Expand production capacity: land plant actively expand the 8 generation line
2015-05-25 00:00
In order to expand production capacity, Chinese manufacturers are actively building new factories and purchasing flat-panel display production equipment, and this trend will continue. In 2010, Chinese manufacturers spent only 22% of the world's flat panel display production equipment, but this proportion has continued to grow since then, and is expected to exceed 70% by 2014 and 2015.
The latest DisplaySearch research report shows that the new investment of Chinese manufacturers is focused on the new eight-generation line, and Samsung and LG are also investing in the new eight-generation line in China; if this continues, China will soon threaten South Korea's eight-generation line leadership.
However, with the continuous expansion of markets such as smart phones and tablet computers, the investment of Chinese panel factories is not limited to the eight-generation line, but also began to invest in some smaller panel production lines with higher process and product technology (such as LTPS-low temperature polycrystalline silicon technology, Oxide TFT-metal oxide thin film transistor, OLED-organic light emitting diode).
At the same time, DisplaySearch pointed out that overseas LCD panel factories also want to take advantage of China's special political and investment environment to increase investment. Some overseas panel factories have built factories in China and are targeting the smart handheld device market. DisplaySearch estimate that 16 new panel factories may be added to production in mainland China from 2014 to 2016; however, some have begun to enter the planning of plant construction and machine equipment, and some are still in the evaluation and planning stage.
Take BOE (BOE) as an example, it is actively expanding its production capacity, and it is currently the most active panel manufacturer in China. BOE has successfully used the preferential policies provided by governments across China to realize its investment plan, and currently has six generation lines from B1 to B6.
B4, located in Beijing, is BOE's first eight-generation line and began production in early 2012. BOE plans to expand its production capacity from 100 K/M to 125 K/M; This factory produces many kinds of panels, including notebook computers and LCD display panels, and has also started to produce 7-inch tablet computer panels since the fourth quarter of 2013. As BOE will build more eight-generation lines in the future, it has planned to convert the eight-generation line of B4 into a generation line dedicated to the production of smart handheld device panels.
B5, located in Hefei, is BOE's second eight-generation line and was put into use at the end of 2013. BOE plans to expand its production capacity from 30 K/M to 60 K/M, including the production of 4K white OLED panels. Erdos B6 is a 5.5 generation line, using LTPS and OLED technology, and will be put into use in early 2014. This generation line is the result of BOE's aggressive entry into LTPS and AMOLED, but there are still many challenges in using these technologies. B6 has 4 K/M capacity and is equipped with RGB OLED evaporation equipment. BOE's OLED TVs use white OLED technology, while smart handheld devices use RGB OLED technology.
B7 is BOE's latest generation line to invest in. At first BOE planned to invest in B8, but later changed its investment in B7, which mainly produces LTPS for the 6th generation line. B8 will be transferred to mass production in mid -2015, followed by B7 at the end of 2015. According to BOE's current plan, B7 will be built in Hefei with LTPS capacity of 25 K/M and is dedicated to producing high-end high-resolution tablet computers and smart phone panels.
B8, located in Chongqing, is BOE's third eight-generation line after B4 and B5. BOE has huge plans for B8, with the plant planning to use a variety of production technologies, including a-Si (amorphous silicon), Oxide and AMOLED. Among them, Oxide technology will be used in the backplane of AMOLED panels.
In addition, Huaxing has already produced an eight-generation line in Shenzhen with a glass substrate capacity of 120 K/M. Huaxing has decided to build another eight-generation line in Shenzhen and will start construction recently. It is expected to be mass produced by the end of 2015. Its production technology is the same as that of the current eight-generation line (a-Si), targeting the television market. In line with TCL Group's overall smart device development strategy, Huaxing plans to build a new AMOLED sixth-generation line in Wuhan, which targets handheld devices. Huaxing recently showed samples of AMOLED panels with a maximum size of 30 inches.
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