The latest introduction of the world’s top LCD manufacturers

At present, LCD technology is very mature. Although LCD has been firmly controlled by Japan and South Korea in the past few years, with the iteration of technology, China has made rapid progress in the commercial display industry and has kept pace with Japan and South Korea, becoming the world’s top LCD manufacturing country. Next, we will sort by country and introduce the top LCD manufacturers in China, Japan and South Korea.

China’s top LCD manufacturers

JYLED

Headquartered in Shenzhen, China, JYLED was founded in 2014. As a rising star, after decades of development, it has two major display factories in Jiangxi and Guangdong, covering an area of ​​more than 8,000 square meters. From manufacturing, production to sales, it has integrated LCD and LED commercial display manufacturing capabilities.

JYLED has always adhered to customer-centricity and adopted high-quality product quality, which has won unanimous praise from customers around the world.

BOE Technology

According to the statistical report of IFI Claims (US patent service agency), the number of patents applied by BOE ranks 15th in the world and has remained in the top 20 in the world for six consecutive years.

As the world’s top semiconductor display industry, BOE Technology’s products are spread all over the world. According to data released on the official website, one of the display screens of every four smart terminal devices in the world uses BOE Technology.

According to Omdia (market research organization) data in 2023, BOE ranks first in the world in LCD screens in the five major application areas of smartphones, tablets, laptops, monitors and TVs, breaking the record held by South Korea’s Samsung for many years.

TCL Technology

TCL Technology is an electronic and electrical appliance manufacturer located in Huizhou, Guangdong. There are many controversies about the interpretation of TCL’s name on the Internet, and there is currently no accurate and reasonable explanation. According to information within the TCL Group, the group interprets “TCL” as “The Creative Life”.

In the early days, TCL mainly developed the business of TV and mobile phone screens. It only started to develop commercial display research and development in the early 21st century. After decades of development, it launched the world’s first large-screen QLED TV in 2014, pioneering quantum dot color technology.

Tianma Microelectronics

Tianma Microelectronics was founded in 1983 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 1995. Tianma core business is mobile phone display and car display. Although it started later than other old display manufacturers, this does not hinder its rapid growth.

After more than 20 years of technological accumulation, since 2017, Tianma Microelectronics’ LTPS smartphone display panel shipments have remained the world’s first for six consecutive years. According to automotive regulations, the shipments of in-vehicle instrument displays also topped the world in 2020.

Innolux Corporation

Innolux was founded in 2003 and listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange three years later. Innolux is a large manufacturer of TFT-LCD panels in Taiwan. It currently has 14 TFT-LCD plants and 3 touch panel plants. Its huge strength is collectively known as the Taiwan Panel Five Tigers with the other four LCD panel manufacturers.

Innolux has focused on the research and development of LCDs for more than 20 years, so it has reached the world’s top level in the production of various TFT-LCDs, liquid crystal panels and touch modules.

AUO Corporation

AUO was founded in 1996 and is collectively known as the Taiwan Panel Five Tigers with Chi Mei Electronics, Innolux, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, and HannStar Display. Its strength is evident.

AUO also has a deep technical accumulation in the research and development and manufacturing of LCD panels, and is far ahead of its peers in the exploration and development of new directions. Currently, there are a large number of user bases in the fields of car screens, medical care, and home displays.

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT)

Chunghwa Picture Tubes Co., Ltd., abbreviated as CPT, was founded in 1971 and is one of the five panel tigers in Taiwan. As early as the CRT era, CPT was already one of the top three display manufacturers in the world, and its capabilities were even stronger than those of Taiwan top LCD manufacturers such as Innolux and AUO in the same period.

However, with the technological iteration of other LCD manufacturers, according to the latest news: As of 2019, CPT is on the verge of bankruptcy and is currently (2024) entering the bankruptcy liquidation stage. In the past, only Innolux and AUO were left of the five panel tigers in Taiwan.

Top LCD manufacturers in South Korea

Samsung

Samsung is the largest conglomerate in South Korea, and its business covers all aspects related to semiconductors, such as displays, mobile phones, mobile hard drives, memory sticks, etc. As the world’s top LCD and LED display manufacturer, it not only has a complete production chain in displays, but also has demonstrated amazing strength in the semiconductor industry. According to a report by Global Semiconductor Magazine, Samsung’s revenue in the semiconductor industry is only slightly lower than Intel’s.

As the world’s most important economy, Samsung has not only won countless honors and titles, but also has long been ranked among the top 10 in the world in terms of the number of its employees worldwide. In previous articles, we have introduced in detail the development history of Samsung in the display industry. Interested readers can click to view: Samsung Development History (Display Industry).

LG Display

LG display was formerly a joint venture between South Korea’s LG Group and the Dutch Royal Philips Electronics Company, so it was previously called LG Philips Display, but in 2008 Philips sold all its shares, and then LG Philips Display changed to LG display.

As a top LCD manufacturer, LG display has deep technical experience. As of 2014, LG Display’s market share in the large TFT-LCD market reached 23.7%, ranking first in the world.

Japan’s top LCD manufacturer

Hitachi

Hitachi is not only the largest motor manufacturer in Japan, but also has leading technologies in semiconductors, displays, disk storage and other fields. Since the 1990s, it has been involved in the development of LCD panels. In just three years, it has created a variety of leading technologies in the production and improvement of LCDs.

In 1995, TFT LCD was improved and the improved TFT LCD was called Super TFT LCD. In 1996, the poor viewing angle and color reproduction of TN panels were improved. This improved technology is called IPS (In-Plane Switching) technology and is still used today.

Sharp Corporation

Similar to Hitachi, Sharp was also a manufacturer that developed and produced motors at the beginning, and it is also one of the eight largest motor manufacturers in Japan. Sharp invested a lot of money in the development of LCDs in the 1990s and made considerable achievements in LCDs.

However, due to poor subsequent management, it was acquired by Taiwan-funded Hon Hai Technology Group in 2016, so Sharp is now a subsidiary of Hon Hai Technology Group.

Sharp is one of the earlier panel manufacturers involved in the development and manufacturing of mobile phone screens, and has also achieved good results in improving LCDs. In terms of LCD panel display technology, in addition to Hitachi’s IPS display technology and Samsung’s B-TN technology, VA technology and ASV technology are all relatively advanced LCD panel technologies and are still in use.

Toshiba Group

Toshiba was formed by the merger of Tanaka Works and Tokyo Electric (formerly known as Bairesha) in 1936.

In the 1990s and early 21st century, Toshiba won a large number of world firsts with its strong manufacturing strength. Electronic devices for daily use such as transistor TVs, microwave ovens, and laptops were all developed by Toshiba first. In the development of LCD, there are dozens of core technologies that make other peers far behind.

But the good times did not last long. Toshiba failed to keep up with the times due to its over-reliance on previous technologies. Since 2015, it has been constantly selling its main businesses to survive. Its TV, computer, memory and other businesses have been sold in batches. It is expected that in the near future, it will completely remove the title of the world’s top LCD manufacturer.

Kyocera Corporation

Kyocera established its headquarters in Kyoto, Japan in 1959. The founder saw the future development of components and devoted himself to the production of precision ceramics with passion.

Unlike our traditional ceramics, precision ceramics are an important component of various precision components. It is for this reason that Kyocera, while manufacturing precision ceramics, quickly mastered the production of various semiconductor components, and in the following years, gradually developed into a large Japanese multinational company.