S-LCD, the joint venture company between Samsung and Sony, has began shipping its eight generation large sized flat anel displays including both 46- and 50-inch models."Our sights are now on LCD TVs in the 50-inch market and we aim to lead in this segment," Chang Won-kie said in a statement. The first panels shipped were 52-inch ones.
The new facility is capable of manufacturing some of the world's largest substrates — the glass sheets used to make screens for flat screen televisions — measuring 2,200 millimeters (88 inches) by 2,500 millimeters (100 inches).
Samsung and Sony founded S-LCD in 2004 to produce panels to meet demand for flat screen televisions, which has soared in recent years as consumers give up bulky cathode-ray tube sets for the sleeker versions.
