Samsung to cut TV LCD output sharply
Samsung Electronics Co plans to reduce its monthly television panel
output by fourth-fifths by the end of this year and convert some of the
lines to produce displays used in tablets and notebook, a media report
said on Tuesday.
The move comes as global flat-screen makers are struggling with
depressed consumer demand for televisions and computers amid mounting
uncertainty over global economic prospects.
The Korea Economic Daily said in an unsourced report that Samsung
plans to reduce its monthly TV panel production from between one million
and 1.3 million units to around 200,000-300,000 units by the end of this
year.
Samsung also plans to shift some of its TV panel production lines to
make tablets and notebook panels, the report said.
Samsung said on Tuesday it would not comment on market rumours.
The South Korean firm, which vies for the top title worldwide with LG
Display in the large-sized liquid crystal display (LCD) flat-screen
market, has said it would keep production flexible according to the
market outlook.
REUTERS
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