Article: AUO pushes ultra-thin notebook PC panels to major int'l brands.(AU Optronics Corp.)

Taipei, June 16, 2009 (CENS)--Apple has triggered another new wave of ultra-thin notebook PC with its MacBook Air, driving all first-class international counterparts to also follow suit in the third quarter, including Acer, HP, Dell etc.

Industry sources said that all first-class brands have adopted or will adopt ultra-thin display panels supplied by AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), the largest thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel manufacturer in Taiwan, with the whole supply chain expected to benefit.

AUO, however, would not comment on customers and orders, but admitted

that it supplies panels to the world's top-three notebook PC ...

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