Sharp Kameyama Plant No. 2 to Install Third Production Line

Sharp Kameyama Plant No. 2 to Install Third Production Line

Sharp Corporation will install a third production line at Kameyama Plant No. 2 to expand its production capacity for large LCD panels. Due to the global expansion of digital broadcasting, demand for LCD TVs continues to expand. Sharp estimates worldwide demand for LCD TVs to be 45 million units for fiscal 2006 and 68 million units, 1.5 times larger, for fiscal 2007. The demand for 40 inches and larger LCD TVs is expected to be especially vibrant.

To meet such a growing demand for large LCD TVs, Sharp will start operation of a third production line at its Kameyama Plant No. 2 by July 2007. This will follow the ahead-of-schedule start-up of a second production line in January 2007.

As a result, Sharp will expand its production capacity to 60,000 substrates per month, doubling the current monthly production capacity of 30,000 substrates, and will expand this further to 90,000 substrates per month within 2008. Looking to the future, Sharp will continue to improve its production capacity to meet expanding demand in the global large-LCD-TV market.

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