S-LCD

S-LCD Corporation

Type	Joint venture between Samsung Electronics and Sony
Founded	April 26, 2004
Headquarters	Tangjeong, Asan-City, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Key people	Won-Kie Chang: President and CEO; Keiji Nakazawa: CFO
Products	Amorphous TFT LCD display panel
Parent	Samsung Electronics: 50% plus 1 share, Sony Corporation: 50% minus 1 share

S-LCD Corporation (Hangul: 에스 엘시디, Japanese: エス・エルシーディー) is a joint venture between the Korean Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (50% plus 1 share) and Japanese Sony Corporation (50% minus 1 share) established in April 2004 in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. S-LCD currently operates with a monthly production capacity of 60,000 display panels (7th Generation Amorphous Silicon) which are integrated into both Samsung Electronics and Sony LCD televisions and memory cards

Contents 1 History 2 Company Agent 3 Other LCD manufacturers 4 External press links

History

• 2003: Samsung Electronics and Sony sign agreement for the establishment of a joint venture for 7th generation amorphous TFT LCD panel production.
• 2004: S-LCD Corporation established.
• 2005: S-LCD begins shipment of 7th generation TFT LCD panels for LCD TVs.
• 2008: S-LCD may be headed by Samsung alone as Sony has announced a joint venture with Sharp Corporation, in order to compete effectively with Samsung, a task made difficult by their current collaboration.[1]

Company Agent

• CEO Jang Won-Ki (장원기, 張元基)
• CFO Masatoshi Hitomi (人見まさとし, ひとみまさとし)

Other LCD manufacturers

• LG.Philips LCD
• Sharp

External press links

• Samsung to Invest $2.2B in LCD Plant, Without Sony
• Sony Press Release: Grand opening ceremony of S-LCD
• Sony Press Release: Shipment of mass production Generation 7 amorphous TFT LCD modules
• Sony Press Release: 8th generation line contract
• Sony Japan Press Release Part 1 (in Japanese)
• Sony Japan Press Release Part 2 (in Japanese)
• EETimes.com - Joint Sony, Samsung LCD factory opens
• S-LCD Begins Shipment of 7th Generation TFT LCD Panels
• S-LCD has started shipping its first displays - Softpedia
• S-LCD (Samsung+Sony) Start on 7th Generation TFT-LCD's
• news - S-LCD BEGINS SHIPMENT OF 7TH GENERATION TFT LCD PANELS FOR LCD TVs
• S-LCD Amorphous TFT LCD Manufacturing Building Completed for 7th Generation LCDs Equipment
• HardwareGeeks.com - S-LCD Grand Opening Ceremony

v • d • e Samsung Electronics Brands Anycall · Sens · Hauzen · Zipel · Pavv · Magic Station · CLP Joint ventures S-LCD Annual Revenue: ▲$79.6 billion USD (2006) · Employees: 128,000 (2006) · Stock symbol: (NYSE: [2]), (KRX: 005930, KRX: 005935), (LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) · Website: www.sec.co.kr, www.samsung.com

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