AU Optronics touts expansion in China‘WHOLE INDUSTRY AFFECTED’: Supply constraints might persist, and as its plants operate near full capacity, not all orders could be fulfilled, the flat-panel maker saidBy Lisa Wang / Staff reporterAU Optronics Corp (友達光電) is planning to expand capacity amid strong demand for high-end display panels used in premium notebook computers and monitors during the post-COVID-19 pandemic period, the company said yesterday. The firm plans to boost capacity at its sixth-generation plant in Kunshan, China, to about 36,000 sheets per month from 27,000 sheets, AU Optronics said, adding that the expansion would be ready in the third quarter of next year. Photo: Chen Mei-ying, Taipei TimesThe facility manufactures power-efficient low-temperature polysilicon flat panels for premium notebook computers and monitors targeting online gamers, it added. The company is also to allocate manufacturing capacity for panels used in notebook computers and monitors, Ko said. AU Optronics’ board of directors last month approved capital expenditures of NT$455 million for technology and capacity optimization and adjustments.

Source: Taipei Times April 14, 2021 15:56 UTC