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China (mainland) The lure of portable electronics has made the upgrade necessary for this manufacturer. Anshan Yes Optoelectronics Display Co. Ltd has been manufacturing display panels since 1993. The company manufactures the entire module, making both the panels and driver modules in-house. Its current displays are TN, HTN, STN and FSTN models with COG, COB, COF and surface-mount LCD modules. At present, the company only has monochrome displays with variable EL backlights due to its focus on indicator displays for home and office appliances and medical instruments. Bian Ruiqun, company vice general manager, informs Global Sources about its plans to release color displays next year. At what stage is your manufacturing plan for producing color displays? We are currently working on setting up our CSTN and TFT LCD production facilities. However, we target that by H2 2007, we can begin full module production. With these new products, we hope to cater to a wider spectrum of the electronics market, such as portable electronics. What panel sizes will you offer? In the initial stages, we will be able to provide a maximum display size of 5in. What about RoHS preparations? We have been RoHS-compliant since October 2005. We started preparing in March 2005. Unfortunately, compliance increased our material costs. Nonetheless, we have been able to absorb the increment so that our buyers need not be saddled with higher prices. We plan to continue absorbing costs in 2007 to maintain prices.
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