AUO announced net sales for March NT$31 billion

AU Optronics (AUO) announced its unaudited consolidated revenue of NT$31.05 billion for March 2017, up by 6.6% month-over-month and 18.2% year-over-year. Shipments of large-sized panels for LCD TV, desktop monitor, notebook PC, and other applications exceeded 9.84 million units in March 2017, up by 10.4% from the previous month. As for small-and-medium-sized panels, the shipments were around 12.72 million units, up by 8.1% month-over-month.

CPT's Consolidated Net Sales for March NT$2.81 Billion

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) today announced its unaudited consolidated net sales of March 2017 approximated NT$2.81 billion, decreased by 8.3% MoM and increased by 15.5% YoY. March shipments of large-sized panels totaled 122 thousand units, increased by 8.6% MoM and increased by 65.4% YoY. March shipments of S&M-sized panels were 29.56 million units, increased by 1.9% MoM and decreased by 3.3% YoY.

Mitsubishi Electric to Expand Lineup of Transflective Series TFT-LCD Modules

Mitsubishi Electric announced the coming launch of new Transflective Series 8.4-inch VGA and 10.4-inch XGA TFT-LCD modules for outdoor or mobile applications, including agricultural vehicles, marine GPS, mobile industrial PCs and more. Both feature top-quality images and operating temperature ranges of -30 to 80 degrees Celsius. Sample sales will begin May 31 through Mitsubishi Electric offices worldwide.

DNP and Sekisui Chemical develop an E-paper, which realized driving and electrical generation by mounted film type DSC

Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) and Sekisui Chemical announced to collectively develop an E-paper, which realized driving and electrical generation by mounted film type dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC). This E-paper was set as an electric board at convenience store in Tokyo, for demonstration experiment.

If this E-paper is used, it's possible to generate electric power at indoor (low illumination intensity environment), and also, to set on optional placement at will because of unnecessary of electric power source. Of course, excellent eye-catch effect can be gained because of easy view by reflection display mechanism.

First of all, DNP developed an original electric board with film type DSC and E-paper display, which is easy to assemble. The company is testing demonstration experiment in CVS, and so on, will release in 2017.

DNP started to mass-produce an original optical element by use of Nanoimprint

Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) announced to develop mass-production technology of an original optical element by use of Nanoimprint technology. It's possible to form irradiated light such as IR (infrared light) by using this device with fine concavity and convexity structure, which is made by Nanoimprint technology. It's built in Fujitsu's tablet ARROWS Tab Q507/P-SP previously.

If this diffraction optical element is used, it's possible to distribute specific wavelength light at prescribed form and distribution, and also, to thin and shrink an optical device because of a few μm thickness of diffraction patterned layer. For this reason, it's easy to streamline light irradiation, increase sensing accuracy, and decrease size of irradiation light source.

E Ink and Sony Semiconductor Solutions Agree to Establish a Joint Venture to Operate Electronic Paper Display Business

E Ink Holdings and Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation announced that the two companies have agreed to establish a joint venture responsible for planning, designing, developing, manufacturing, selling, distributing and licensing products that utilize electronic paper displays, as well as related applications and the integration platform for system partners.

E Ink's subsidiaries and Sony Semiconductor Solutions jointly invest approximately 70% of JV shares and are the major shareholders leading the JV's business to success. The remaining shares are subscribed by venture capital companies investing in rising startups. The paid in capital is NTD 420 million (New Taiwan Dollars).

Mitsubishi Electric's New Intelligent-GUI TFT-LCD Module Combines Greatly Enhanced Graphics with Cost-cutting GUI Design

Mitsubishi Electric announced the immediate launch of a new intelligent-GUI (graphical user interface) TFT-LCD module featuring a high-quality graphics board and touch panel. The graphics board, equipped for video camera image processing/display and interchangeable GUI, delivers broad graphical-expression capabilities while reducing needs for GUI-design development resources.