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Rainbow to Expand Gen 8.5 Glass Factory in Hefei
LCD fabs in China primarily buy glass from Corning, Asahi, NEG, Avanstrate and Schott. There are a few small local LCD glass suppliers in China, but most provide glass substrates at less than Gen 7. In September 2018, Rainbow Hefei LCD Glass Co. began construction of China’s first Gen 8.5 glass production facility. The 2b yuan ($302m US) project, which consisted of two hot lines and one cold line, with a 2nd phase adding additional capacity. Current production is ~132,000 sheets/month, or 1.6m Gen 8.5 sheets/year. BOE is expected to use just under 9m sheets of Gen 8.5 glass this year. Rainbow will undertake another expansion program by building a new facility over the next 22 months. The new project, which will add 170,000 Gen 8.5 sheets/month at a cost of 2.265b yuan ($342m US) with 79% of that cost coming from glass production and processing equipment. Funding is said to be coming from the company or ‘through other financing methods’, which is typically means the local government, as was the case with the 1st project. The expansion project is expected to be completed by 3Q/4Q 2022,
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. has developed a new film that corrects the blue tint seen in OLED panels when viewed from an angle. The film corrects a color shift, appearing blue, when viewed from an angle. Going forward, the requirements to compensate for the blue shift will increase in line with demand for 65” and greater TVs. DNP believes that the film also compensates for viewing angle distortions in foldable smartphones and automobile displays. DNP’s unique solution leverages proprietary fine patterning technology to create a film capable of correcting for this blue tint and reproducing vivid colors even when viewed from an angle. View a demonstration of the film at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDpi6emSMG4
The new film will be marketed as “Blue Shift Control Film.” DNP will provide this film to panel makers, aiming for annual sales of JPY 2.4b. (approximately $23m.) in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
LCD fabs in China primarily buy glass from Corning, Asahi, NEG, Avanstrate and Schott. There are a few small local LCD glass suppliers in China, but most provide glass substrates at less than Gen 7. In September 2018, Rainbow Hefei LCD Glass Co. began construction of China’s first Gen 8.5 glass production facility. The 2b yuan ($302m US) project, which consisted of two hot lines and one cold line, with a 2nd phase adding additional capacity. Current production is ~132,000 sheets/month, or 1.6m Gen 8.5 sheets/year. BOE is expected to use just under 9m sheets of Gen 8.5 glass this year. Rainbow will undertake another expansion program by building a new facility over the next 22 months. The new project, which will add 170,000 Gen 8.5 sheets/month at a cost of 2.265b yuan ($342m US) with 79% of that cost coming from glass production and processing equipment. Funding is said to be coming from the company or ‘through other financing methods’, which is typically means the local government, as was the case with the 1st project. The expansion project is expected to be completed by 3Q/4Q 2022,
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. has developed a new film that corrects the blue tint seen in OLED panels when viewed from an angle. The film corrects a color shift, appearing blue, when viewed from an angle. Going forward, the requirements to compensate for the blue shift will increase in line with demand for 65” and greater TVs. DNP believes that the film also compensates for viewing angle distortions in foldable smartphones and automobile displays. DNP’s unique solution leverages proprietary fine patterning technology to create a film capable of correcting for this blue tint and reproducing vivid colors even when viewed from an angle. View a demonstration of the film at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDpi6emSMG4
The new film will be marketed as “Blue Shift Control Film.” DNP will provide this film to panel makers, aiming for annual sales of JPY 2.4b. (approximately $23m.) in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
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