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Large Area TFT Panel Shipments Broke Record in Second Quarter of 2014

NPD DisplaySearch Reports TFT-LCD growth was led by LCD-TV panel shipments, which reached a record high of 64 million units.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

According our latest NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Large-Area TFT Panel Shipment Report, total large-area TFT panel shipments reached a record high of 37.7 million square meters, in the second quarter (Q2) of 2014, driven by the shift to larger sizes for all applications. Year-over-year unit shipments of 9.1-inch-and-larger TFT panels rose 3%, to 181 million units, in Q2. TFT unit growth was led by LCD-TV panel shipments, which reached a record high of 64 million units. The large area TFT panels c...

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