Employees measure the aging levels of low-energy consumption LED light bulbs at a factory in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, May 18, 2012. (Photo : Reuters)
A new iteration for improved LCD screens from Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd. will help China’s display industry compete effectively against its overseas rivals.
The sixth-generation production line will manufacture low-temperature Polysilicon LCD screens using thin film transistors. The high-tech company that is situated in Wuhan, Hubei Province, will market the displays for smartphones and other mobile gadgets.
According to China Daily, the company sees the new line to attain mass production in 2017, with 88 million display panels or modules produced yearly. Output will be over 10 billion by 2017 and more than 5,000 people will get employment.
The new firm received major fiscal boost from Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd., a supplier of LCD screens and subsidiary of TCL Corp. TCL Corp. invested 16 billion yuan ($2.46 billion) in 2014 to develop the production line in the Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone.
The chairman of TCL Corp., Li Dongsheng, said during the opening ceremony of the facility that "the completion of the line shows Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics has the ability to produce state-of-the-art high-end display panels. This project is an important one for TCL Corp."
Government officials from Wuhan pointed out that they are dedicated to attract many corporations involved in the manufacturing process of display screens, from suppliers of raw materials to producers of panels, models, and terminal products, to establish offices and facilities in the region.
The officials are confident that the production line will help the local industry catch up with firms in Japan and South Korea that have dominated the LTPS LCD display market in recent years.
Other local producers have invested heavily to establish the sixth-generation LTPS LCD screen production lines. For instance, BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd. launched its sixth-generation LTPS/AMOLED production line in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, in 2015. Tianman Microelectronics Co. Ltd. recently announced that it would establish a Gen-6 LTPS production line in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, and Xiamen, Fujian Province, both expected to commence production this year.
