AU Optronics

AU Optronics

Infobox_Company
company_name = AU Optronics Corporation
company_type = Public (Nyse|AUO)
foundation = 1996 (as Acer Display Technology, Inc.)
location = flagicon|Taiwan Hsinchu, Taiwan
key_people = Kuen-Yao Lee, Chairman
num_employees = 43,000
industry = Computer peripherals
revenue = profit$14.8 billion USD (2007)
homepage = [http://auo.com/ auo.com]

AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) (zh-t|t=友達光電) is one of the top 3 worldwide manufacturers of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels (TFT LCD), and is the largest in Taiwan. The company was formed in September 2001 by the merger of Acer Display Technology, Inc.,(the predecessor of AUO, established in 1996) and Unipac Optoelectronics Corporation. In October 2006, AUO merged with Quanta Display Inc. to create a larger TFT-LCD manufacturer with 20% of the world's large-sized TFT-LCD market, forming the company as of today. AUO provides panels for several leading LCD manufacturers, including BenQ, Apple, and ViewSonic.

AUO provides customers a full range of panel sizes and comprehensive applications, offering TFT-LCD panels in sizes ranging from 1.5 inches to greater than 65 inches. AUO generated US$14.8 billion in sales revenue in 2007 and now houses the staff of over 43,000 employees throughout its global operations spreading across Taiwan, the US, Japan, Europe, South Korea, Singapore,the Netherlands and China. Additionally, AUO is the first pure TFT-LCD manufacturer to successfully list at the New York Stock Exchange. In 2004, AUO was ranked 17th in Business Week's "Global IT Companies". In 2008,AUO was ranked 53rd in Business Week's "Infotech 100".

AUO is the first TFT-LCD manufacturer in Taiwan to mass produce TFT-LCD panels by means of G3.5, G4, G5, G6 and G7.5 fabrications. AUO is the top manufacturer of large-sized TFT-LCD panels in the world with a market share of 20.0% [Source: DisplaySearch Large Area Unit Shipment 2008 Q1 Report.] . AUO's LCD Monitor TFT-LCD is ranked No. 2, notebook PC TFT-LCD ranked No. 3, and LCD TV TFT-LCD ranked No. 1 in terms of global market share. As for small-to-medium sized applications, AUO's digital video camera TFT-LCD is ranked No. 2, digital still camera TFT-LCD is ranked third, while general AV TFT-LCD is ranked second in global market share [Source: TSR medium/small size TFT-LCD (a-Si + LTPS), 2007 Report.] .

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External links

* [http://AUO.com auo.com]
* [http://www.BenQ.com www.BenQ.com] ²


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