Samsung Display (
Hangul: 삼성디스플레이), formerly S-LCD Corporation (
Hangul: 에스 엘시디,
Japanese: エス・エルシーディー), is a South Korean manufacturer of
OLED panels and formerly a manufacturer of amorphous
TFT LCD panels, owned by
Samsung Electronics.
The company was established in April 2004 in
Chungcheongnam-do,
South Korea as a joint venture between
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (51% share) and
Sony Corporation (now known as Sony Group Corporation)(49% share).
S-LCD, as of April 25, 2008, operated with a monthly production capacity of 100,000 seventh-generation amorphous silicon (a-Si) panels and 50,000 eighth-generation panels based on
PVA technology,
[Samsung and Sony Agreed on Establishing Additional 8th Generation Line at S-LCD]
/ref> which are integrated into both Samsung Electronics and Sony LCD
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly but in ...
televisions. S-LCD originally had production facilities in both Japan and South Korea. Due to rising costs and an increasing demand from the Latin American market, S-LCD opened production facilities in Baja California, Mexico, where both Samsung and Bravia have large LCD production facilities.
On December 26, 2011, Samsung Electronics announced that it will acquire all of Sony's shares. On January 19, 2012, Sony sold to Samsung all of its shares of S-LCD for 1.07 trillion Korean won (72 billion Japanese yen) in cash.
SLCD, S-LCD or Super LCD is also generally used term for an evolution of TN based TFT-LCD
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly but in ...
technology (e.g. iPhone 3GS
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uses S-LCD from LG Display)
History
*2003: Samsung Electronics sign agreement for the establishment of a joint venture for seventh-generation amorphous TFT LCD
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly but in ...
panel production.
*2004: S-LCD Corporation established.
*April 2005: S-LCD begins shipment of seventh-generation TFT LCD panels for LCD TVs.
*August 2007: S-LCD begins shipment of eighth-generation TFT LCD panels for LCD TVs.[
*2008: Sony and Samsung announce that due to increased demand, a second eighth-generation production line will operate in the S-LCD factory in the second quarter of 2009.][ S-LCD may be headed by Samsung alone as Sony has announced a joint venture with Sharp Corporation, in order to compete effectively with Samsung, a task made difficult by their current collaboration.
*December 2011: The company's partners announce that Samsung will acquire Sony's entire stake in the joint venture, making S-LCD Corporation a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics.
*July 1, 2012: S-LCD and Samsung Mobile Display merge to create Samsung Display.
*April 2021: Samsung Display's LCD factory in ]Suzhou
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, China is sold to TCL Technology's China Star Optoelectronics Technology.
Company Agent
*CEO Chang Won-Kie
Chang may refer to:
People Surname
* Chang (surname), the romanization of several separate Chinese surnames
* Chang or Jang (Korean name), romanizations of the Korean surname
Given name
* Chang Bunker () (1811–1874), one of the original ...
(장원기)
*CFO Onodera Jun Onodera (written: 小野寺 or オノデラ in katakana) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese curler
* Lisa Onodera, American film producer
*Masaya Onodera, J ...
Other LCD manufacturers
* LG Display
*Sharp
Sharp or SHARP may refer to:
Acronyms
* SHARP (helmet ratings) (Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme), a British motorcycle helmet safety rating scheme
* Self Help Addiction Recovery Program, a charitable organisation founded in 199 ...
*Japan Display
, commonly called by its abbreviated name, JDI, is the Japanese Display device, display technology joint venture formed by the merger of the small and medium-sized Liquid-crystal display, liquid crystal display businesses of Sony, Toshiba, and Hi ...
References
External links
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