Key Data:
Organization
Sharp Corporation
Type of facility (technologies)
FPDs
Project Details:
Project cost
¥50 billion yen (first production line), ¥42 billion yen (second production line)
Site area
Approx. 330,000m²
Total floor area
Approx. 243,800m²
Buildings
Large LCD plant (117,700m²), large LCD TV plant (77,200m²), administration building, etc.
Construction type
Steel-reinforced concrete, five floors (frontage approx. 280m, depth approx. 320m)
Start of construction
September 2002
Start of operations
June 2003 (first production line)
Start of large-screen LCD TV production
January 2004
No of employees
Approx. 1,000 at January 2004 in large LCD panel plant
Process Details:
Mother glass size
1,500mm x 1,800mm (eight 32in wide-format LCDs from each mother glass)
Substrate input
27,000 panels per month (equivalent to 324,000 26in wide-format LCD modules/month)
LCD TV size
25in and larger