1. BOE 6 generation flexible AMOLED production line has been mass production shipments;
Set micro-grid news, BOE recently said in an interactive platform, the current BOE Chengdu 6 generations of flexible AMOLED production line has been mass production shipments, yield climbed smoothly; Mianyang 6th generation AMOLED flexible line is expected to put into operation in the first half of 2019; BOE Fuzhou 8.5 generation Line capacity and yield ramp, smooth operation, is expected to achieve full production in the first half of this year.
By the end of October 2017, BOE formally announced that the 6th generation flexible AMOLED production line in Chengdu was officially put into production. The 6th generation flexible AMOLED production line in BOE Chengdu, China is the first fully flexible AMOLED production line in China and the second 6th globally flexible AMOLED production line, which uses evaporation technology and uses flexible packaging technology to bend and fold the display screen.
With the BOE 6th generation flexible AMOLED panel production shipments, is expected to get rid of over-reliance on imports of the status quo. It is understood that BOE Chengdu 6th generation flexible AMOLED production line mainly used in mobile terminal products and new wearable smart devices and other fields Display products, and AMOLED flexible display to Huawei, OPPO, vivo, millet, ZTE, Nubian and more than 10 customers.
2. Terry Gou: the fastest panel factory in America by the end of April;
Set micro-mesh news, Hon Hai chairman Terry Gou said on the 11th, the United States Wisconsin Panel Factory of course, is the hope that the sooner the better, currently estimated to be the fastest in the end of April officially launched.
Hon Hai yesterday evening at the Nangang Exhibition Hall Carnival, Gou visited the Sharp booth, the Wisconsin panel factory construction progress made a brief description.
Honghai Wisconsin Panel Factory's investment activities at the end of last year has officially started, of which the first batch of funds 60 million US dollars has been exported in late December last year, the first wave of construction projects around the case, also started in January this year.
US President Trump and Hon Hai Chairman Terry Gou announced at the White House East Wing Office on July 26 last year that he will invest 10 billion U.S. dollars in the U.S. in the next four years and will initially choose to build the world's most advanced LCD panel in Wisconsin Plant, is expected to create 3,000 new job opportunities for the state and have the opportunity to see the size of 13,000 people. This will be the largest foreign investment in green space in the United States ever since, and become Hon Hai in the next few years in the United States manufacturing The beginning of investment.
3 acres of land requisition compensation 8300 US dollars Foxconn let American peasants overnight rich;
Article Source: Observer Network
Foxconn, China's largest electronics foundry, has invested billions of dollars to build a large-scale LCD panel plant in Wisconsin, U.S.A last week, the Observer Network reported that due to unfair compensation, the American rural land acquisition caused a lawsuit when only some of the owners The compensation we get is 7-10 times the fair market value of these properties. What is the concept behind this?
The answer has been announced recently: the land requisitioned price is compensated 8300 US dollars per mu, the compensation price will make American farmers become millionaires and even multi-millionaires overnight.
According to a report by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a Wisconsin state media, on February 6, Thomas Fliess Jr. was still a farmer on the farm a few months ago and is now a positive Eight of the 'Foxconn millionaire'.
Frittle, 55, is a perennial athlete with a healthy body and five daughters, 11 grandchildren and 11 grandchildren, and the 12th will be born in July this year.
He usually cultivates about 9,000 acres of land (both owned and leased) on a daily basis, and spare time helps the courier company UPS to open a truck and to take care of the children, which makes his life very busy.
Not long ago, he sold his 147-acre (about 892 acres) of land to the Foxconn unit at a price of $ 8333 per acre, and Little Frings earned a total of about $ 7 million.
For this unit price, the story is described as "never dreaming." But even as a millionaire, Little Frings still intends to continue her past lifestyle. "If I had to start over again, I was too old, but if I retire now It's too young.I have a big family and I want to help them as much as I can, "he said.
At Mount Pleasant, like Little Frings, many farmers have transferred land to Foxconn at the above prices, and they have all become millionaires. It is reported that the price of 8333 US dollars per mu Almost five times the previous market price.
However, not all farmers who sell their land are happy.
Frings, the father of Little Frings, got a check of $ 18 million last week, and before he transferred 2,280 acres to Foxconn, Frings stressed to the media that he never wanted to sell land and I wanted to die on this piece Leave the land to my children on land.
It is understood that Frings father and son ready to buy some land elsewhere. Frings found a piece of land in the nearby Kenosha County, the unit price of less than 10,000 US dollars per acre, that is only $ 1,666 per acre unit price; and if it is close Foxconn factory farmland, local farmers offer up to 20,000 US dollars per acre, equivalent to 3,333 US dollars per acre.
Little Frings said he lost half of his own 1,500 acres of land after he transferred the land to Foxconn and other projects underway, but the newly purchased land would probably help to balance the situation Little Flynn said he will continue to farm in the future, 'I hope I can get my own pension next time.
Little Frings, pictured from the Milwaukee Sentinel
Last July, U.S. President Trump and Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou jointly announced in the White House that Foxconn will invest 10 billion U.S. dollars in Wisconsin to establish a liquid crystal panel manufacturing facility capable of providing 13,000 jobs and an average annual wage To 54,000 US dollars.
The media reported that in early January this year, due to the illegality of man-made land expropriation and the unfair compensation, 12 residents brought the Leshan village government and the head of the village to the Federal Court of Justice, who owned a total of 109 mu of land.
