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LGD To Add 30,000 Substrate/Month Capacity To Guangzhou
When LG Display built the large panel OLED fab in Guangzhou, while it built two 30,000 sheet/month lines, it not only left physical room for expansion but also installed equipment for oxide back plane capacity in excess of what was them current production levels. That equipment is installed, and along with a shorted tact time on key deposition tools will allow the fab to increase production capacity from 60,000 sheets/month to 90,000 sheets/month, increasing the company’s ability to meet expanding customer demand.
What made this expansion unique is the minimal cost to expand as new deposition tools are not expected to be required and much of the TFT line is in place, albeit not operational. The original plan for the fab was for the expansion to begin last July, but a delay in the plant’s original start-up and the effects of COVID-19 have pushed the expansion out by one year. As LGD has been producing at the Guangzhou fab for a bit under two year, the new line should come up quickly.
When LG Display built the large panel OLED fab in Guangzhou, while it built two 30,000 sheet/month lines, it not only left physical room for expansion but also installed equipment for oxide back plane capacity in excess of what was them current production levels. That equipment is installed, and along with a shorted tact time on key deposition tools will allow the fab to increase production capacity from 60,000 sheets/month to 90,000 sheets/month, increasing the company’s ability to meet expanding customer demand.
What made this expansion unique is the minimal cost to expand as new deposition tools are not expected to be required and much of the TFT line is in place, albeit not operational. The original plan for the fab was for the expansion to begin last July, but a delay in the plant’s original start-up and the effects of COVID-19 have pushed the expansion out by one year. As LGD has been producing at the Guangzhou fab for a bit under two year, the new line should come up quickly.
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