Sharp Corp., Japan's largest maker of liquid-crystal displays and mobile phones, will double production of large-sized LCD screens in January, two months ahead of schedule, to meet demand for its Aquos flat-panel televisions.
With the new line coming online, Sharp will be able to process 30,000 substrates sized at 2,160x2,460mm each month, up from 15,000 units currently, the company said in a press release.
To meet the rapidly increasing worldwide demand for large, flat-panel TVs, Kameyama Plant No. 2 uses the world's largest eighth-generation glass substrates, which are ideal for producing the panels used in 40- and 50-inch-class LCD TVs.
Sharp is the first company that had the technology to cut panels from eighth-generation glass substrates. The company began production at Kameyama, Japan, in August 2006. Sharp aims to make the most of his head start.
The world's largest maker of LCD panels, Samsung Electronics, will to begin production at its eighth-generation plant in the second half of 2007 at his plant in Tangjeong, South Chungcheong Province, Korea.
Sharp will spend another 200 billion yen to increase the plant capacity.
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