[Korea Times]
Three-dimensional (3D) technology is LG Electronics’ weapon of choice. Its aggressiveness to promote its in-house film-patterned retarder (FPR) 3D technology has secured another beachhead with a plant in Mexico.
It is confidant of making its FPR 3D technology the industry standard. …
The new module plant is the seventh after two plants in South Korea in Gumi and Paju, three in China in Guangzhou, Nanjing and Yentai and one in Wroclaw, Poland. …
Market research firm DisplaySearch expects the demand for LCD TV in North America will reach 29 million sets.
But LG Display officials declined to comment on whether it plans to switch the module line for more profitable organic light-emitting diode or OLED screens.
After a dismal year in 2011, the demand for flat-screen TVs is expected to see a mild recovery throughout this year on eased worries about the debt-crisis in Europe and improving economies in China and the United States, market analysts say.
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