October 20, 2004, Tokyo - In five years, ST Liquid Crystal Display Corporation (ST-LCD), a joint venture company established by Sony Corporation and Toyota Industries Corporation, shipped 100 million cumulative units of its low-temperature polysilicon thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) . The joint venture is among the largest providers of digital displays for mobile products such as mobile phones and digital still cameras.
ST-LCD began full-scale production in April 1999, and through various improvements in manufacturing processes, is currently at 32,000 base-plates per month production capacity. The end result is the ability to manufacture high quality panels at a high volume, and be cost-competitive with a fast delivery time.
To satisfy the anticipated increase of TFT-LCD display demand for mobile products, ST-LCD Corporation will increase production capacity by 25% to 40,000 base-plates per month (600 X 720mm) in April 2005.
Outline of ST-LCD (as of Sep. 2004)
| Name: | ST Liquid Crystal Display Corporation |
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| Establishment: | October 22, 1997 |
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| Location: | Aichi-Prefecture, Japan |
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| Capital: | 23 billion yen |
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| Capital Investors: | Sony: 50%, Toyota Industries Corporation : 50% |
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| Representative: | Kohshi Iwata |
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| Business Outline: | Production of Low-Temperature Polysilicon TFT LCD panels |
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| Production Capacity: | 32,000 glass base plates per month |
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| Start of Production: | April 1999 |
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