Samsung faded out of the NB panel market in 2017, Apple's MacBook's IGZO panel orders switched to LGD and Sharp.

BOE strategic grab NB panel market this year also made MacBook panel orders for the first time. WitsView pointed out that by 2018 in the MacBook panel orders under the note, LGD NB panel shipments will have 23. 1% of the high growth is expected BOE 15.3% growth, the overall NB panel shipments amounted to 5, 8000000, ranking the NB panel market leader.Sharp due to the lower shipping base, 2018 shipments is 48. 1% of the high growth.

AUO, a group to Hewlett-Packard, Dell and other non-Apple-based customers this year, NB panel shipments in the scale of 40 million up and down. 2018 shipments are expected to have 6% to 7% growth in the overall NB Panel market also maintained a 22% to 23% market share.

Tablet PC market is declining performance in recent years, WitsView research manager Hu Jialong said tablet and smart phones share production capacity, 2018 smart phones in the 18: 9 full-screen design topic driven by shipping will have a larger Growth, slab panel capacity squeezed out, the overall shipment is expected to decline slightly. Samsung stopped production in 2018, LGD shipments also decreased, only AUO, Quantum, CPT, BOE shipments have a single digit growth.