AU Optronics has completed its acquisition of Toshiba Mobile Display’s subsidiary, AFPD. This is part of AUO’s strategic move into AMOLED production. AFPD has a Gen-4.5 LTPS plant, which can be used to produce OLED backplanes. AUO 14-inch OLED prototype AUO wants to quickly start making AMOLEDs, because of the enormous demand for small sized displays. AUO is also working on its own manufacturing line, which will go online in 2011 . read more

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