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March 24, 1998 (TAIPEI) -- Acer Display Technology Inc., a subsidiary of the Acer Group, and IBM Corp.
announced plans to cooperate in the production of large (13.3-in. and bigger) thin-film transistor-liquid
crystal displays (TFT-LCDs).
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Under the plan, IBM will supply production know-how to the Taiwan-based company. Acer Display plans to
begin making the product in the second quarter of 1999, to supply local notebook PC and LCD monitor
makers.
The company's plant is in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park.
Acer Display chairman K.Y. Li said that the company will invest NT$20 billion (US$610 million) in TFT-LCD
production over the next two years, with monthly output in the initial phase set at 15,000 units.
Acer Display is one of seven local companies that plan to enter the TFT-LCD market in 1999.
Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd., Chi Mei Corp., Unipac Optoelectronics Corp., Walsin Lihwa Corp., Prime View
International Co., Ltd. and TECO Optoelectronic Co. have started construction of their plants, and some
have begun purchasing production equipment.
Chunghwa Picture Tube will obtain its production technology through a transfer from Toshiba Corp., while
TECO is still seeking a technology transfer partner. The former will start production in the first quarter
of next year, to be the first entrant among the seven firms.
Some manufacturers are concerned over possible excess supply by the seven companies. Li said that the
13.3-in. panels should be immune from the problem, because the product will be in demand from companies
that make new models of LCD monitors and notebook PCs.
(Commercial Times, Taiwan)
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