The plaintiff alleged that the latest acquisitions were much cheaper than the previous acquisition of land, and other owners paid 7-10 times the fair market value of these properties and their land was levied by the village government on the basis of land acquisition , Compensation is only a fraction of that of other owners, which is artificially divided into two levels, depriving them of their right to fair protection and fair procedures.
4.IHS: 2017 global LTPS panel shipments ranking, Pegasus second;
According to IHS Markit, the global shipment of smart phone panels, including LCDs and AMOLEDs, totaled 2.101 billion tablets in 2017, up 3% from 2016. Among them, the low-temperature polysilicon with high pixel density LTPS) LCD panel shipment growth of up to 21%, the performance is relatively dazzling, with a total shipments of 620 million also shipped. Amorphous silicon (a-Si) panel shipments declined 4% to 979 million In contrast, while AMOLED has the iPhone X blessing, shipments of handset AMOLED panels grew only 3% in 2017 to 402 million tablets.
LTPS panel was originally Japan's Japan Display, Sharp (Sharp) and LG Display (LG Display) as the main supplier, but in recent years the Chinese panel makers LTPS panel shipments catch up, has formed a certain Japanese and Korean panel makers As China's mobile phone brands Huawei and Xiaomi have become increasingly influential in the global smart phone market, the LTPS panel shipments and market share of China panel makers such as Tianma Microelectronics and BOE have all risen significantly . Pegasus in 2017 LTPS panel market share increased 6 percentage points, shipments more than doubled.
5.Emagin OLED microdisplay technology to get the investment of Apple LG and Valve;
Emagin OLED microdisplay technology gains investment from Apple, LG, Valve Although it is not a household name in the OLED industry, Emagin seems to have attracted the attention of several technology giants, including the VR and AR programs underway. Emagin has produced Military, medical and industrial OLED microdisplays, but they are already beginning to target their technology toward the growing consumer ear VR headset market.Emagin is now getting funding from companies such as Apple, LG and Valve, according to a new SEC filing .
Emagin's top OLED microdisplay provides 2048 x 2048 resolution and promises about 70% fill factor, and the company said that combining this technology with consumer VR headsets will improve image quality and make it nearly Eliminate annoying 'screen door effects' that plague contemporary VR devices. "Given these specifications, it's easy to understand why VR helmet manufacturers are interested in Emagin's technology.
According to a filing by the Securities and Exchange Commission in January, Emagin issued $ 10 million of new shares to "certain investors," including Apple, LG and Valve, etc. SEC filings also include filings from OLED microdisplay manufacturers The following statement: 'We have entered into strategic cooperation agreements with a number of leading consumer products companies to produce miniature display products for consumer headsets and to work with these companies to negotiate with higher volume producers for higher volume Production capacity.
This seems to indicate that these new investors are very much interested in the mass production capabilities of Emagin, and as the Road to VR says, companies such as Apple, LG and Valve may have formed an alliance to create enough demand to help Emagin Get a large enough quantity at a reasonable price
Taiwan media: Micro LED will be Taiwan's key industry reversal of the panel technology
TFT-LCD is the Red Sea market of the dispute between production capacity and price, and OLED technology has lost its motivation behind Japan and South Korea. If Taiwan's panel industry wants to keep its competitiveness and position in the global market, Micro LED will be Must make every effort to fight the key technologies.
Institute of electro-optical director Dr. Wu Zhiyi
In terms of specifications, Micro LEDs are ahead of other display technologies in terms of brightness, speed of response and energy saving. They not only overcome reading problems in daylight, but also consume much more power and durability than the current display technology, giving them the opportunity to become the next generation Therefore, with Apple, Samsung and Sony, are all sprint the technology, in order to occupy the leading position in the future high-end display market.
Although Taiwan has a high market share in the TFT-LCD market, as its own panel factory in Mainland China gradually grows, it has gradually threatened Taiwanese players in terms of capacity and price. On the other hand, OLED technology is gradually being introduced However, no matter if it is a mobile phone or a television, Taiwan has lost its hand in technology and productivity and is no longer as good as Japan and South Korea. Therefore, without stepping up to another breakthrough in advanced technology, the future may become a low-interest industry.
Dr. Yi-Zhi Wu, director of ITRI's Institute of Optoelectronics, believes that the development of Micro LED technology will be a good opportunity for the Taiwan panel industry to reverse Japan and South Korea. If it can grab a leading position, it will contribute to the layout of the entire industry in the future.
Dr Ng Chi Yiu said that LCD manufacturing capacity in mainland China is growing rapidly. Coupled with the subsidies from the state, Taiwanese operators will find it hard to compete. In terms of OLED technology, Taiwan actually lags behind Japan and South Korea and will not be able to catch up again. Therefore, The first to develop Micro LED technology will be the best opportunity.
As the Micro LED display technology is a combination of LED manufacturing, IC design and display panel technology, and Taiwan is having these supply chains, whether it is LED die production and packaging, driver IC design, as well as the back panel module manufacturing, Taiwan has a leading position, so there is a great opportunity for development.
He pointed out that if Taiwan still wants to develop the display panel industry, Micro LED is a technology that must strive for. At present, there are still no companies in the world that are capable of actually entering commercial production. They are still only in the experimental and test phase, of which The most crucial part is the massive transfer of technology.
The ITRI has been investing in research and development of Micro LED display technology since 2009. At present, it is also actively developing related grain transfer technology and has cooperated with domestic and overseas production equipment manufacturers to conduct R & D on mass transfer technology. Currently There are also preliminary results, the fastest is expected to be published this year