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 A [[Engineering:Liquid-crystal display|liquid-crystal display]] (or LCD) is a thin, flat panel used for electronically displaying information such as text, images, and moving pictures. The list of LCD manufacturers:
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*{{flagicon|ROC}}[[Company:AU Optronics|AU Optronics]]
*{{flagicon|China}}[[Company:BOE Technology|BOE]]
*{{flagicon|India}}[[Company:BPL Group|BPL Group]]
*{{flagicon|Japan}}[[Company:Casio|Casio]]
*{{flagicon|ROC}}Chungwha Picture Tubes
*{{flagicon|Japan}}[[Company:Epson|Epson]]
*{{flagicon|ROC}}Giantplus technology
*{{flagicon|ROK}}Hansol
*{{flagicon|ROC}}[[Company:HannStar Display Corporation|HannStar Display Corporation]]
*{{flagicon|Japan}}[[Company:Hitachi|Hitachi]](former)
*{{flagicon|China}}[http://www.hkcelec.com/about.asp HKC]
*{{flagicon|Japan}}[[Company:Iiyama|Iiyama]]
*{{flagicon|ROC}}[[Company:InnoLux Corporation|InnoLux Corporation]]
*{{flagicon|Japan}}[[Company:Japan Display|Japan Display]]
*{{flagicon|Japan}}[[Company:Kyocera|Kyocera]]
*{{flagicon|ROK}}[[Company:LG Display|LG Display]]
*{{flagicon|USA}}LXD Incorporated
*{{flagicon|Germany}}[[Company:Medion|Medion]]
*{{flagicon|Japan}}[[Company:NEC Display Solutions|NEC Display Solutions]]
*{{flagicon|USA}}New Vision Display
*{{flagicon|Japan}}[[Company:Mitsubishi Electric|Mitsubishi Electric]]<ref>http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/semiconductors/products/tft_tech/index.html</ref>
*{{flagicon|Japan}}Orion Electric
*{{flagicon|Hungary}}Orion Electronics
*{{flagicon|Japan}}Panasonic Corporation
*{{flagicon|Japan}}[[Company:Pioneer Corporation|Pioneer]]
*{{flagicon|USA}}[[Company:Planar Systems|Planar Systems]]
*{{flagicon|ROK}}[[Company:Samsung Electronics|Samsung Electronics]]
*{{flagicon|Japan}}/{{flagicon|ROC}}Sakai display products(joint venture between [[Company:Foxconn|Foxconn]] and [[Company:Sharp Corporation|Sharp Corporation]])
*{{flagicon|Japan}}[[Company:Sharp Corporation|Sharp Corporation]]
*{{flagicon|ROK}}/{{flagicon|Japan}}S-LCD(former)
*{{flagicon|China}}[[Company:TCL Corporation|TCL]](as CSOT)
*{{flagicon|China}}Tianma
*{{flagicon|Japan}}[[Company:Toshiba|Toshiba]]
*{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}Truly Semiconductors
*{{flagicon|Turkey}}[[Company:Vestel|Vestel]]
*{{flagicon|India}}Videocon
*{{flagicon|Bangladesh}}Walton
*{{flagicon|ROC}}Winstar display
*{{flagicon|ROC}} [https://www.palmtech.com.tw PalmTech]

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==List of LCD panel fabrication plants==
This list lists current lcd fabrication facilities, former facilities are below this first table.
LCD Displays are made in a glass substrate. For OLED, the substrate can also be plastic. The size of the substrates are specified in generations, with each generation using a larger substrate. For example, a 4th generation substrate is larger in size than a 3rd generation substrate. A larger substrate allows for more panels to be cut from a single substrate, or for larger panels to be made, akin to increasing wafer sizes in the semiconductor industry.
Panel Inputs per month is how many substrates can a plant process per month.

