Days after moving up the expected start date of a 2nd 7th-generat...
Days after moving up the expected start date of a 2nd 7th-generation (7G) LCD production line to April (CED July 5 p2), Samsung said it plans an 8G line in the 2nd half of 2007 and a 9G plant…
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no later than 2009. The announcement, by Samsung LCD Pres. Sang Wan Lee, said the company has set aside land for 8G, 9G and 10G LCD production at its Tangjeong facility, where a 7G plant operated by its S-LCD Inc. joint venture with Sony also is located, S. Korea’s Chosun Ilbo reported. In May, Lee said glass substrate sizes would reach 2,160 x 2,460-mm and 2,400 x 2,800-mm sizes in the 8G and 9G stages, respectively. Samsung’s previously announced 7G plant will operate independently of S-LCD, the company said. The 7G plant -- previously scheduled to start manufacturing in the 2nd half next year -- will focus on 32W and larger sizes and have capacity for processing 45,000 glass substrates a month.