Optimistic about the OLED market Samsung invested $3 billion 600 million expansion

Samsung Electronics, Samsung display (Samsung Display) 11 announced that the next 3 years will invest 4 trillion won ($3 billion 600 million) expansion and upgrade OLED factory, to focus on the development of intelligent mobile phone and tablet computer OLED screen for parts can make up for the decline in the performance of mobile phone business wisdom.

Samsung display, said the amount will be between 2015 to 2017 batches of investment, and the expansion of the production line will focus on the manufacture of medium and small size OLED display. Analysts expect the new production line will give priority to the supply of Samsung launched its own curved screen smart phone, the future will also supply other mobile device manufacturers.

However, Samsung displays that in the short term it is not intended to produce a large size OLED display for the television market, because the technology is not yet mature, so that the current manufacturing costs.

Leading investment securities analyst Oh Sang-woo said, "the long term is expected to supply Samsung OLED display to external customers, especially in the fourth quarter of last year, Apple's global smart mobile phone market share approaching Samsung, Samsung more urgent to expand revenue sources to compensate for the decline of Galaxy series hand machine.

Despite the major brands of smart mobile phone and TV is still using the LCD screen for the bulk, but Samsung display and rival LG display (LGD) has recently begun to actively invest in OLED display manufacturing technology, because the OLED screen colors more vivid, and does not need the backlight LCD screen, can make mobile devices more light volume.

Yonhap news also quoted 11, LG monitor intends to invest in this year's 1 to 1 trillion and 200 billion won (about 9-10.8 billion) to expand the existing large size OLED display factory.

Samsung launched last fall Galaxy Note Edge smart phones, for example, its curved screen is a OLED display. Analysts speculated that in March this year, Samsung released a new Galaxy phone will include a curved screen phone, while Samsung's expansion of flexible OLED screen production line is also expected to be put into operation in the second quarter.

In addition to the OLED display, Samsung Electronics is also scheduled for the second half of this year in South Korea to build a value of 15 trillion and 600 billion won wafer factory, is expected to be completed in the second half of 2017. Last year, Samsung capital expenditure of 23 trillion and 400 billion won, 14 trillion and 300 billion won in the semiconductor business, another 4 trillion Korean won and the external input display business, expected this year Samsung investment on the part of career unabated, will make this year dividend quota reduction.

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