SAMSUNG Begins Mass Production at Second 7G LCD Line
January 2nd, 2006 Leave a comment Visited 22 times, 1 so far today
SAMSUNG Begins Mass Production at Second 7G LCD Line
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world’s largest provider of thin film transistor liquid crystal display ( TFT -LCD) panels, announced that it will begin mass production at Line 7-2, its second 7 th Generation (7G) TFT-LCD line, today. Mass production begins only two months after the company successfully concluded pilot production of a 40†S-PVA panel last November.
A total KRW 4.132 trillion will be invested in Line 7-2 for the production of panels for LCD TVs of 32†or larger when it is fully-operational. The investment is divided in 2 phases and the company invested KRW 2.368 trillion in phase one to reach a monthly production capacity of 45,000 substrates. An additional KRW 1.764 trillion will be invested in phase two to add another 45,000 substrates to capacity for a full-scale production capacity of 90,000 substrates per month. The phase two investment is expected to conclude during the second half of 2006.
Currently, Samsung is operating another 7G line through its joint venture with Sony, called S-LCD (Line 7-1). Production commenced at Line 7-1 in April 2004 and full capacity of 60,000 substrates per month was reached in October 2005. In November 2005, the company announced that it will increase capacity at Line 7-1 by 15,000 substrates by July 2006.
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