Possibly flush with OLED screen orders for the ”iPhone 8,” Samsung is reportedly beefing up its production capacity by building new factories at a pair of new sites in South Korea.Citing sources within the supply chain, ET News claims that Samsung has started planning a new ”A5” plant with capacities between 180,000 and 270,000 panels per month. The plants said to be located in Cheonin and Asan, South Korea are expected to cost around $1.75 billion for the facility alone, and another $14 billion for equipment for OLED fabrication, with total costs for the two facilities coming in at around $21 billion.Friday’s report is similar to one from April, whoch claimed that Samsung would have to dole out $8.8 billion in 2017 to boost capacity and convert a LCD plant to produce OLED screens.The ET News report claims that this new factory is being built in anticipation of further demand from smartphone manufacturers, and mass-production of 10-inch foldable displays.Also in April, reports started circulating about a ramped-up OLED contract between Apple and Samsung. The contact, confirmed by multiple sources inside the supply chain, is said to be an escalation of the $4.3 billion one signed in February for 60 million panels.
Källa: Samsung reportedly spending $21B to expand OLED capacity for ’iPhone 8,’ future devices
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