Samsung Display to halt LCD production next year
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, will halt the production of liquid crystal displays (LCD) next year and focus on ramping up its next-generation display business, the company said Tuesday.
Samsung Display will speed up its transition to a quantum-dot (QD) display business in a move to boost its profitability and strengthen competitiveness in the display sector.
Samsung Display said it has already notified its employees and subcontractors about the plan. Its workers at LCD units will be shifted to other business divisions without job cuts, the company added.
LCD products ordered by its customers this year will be delivered as scheduled, according to the company.
The display maker's decision comes after Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong visited its plant on March 19 and checked its future business plan.
Samsung Display temporarily suspended some of its LCD production lines last year following a supply glut in the industry caused by Chinese manufacturers.
It has been widely speculated that the company will retool its display manufacturing lines in South Korea and China to produce QD display panels this year.
Its QD displays are known to be using organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and its quantum-dot technologies, providing a better color gamut and energy efficiency.
Samsung Display last year announced it will invest 13 trillion won (US$10.6 billion) by 2025 in its QD-display business.

In this photo provided by Samsung Electronics Co. on March 19, 2020, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong (L) inspects Samsung Display Co.'s products at the company's plant in Asan, south of Seoul. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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