The capacity utilization rate of the 4.5-generation (4.5G) TFT LCD plant of China-based flat panel maker Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics has reached 80% after the plant entered volume production in March this year, according to company sources.The sources made the remarks on the sidelines of the recently concluded Society for Information Display (SID) 2008 electronics display show where Tianma was exhibiting its 7-inch TFT LCD panels.
Tianma‘s 4.5G plant has a monthly capacity of 30,000 units and focuses on small- to medium-size panels for handsets and PDAs, the sources noted.
While the company currently produces 7-inch TFT LCD panels for digital photo frames as its largest panels, Tianma is scheduled to produce 10.2-inch panels in the near future, the sources indicated.
Source: Tianma
