AU Optronics

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AU Optronics Corporation
Type Public (NYSE: AUO)
Founded 1996 (as Acer Display Technology, Inc.)
Headquarters Flag of the Republic of China Hsinchu, Taiwan
Key people Kuen-Yao Lee, President and CEO
Industry Computer peripherals
Revenue $9.0 billion USD (2006)
Employees 40,600
Website Main Site

AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) (Mandarin Chinese: 友達光電) is one of the top 3 worldwide manufacturers of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels (TFT LCD), and is the largest in Taiwan. The company was formed in September 2001 by the merger of Acer Display Technology, Inc.,(the predecessor of AUO, established in 1996) and Unipac Optoelectronics Corporation. In October 2006, AUO merged with Quanta Display Inc. to create a larger TFT-LCD manufacturer with 20% of the world's large-sized TFT-LCD market, forming the company as of today. AUO provides panels for several leading LCD manufacturers, including BenQ and ViewSonic.

AUO provides customers a full range of panel sizes and comprehensive applications, offering TFT-LCD panels in sizes ranging from 1.5 inches to greater than 46 inches. AUO generated US$6.6 billion in sales revenue in 2005 and now houses the staff of over 42,000 employees throughout its global operations spreading across Taiwan, the US, Japan, Europe, South Korea, the Netherlands and China. Additionally, AUO is the first pure TFT-LCD manufacturer to successfully list at the New York Stock Exchange. In 2004, AUO was ranked 17th in Business Week's "Global IT Companies".

AUO is the worldwide largest manufacturer of large-sized TFT-LCD panels in the world with a market share of over 20%.[1] AUO's desktop TFT-LCD is ranked No.1 while its notebook and LCD TV models are both ranked second in terms of global market share. As for small-to-medium sized TFT-LCD panels, both AUO's digital video camera, digital still camera and general AV TFT-LCDs are ranked second in global market share.[2]

  1. ^ Amassed market share of AUO and QDI, based on DisplaySearch Large Area Unit Shipment Q3 2006 Report.
  2. ^ Source: TSR medium/small size TFT-LCD (a-Si + LTPS), Q3 2006 Report.


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