Two giants compete in Xiamen will form a billion LCD industry cluster

The predecessor of for AU Optronics technology, founded in 1996, is Taiwan's largest, the world's top three of the thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) design, R & D and manufacturing company, manufacturing company is the world's first listed on the New York stock exchange TFT LCD.

The large size liquid crystal panel AUO ranked third in the world, the global market share of 13.6%.

According to the relevant person in charge of AUO AU Optronics, at the end of last year through the resolution of the board of directors, will be set up in Xiamen City, AU Optronics (Xiamen) Co., Ltd, invested capital of $50 million at the beginning of planning, responsible for LCD module manufacturing, assembly and sales. Xiamen will become the AUO following the 2001 investment of East China's Suzhou after second, the layout of the manufacturing base, Chinese. Why Xiamen's phase

AUO relevant responsible person said, because the Southern China area in recent years has become an important production base of many information electronics and consumer electronics manufacturers, with more and more Brand Company have been set up in the Southern China area in the Xiamen stronghold, after the establishment of module factory support customer demand, more necessary. Coupled with the unique advantages of Xiamen land and air transport facilities, and therefore stand out in many considerations.

AU Optronics (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. is located in the Xiangan District of Xiamen City, with the capacity of client demand has increased year by year, making the entire product line includes a liquid crystal panel module of medium and small size.

AUO three other module manufacturing base, which are located in Taiwan desire Longtan Park and Taichung Central Taiwan Science Park, another major production base is located in Suzhou Industrial Park China. Three of the modules of the plant, according to the product professional and capacity allocation, responsible for customer order requirements. Through the establishment of Xiamen module factory, AUO service global customers layout more perfect, but also for cultivating the mainland market set an important foundation in Southern China.

Billion LCD industry cluster

AU Optronics will be divided into four construction projects, put into operation in 2007, after the completion of the project, the annual output value is expected to reach 40 billion yuan. Moreover, with the presence of AU Optronics, project supporting 6 enterprises will come to Xiamen, these projects will contribute about 20000000000 Yuan of output value for Xiamen.

Xiamen Overseas Chinese electronics in the relocation, will also be phased construction, production capacity will be steadily increased, from about 3000000 units per year the size of the current flat-panel TV, the rapid expansion to 8 million - about 10000000, 2005 Xiamen Overseas Chinese electronics output value has exceeded 10 billion yuan. This projection, after the relocation project, Xiamen Overseas Chinese electronics output is expected to reach about 30000000000 yuan.

Taiwan CPT company by the end of 2004, the net assets of about 22 billion 700 million yuan. The main products for the computer color display tube, color TV CRT, LCD panel, LCD TV panel and plasma display, is currently ranked fifth in the world's LCD panel factory. The investment projects in Xiamen is TFT-LCD liquid crystal display module factory, the factory with an annual output of about 20 billion yuan.

Once these projects are all put into production, the contribution for Xiamen industrial output value of about 100000000000 yuan a year, also means that Xiamen will form more than one hundred billion LCD industry cluster, the situation will face domestic and Asia Pacific market.

The world will be broken in a situation of tripartite confrontation

In recent years, with the increasing number of digital TV programs and consumers to buy more and more TV screen, the next few years the market will continue to grow large screen digital tv. Including SONY, Samsung, PHILPS LG, many TV manufacturers have been building new panel and production facility in the investment, with the LCD panel and more efficient production larger.

Liquid crystal flat panel display (LCD) over the past few years with a growth rate of more than 30% is known as the global star industry. By 2000 its market of more than 20 billion U.S. dollars, this year will reach a scale of $47 billion 600 million, its growth rate is not as high as the early development of the semiconductor industry.

Some analysts believe that the current LCD panel manufacturing core technology are firmly in the hands of Japan and South Korea and China Taiwan enterprises, and strictly prohibit the outflow of these companies technology. Because the LCD industry has not yet bottomed out, Taiwan "panel Fab five" AUO, CMO, CPT, color crystal showed substantial losses, profits fell sharply in the background, the cost control of LCD panel manufacturers has become particularly important.

An investment consulting firm in Xiamen, Feng Zong believes that the current global LCD industry pattern, is probably the first in South Korea, China ranks second in Taiwan, Japan in recent years due to the strategy adjustment in the TFT LCD area is currently only at third. China's LCD industry after several big wave of investment is becoming a global LCD Industry fourth power, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan of our country a situation of tripartite confrontation of the situation is being broken.

Feng said that if Xiamen seize the opportunity, the future of Xiamen TFT - LCD industrial clusters will have considerable influence on the global industry, the industry will be able to stand in the forefront of the world's high-tech industry.