This is one of the reasons why the company is said to be fast replacing
its LCD production lines with those for OLED.
Samsung transformed
the LCD production lines into a plant named A4 for OLED production, along with expanding the existing A2 plant.
Samsung has reportedly decided to delay its planned shutdown of outdated
LCD production lines as it seeks to address the LCD panel shortage...
The project even pushed Samsung to transform some of
its LCD production lines into those for OLED.
On Wednesday, top Republican leadership including President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan all appeared at the White House alongside Gov. Scott Walker and Foxconn CEO Terry Gou to announce a new
LCD production line in Wisconsin.
Not exact matches
Speaking exclusively to + Plastic Electronics, FlexEnable explains how flexible
LCD can be brought to industrial display
production lines in the coming years.
Liquavista said the manufacturing process is very similar to that for
LCDs so existing
production lines could be adapted rather than building new facilities.
Apart from Apple - Samsung deal, Samsung Display is said to be turning its
LCD factory into and OLED facility, with the company's total investments for OLED
production lines possibly reaching KRW10 trillion ($ 8.8 billion) this year, reports from Korea said.
To meet Apple's demand, Samsung has reportedly also converted one of its
LCD factories in Asia into an OLED planet, with its total investment on setting up various OLED
production lines in 2017 reaching KRW 10 trillion.
The company has reportedly signed deals with several equipment manufacturers to replace its existing
production lines for
LCD displays with those for OLED
production.