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AU Optronics—

Top three thin film companies in the world and the largest in Taiwan Transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) design, R&D and manufacturing company

AU Optronics was originally named Daqi Technology. It was established in August 1996. In 2001, it merged with Lianyou Optoelectronics and changed its name to AU Optronics. , merged again with Guanghui Electronics in 2006. After AUO merged with the two companies, the global market share of large-size panels exceeded 19%, and the total production capacity of the sixth-generation line became the first in the world. AU Optronics is also the world's first TFT-LCD manufacturing company to be publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

AUO’s product series covers 1.5-inch to 65-inch TFT-LCD panels, and its application areas include desktop monitors, notebook computers, LCD TVs, automotive monitors, industrial computers, digital cameras, and digital video cameras. , handheld DVDs, handheld game consoles, mobile phones and other full range of applications, and is also one of the few manufacturers in the world that supplies complete product lines of large, medium and small sizes. In 2008, AU Optronics generated a turnover of US$12.9 billion and currently has more than 38,000 employees worldwide, located in operating locations around the world including Taiwan, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and mainland China.

AU Optronics’ global market share of large-size TFT-LCD panels reaches 18.0% (note a), ranking second in the world. Among them, the desktop display application market share ranks fourth in the world, and the notebook market share ranks fourth in the world. Computers rank third in the world, and TV application panels rank fourth in the world. In terms of small and medium-sized panels, the global market share of digital cameras ranks second in the world, digital camcorders rank second in the world, automotive multimedia ranks third in the world, printers and mobile phone applications rank first in the world, and digital photo frames rank fourth in the world ( Note b), it shows that AUO has achieved balanced and comprehensive development in the panel market layout of various sizes.

In addition to its global market presence, AUO is deeply involved in technology and R&D. The "AUO Technology Center" established in November 2002 is the largest optoelectronic R&D center in China. Its R&D technologies include display technologies such as TFT-LCD and LTPS. At the end of 2005, the AUO Technology Center advanced to Zhongke and became the number one in Central Taiwan. A high-tech R&D base. AU Optronics invests the most in research and development in Taiwan's optoelectronics industry, and has achieved fruitful results in R&D patents. According to the U.S. Commercial Patent Database report, AUO ranked among the top ten companies with the fastest growing patents in the U.S. in 2004, ranking fifth with a growth rate of 98%; Taiwan Business Weekly announced the top 100 patents in Taiwan in 2006, and AUO also Ranked sixth; in 2007, AUO ranked 108th in the Top 300 Organizations Granted US Patents of the US IPO (Intellectual Property Owners Association); in the 2008 Business InfoTech100 ranking, AUO ranked 53rd in the world.

AU Optronics is the first manufacturer in Taiwan to mass-produce 3.5-generation, 4-generation, 5-generation, 6-generation and 7.5-generation production lines. The 8.5-generation line under construction is expected to be mass-produced in the second half of 2009. AUO's competitive advantage lies in its complete layout of production lines for each generation, which can flexibly adjust and support various application products, further seizing market opportunities and achieving synergistic niches.