AGC to Build a Furnace in China for 11th Generation TFT-LCD Glass Substrates

AGC Asahi Glass has announced its plans to build a furnace for 11th generation TFT-LCD glass substrates at its subsidiary, AGC Display Glass (Huizhou) in Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Guangdong Province, China. Operation is scheduled to be slated to start at the fourth quarter of 2018 or first quarter of 2019.

The AGC Group has established a supply system by setting up a processing facility in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, and Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, and a furnace in Huizhou,Guangdong Province. AGC has also decided to build an 11th generation dedicated glass substrate furnace in order to address the anticipated growth in demand of TFT-LCD panels that will use similar-sized TFT-LCD glass substrates.

JDI announced implement a series of structural reforms

Japan Display (JDI) announced implement a series of structural reforms.

Concretely, the company has decided to shut down front-end manufacturing line Nomi Plant (JDI's Ishikawa site) G5.5 line (LTPS technology) at December 2017. Usage options for this line, including possible use by JOLED, are under examination.

And also, among five overseas back-end manufacturing subsidiaries, some will be subject to either closure or consolidation. Details have yet to be finalized.

Furthermore, because the G6 OLED pilot line at Mobara Plant recently began operation the G4.5 OLED pilot line at the Ishikawa Plant in Ishikawa site will be discontinued and its functions integrated into the Mobara OLED line.

JDI Announces Development of a 21.3-inch Monochrome LTPS TFT Display for Medical-use Monitors

Japan Display (JDI) announced the development of a 21.3-inch high resolution (5 mega-pixel) monochrome TFT display made by low temperature polysilicon (LTPS) technology.

By using LTPS technologies, the new display has higher tranmissivity, which contributes to a one-third (1/3rd) power consumption savings compared to the conventional a-Si product. Furthermore, LTPS technologies enable the new display to have fewer driver-ICs and a finer driving circuit layout. Thus, the display's border can be narrowed by nearly 45％, which helps doctors to more smoothly read and interpret multi-frame radiology and mammography images.

Samples of this new product will be available in the fourth quarter of 2017, and mass production is planned in the second quarter of 2018.

Japan Display Announces Mass Production Start of LTPS LCDs for Automotive Display Applications

Japan Display (JDI) announced the mass production start of low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) liquid crystal displays (LCDs) for automotive applications, using glass fabricated in JDI's Ishikawa Plant in Ishikawa, Japan.

Asahi Glass changes corporate name to AGC

Asahi Glass announced to change the company's corporate name in July, 2018.

When it marked its 100th anniversary in 2007, the company unified its group brand as “AGC”and its consolidated subsidiaries changed their corporate names to incorporate AGC in their legal names. And this year, on its 110th anniversary, the company decided to change the corporate name of Asahi Glass Company, which plays the central role of the AGC Group, to AGC Inc.