This picture was taken around August 31, 2008 and is the construction site for Sharp’s G10 TFT LCD fabrication plant, which will be the largest in the world. The Sakai site will be home to not only the G10 LCD fab but also a thin-film solar production plant. Sharp’s G10 fab will be able to [...]

AU Optronics (AUO) may delay the ramp of its hybrid G7.5/8.5 LCD fabrication plant depending on the health of the LCD market in 2009. This is in light of AUO and CMO announcing that they will move forward as planned for G8.5 LCD fab construction just reported days ago.
Many have forecasted a significant oversupply situation [...]

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) is planning to build a 10th (G10) or 11th (G11) generation TFT LCD fabrication plant and commence operations in the 2011 to 2012 time frame. CMO is expected to invest between NT$120 - 150 billion (US$3.95 - 4.93 billion) to build the new plant. The final glass input capacity is slated [...]

Sharp has decided to develop its “manufacturing complex for the 21st Century” by pouring US$3.3 billion into a 1.27 million m2 area in Sakai City, Osaka, Japan. The site will host a state-of-the-art LCD fab and a solar cell plant. The LCD plant will be a G10-class fab that can handle glass substrates with 2850 [...]