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Follow on Google News | Japanese Companies Dominate Top Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Equipment Ranking Says The InformationAKT, a subsidiary of Applied Materials, was the only non-Jananese- “The company dropped from second to third place in the LCD equipment market in 2013 while its acquisition target Tokyo Electron dropped to fourth place, the third consecutive year it dropped in rankings, noted Dr. Robert Castellano, President of The Information Network. ”The year 2013 exhibited the first growth year for the industry since 2010, and we see positive growth over the next several years based on several factors:" Push Towards Larger Panel Sizes: LCDs are made from mother sheets of highly accurately-made glass. The machinery that processes this glass determines the number and size of TFT panels that can be made in one pass down the production line. Since the materials needed to make a TFT panel are costly, and since process time and energy has to be carefully controlled, each manufacturer has machinery that is optimized for the sizes of panels it wants to market. Push Towards Higher Resolutions: Small- to medium-size panel market lifted by new applications: Japan Display, Sharp, and LG Display (LPL) are expanding or converting existing lines to LTPS/Oxide, which will benefit the equipment market. This year's hot issue in the TFT LCD industry is the mobile display market, and a clear driver for the demand surge in high resolution small and medium LCDs, which grew 52% growth mainly due to the increasing demand in tablets. The large panel market (above 9 inches) will grow from 664.7 million panels in 2010 to 804.1 million in 2017, a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 2.8% between 2010 and 2017. End
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