Samsung expands distribution of ultra-bright S-PVA LCD panels for TVs in North America (Flat Screen TV)

Samsung expands distribution of ultra-bright S-PVA LCD panels for TVs in North America
Samsung Electronics announced on April 25 that it is ramping up production of 40-inch and larger LCD TV panels with S-PVA (super patterned vertical alignment) technology, in response to growing interest in the sharper, more versatile viewing experience that the technology enables.
Source: www.digitimes.com

LG opens world's largest LCD factory complex
LG Philips has opened up a large LCD factory just north of Seoul Korea which has a ground floor area of six football fields. The factory cost $5 billion dollars to build and will make 720,000 42-inch panels a month by the end of the year. The combined area for all the floors is 307,000 square meters, which makes it the largest LCD plant in the world.
Source: www.pheedo.com

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The world's largest LCD glass substrate maker Corning Inc announced it will build a 5th generation liquid crystal display (LCD) substrate finishing facility in Beijing, the first of its kind on the Chinese mainland.
Source: www.chinadaily.com.cn

Planar appoints Hix to exec post
Flat-panel display manufacturer Planar Systems Inc. has appointed Scott Hix, a well-known local figure in the display industry, as its new vice president of business development.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Another Gizmondo executive arrested
In the crazy saga of the defunct portable game device maker Gizmondo, another former executive has been arrested under unusual circumstances. Where will the story end
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