The growth of the touch panel market is very alarming. The United States DisplaySearch expects the market size in 2013 will exceed 1 trillion yen. In less than one year, the time to realize the market of one trillion yen was advanced by one year. The touch panel market continues to expand rapidly as the proportion of mobile phones equipped with touch panels increases beyond expectations and the market for tablet terminals is formed.
With the sudden increase in demand for touch panels, many companies have begun to engage in touch panel business, and many companies have expanded their production capacity. According to DisplaySearch, the number of touch panel companies in 2010 has increased from 160 in 2009 to 180. The number of companies in the electrostatic capacity and resistive film industries are increasing. In particular, the number of companies in the form of resistive membranes has exceeded 90, and "the competition is very fierce."
These emerging companies are building or enhancing touch panel production lines. The most popular practice recently is to convert TFT arrays and color filter production lines of liquid crystal panels into touch panels for production. This trend is particularly evident for Taiwanese companies. According to the Japanese research company TechnoSystemsResearch, AUO, CMI, CPT, Shenghua, and Xinguang have switched TFT arrays and color filter production lines to touch panels.
Among the above-mentioned enterprises, four companies other than Hexin have switched their TFT array production lines to touch panels. AUO has already switched production capacity of 20,000 blocks per month for "L4A" (substrate size 680mm x 880mm) to 90,000 units per month, and CMI has produced 50,000 blocks per month for "T0" (substrate size 730mm x 920mm). In the 5000/month switch to production touch panels, CPT has produced "L1" (substrate size 730mm x 920mm) with a capacity of 15,000 units/month for 35,000 units/month and "L2" (substrate size 1500mm x 1850mm) With a production capacity of 120,000/month, 10,000/month shift to the production of touch panels, Wintek has produced a capacity of 175,000 units/month for the "Fab-1/2" (substrate size 550mm x 650mm). Turn to production touch panel.
AUO and Hexin Optoelectronics have transformed their color filter production lines into touch panels. AUO has shifted its "L4B" (substrate size 730mm x 920mm) production capacity to 60,000 block/month in 15,000/month to production touch panels, and Xinguang has produced 5th generation production line (substrate size 1200mm x 1300mm) 10,000/month in the 90,000/month shift to production touch panels.
In view of the above trends, the touch panel industry supply chain (from the procurement of raw materials to the business process that the product reaches the final demander) is becoming increasingly complex. In the past, the supply chain was divided into a glass and film substrate, a substrate with an ITO film, a touch sensor substrate (a substrate to which an electrode pattern was processed for use with a touch panel), a controller IC, and a touch panel module (a controller IC was mounted on the touch sensor). In other areas, business processes are relatively simple. However, as companies in various fields have obtained higher added value and began to expand their businesses in their respective areas, the supply chain has become more and more complex.
With the sudden increase in demand for touch panels, many companies have begun to engage in touch panel business, and many companies have expanded their production capacity. According to DisplaySearch, the number of touch panel companies in 2010 has increased from 160 in 2009 to 180. The number of companies in the electrostatic capacity and resistive film industries are increasing. In particular, the number of companies in the form of resistive membranes has exceeded 90, and "the competition is very fierce."
These emerging companies are building or enhancing touch panel production lines. The most popular practice recently is to convert TFT arrays and color filter production lines of liquid crystal panels into touch panels for production. This trend is particularly evident for Taiwanese companies. According to the Japanese research company TechnoSystemsResearch, AUO, CMI, CPT, Shenghua, and Xinguang have switched TFT arrays and color filter production lines to touch panels.
Among the above-mentioned enterprises, four companies other than Hexin have switched their TFT array production lines to touch panels. AUO has already switched production capacity of 20,000 blocks per month for "L4A" (substrate size 680mm x 880mm) to 90,000 units per month, and CMI has produced 50,000 blocks per month for "T0" (substrate size 730mm x 920mm). In the 5000/month switch to production touch panels, CPT has produced "L1" (substrate size 730mm x 920mm) with a capacity of 15,000 units/month for 35,000 units/month and "L2" (substrate size 1500mm x 1850mm) With a production capacity of 120,000/month, 10,000/month shift to the production of touch panels, Wintek has produced a capacity of 175,000 units/month for the "Fab-1/2" (substrate size 550mm x 650mm). Turn to production touch panel.
AUO and Hexin Optoelectronics have transformed their color filter production lines into touch panels. AUO has shifted its "L4B" (substrate size 730mm x 920mm) production capacity to 60,000 block/month in 15,000/month to production touch panels, and Xinguang has produced 5th generation production line (substrate size 1200mm x 1300mm) 10,000/month in the 90,000/month shift to production touch panels.
In view of the above trends, the touch panel industry supply chain (from the procurement of raw materials to the business process that the product reaches the final demander) is becoming increasingly complex. In the past, the supply chain was divided into a glass and film substrate, a substrate with an ITO film, a touch sensor substrate (a substrate to which an electrode pattern was processed for use with a touch panel), a controller IC, and a touch panel module (a controller IC was mounted on the touch sensor). In other areas, business processes are relatively simple. However, as companies in various fields have obtained higher added value and began to expand their businesses in their respective areas, the supply chain has become more and more complex.
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