LG Electronics initiated today a new panel production process on its A3 plasma display panel (PDP) line in Gumi, South Korea that will produce eight panels instead of six from one sheet of glass substrate.
The process, which LG calls its “8-up” technique, is said to maximize LG’s PDP production capacity by stretching the number of panels from a single glass substrate.
“To accommodate increasing demand for plasma display panels, LG will maximize its production efficiency, especially in the second half of the year,” said Simon Kang, LG Electronics Digital Display Co. CEO. “This is part of our ongoing campaign to streamline our production system.”
The improved eight-up processing will increase LG’s total capacity per month by 22 percent, from 360,000 to 440,000 panels, greater than the total capacity before the outdated A1 line was shut down, the company said.
LG said its strategy to raise efficiency entails increasing per-line capacity while closing older, less efficient lines. In addition, glass substrate sheets used for LG’s eight-up PDP production will be increased to 77 inches by 86.6 inches in size, compared with glass sheets of 77 by 64.9 inches size used for six-up processing.
The process, which LG calls its “8-up” technique, is said to maximize LG’s PDP production capacity by stretching the number of panels from a single glass substrate.
“To accommodate increasing demand for plasma display panels, LG will maximize its production efficiency, especially in the second half of the year,” said Simon Kang, LG Electronics Digital Display Co. CEO. “This is part of our ongoing campaign to streamline our production system.”
The improved eight-up processing will increase LG’s total capacity per month by 22 percent, from 360,000 to 440,000 panels, greater than the total capacity before the outdated A1 line was shut down, the company said.
LG said its strategy to raise efficiency entails increasing per-line capacity while closing older, less efficient lines. In addition, glass substrate sheets used for LG’s eight-up PDP production will be increased to 77 inches by 86.6 inches in size, compared with glass sheets of 77 by 64.9 inches size used for six-up processing.
Last month, when LG announced that they were shutting down their A1 production line, some pundits were calling it a death knell for plasma in the marketplace, and were practically hoisting LCD onto the winner's podium. This was, in retrospect, premature. It also points to the bicameral nature of the human mind, especially when it comes to punditry: we've always got to draw a line between winner/loser, inside/outside, apple/orange, even if that line is almost entirely imaginary.
The reality is that there is enough market for video displays for everyone, and both LCD and plasma have carved out their own niches. Given how major brands have invested deeply in one or the other, and have bent their backs to the marketing and production of one or the other (or sometimes both!), I don't see either technology headed for the scrap heap yet.
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