Taipei Times
Date: Dec 29, 2018
By: Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
LCD panel maker Innolux Corp (群創) is accelerating its expansion into the higher-margin public information display sector in an effort to reduce earnings volatility.
“Public displays deliver higher gross margins than large-sized TV panels,” Devin Lin (林威廷), a sales manager at Innolux’s public information display division, said in a statement on Thursday.
Innolux is set to start mass production of public information displays in the middle of next year, it said.
The company is playing catch-up with local rival AU Optronics Corp (AUO, 友達光電), which ventured into this market more than 10 years ago. [FULL STORY]