==Open==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Company
! Plant name
! Plant location
! data-sort-type="number" | Plant cost (in US$ billions)
! data-sort-type="number" | Started production
! data-sort-type="number" | Substrate panel size (in generations)
! data-sort-type="number" | Process technology (TFT, IGZO, IPS, etc.)
! data-sort-type="number" | Panel inputs per month
|-
|[[Company:Sharp Corporation|Sharp]]
|Taki Mie<ref>http://www.sharp-world.com/products/device/factory/lcd/index.html</ref>
|Japan<ref name="sharp1">http://www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/eco/sgf/site_report/mie/index.html</ref>
|
|1995
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|-
|[[Company:Sharp Corporation|Sharp]]
|Kameyama
|Japan<ref name="sharp1"/>
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|2004
|gen 6, gen 8
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|-
|[[Company:Sharp Corporation|Sharp]]
|Sakai
|Japan<ref>https://www.sdp.co.jp/en/factory/</ref>
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|2016
|gen 10
|
|72,000
|-
|[[Company:AU Optronics|AU Optronics]]
|Longtan
|Taiwan<ref name="autogenerated1">https://www.auo.com/en-global/Global_Operations/index/Fab</ref>
|
|2001, 2003, 2004
|gen 4, gen 5
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|
|-
|[[Company:AU Optronics|AU Optronics]]
|Longke
|Taiwan<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
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|2005
|gen 6
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|-
|[[Company:AU Optronics|AU Optronics]]
|Guishan
|Taiwan<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
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|2001, 2003
|gen 3.5, gen 5
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|-
|[[Company:Japan Display|Japan Display]]
|Kaoshiung
|Taiwan<ref>http://www.j-display.com/english/company/overseas.html</ref>
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|-
|[[Company:Japan Display|Japan Display]]
|Tottori
|Japan<ref>http://www.j-display.com/english/company/map/map3.html</ref>
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|-
|[[Company:Japan Display|Japan Display]]
|Higashiura
|Japan<ref>http://www.j-display.com/english/company/map/map4.html</ref>
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|-
|[[Company:Japan Display|Japan Display]]
|Ishikawa
|Japan<ref>http://www.j-display.com/english/company/map/map5.html</ref>
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|-
|[[Company:BOE Technology|BOE]]
|Hefei<ref>https://www.corning.com/emea/en/about-us/news-events/news-releases/2015/12/corning-to-invest-in-lcd-glass-substrate-facility-in-hefei.html</ref>
|China<ref name="autogenerated2">http://www.boe.com/portal/en/guanyuwomen/gongsijieshao/pegg.html</ref>
|6.95<ref name="nikkei1">https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/China-s-BOE-fires-up-next-gen-LCD-plant</ref>
|2018<ref name="nikkei1"/>
|gen 10.5<ref name="autogenerated2"/><ref>https://www.boe.com/en/cxkj/kjzh/kjzhxqy/dynamic/peckkd699.html</ref><ref>http://www.appliedmaterials.com/company/news/press-releases/2016/11/applied-materials-selected-by-boe-to-accelerate-production-of-large-lcd-tvs</ref>
|TFT
|120,000<ref>https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/boe-put-into-production-the-worlds-first-g105-tft-lcd-line-creating-new-milestone-in-global-display-industry-300573782.html</ref>
|-
|[[Company:BOE Technology|BOE]]
|Beijing
|China<ref name="autogenerated2"/>
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|gen 5
|TFT
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|-
|[[Company:BOE Technology|BOE]]
|Ordos
|China<ref>https://www.oled-info.com/boe-display</ref>
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|gen 5.5
|LTPS
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|-
|[[Company:BOE Technology|BOE]]
|Beijing
|China<ref name="autogenerated2"/>
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|gen 8.5
|TFT
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|-
|[[Company:BOE Technology|BOE]]
|Chengdu
|China<ref name="autogenerated2"/>
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|gen 4.5
|TFT
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|-
|[[Company:BOE Technology|BOE]]
|Fuzhou
|China<ref name="autogenerated2"/>
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|gen 8.5
|TFT
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|-
|[[Company:TCL Corporation|TCL]]
|Shenzhen
|China<ref>https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160519005984/en/TCL-Build-World%E2%80%99s-Largest-Gen-11-LCD</ref><ref>https://www.oled-info.com/china-star-optoelectronics-technology</ref>
|9
|2019(planned)
|gen 11<ref>http://www.oled-a.org/boe-and-csot-to-double-gen-105-capa-jun-2-2017.html</ref><ref>http://www.oled-a.org/boe-expects-to-start-mp-at-its-gen-105-fab-in-december-2017-november-27-2017.html</ref>
|TFT, IGZO<ref name="autogenerated3">http://www.dgap.de/dgap/News/corporate/shenzhen-china-star-optoelectronics-technology-csot-acquires-stake-china-display-optoelectronics-technology-cdot/?newsID=1001891</ref>
|90,000<ref>https://www.oled-info.com/samsung-help-tcl-build-its-new-gen-11-lcd-and-amoled-fab</ref>
|-
|[[Company:TCL Corporation|TCL]]
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|gen 8.5
|TFT<ref name="autogenerated3"/>
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|-
|[[Company:TCL Corporation|TCL]]
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|gen 6
|TFT<ref name="autogenerated3"/>
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|[[Company:LG Display|LG Display]]
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|gen 10.5<ref name="nikkei1"/>
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|-
|Chungwha Picture Tubes
|Longtan
|Taiwan<ref>http://www.cptt.com.tw/cptt/chinese/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=48</ref>
|
|2002
|gen 4.5, gen 6
|
|gen 4.5: 180,000, gen 6: 90,000
|-
|Chungwha Picture Tubes
|Yamme
|Taiwan<ref>http://www.cptt.com.tw/cptt/chinese/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=47</ref>
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|gen 4.5, gen 6
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|}

==Former==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Company
! Plant name
! Plant location
! data-sort-type="number" | Plant cost (in US$ billions)
! data-sort-type="number" | Started production
! data-sort-type="number" | Substate panel size (in generations)
! data-sort-type="number" | Process technology (TFT, IGZO, IPS, etc.)
! data-sort-type="number" | Panel inputs per month
! data-sort-type="number" | Ceased Production
|-
|[[Company:Samsung|Samsung]], former S-LCD
|Asan
|South Korea
|
|2005, 2007
|gen 7, gen 8<ref>https://www.samsungdisplay.com/eng/intro/loc_country.jsp</ref>
|
|362,000<ref>http://news.samsungdisplay.com/144</ref>
|Late 2016, turned into amoled production<ref>http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160706000395</ref>
|-
|Chungwha Picture Tubes
|Taoyuan<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170425102253/http://www.cptt.com.tw:80/cptt/chinese/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=48</ref>
|Taiwan<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170425102200/http://www.cptt.com.tw:80/cptt/chinese/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=47</ref>
|
|1973, 1995, 1997
|gen 3, gen 4
|TFT
|gen 3: 40,000, gen4: 72,600
|2015, sold to giantplus and tce photomasks, gen 3 still operated by giantplus, gen 4 line sold to giantplus, equipment sold and line demolished, remainder operated by tce
|}

==See also==
* Liquid crystal display

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Vikuiti1/BrandProducts/secondary/optics101/  Animated tutorial of LCD technology by 3M]
* [http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/physics/liquid_crystals/history/ History and Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals by Nobelprize.org]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080702193851/http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/lc/introduction/intro_1.html Introduction to liquid crystals] from the Liquid Crystal Technology Group, Oxford University

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