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Thin-Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Displays use thin-film transistors to control the voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer at a sub-pixel level. The structure of TFT LCDs consists of a TFT “sandwich” and a BLU (Backlight Unit). A typical configuration is shown in the schematic diagram below.

Firstly, between the back and front polarizers, TFT LCD cells are made with two glass substrates – one for color filters, the other for a TFT array – and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched in between.

For normally black TFT LCDs, if we follow along a piece of light setting off from its backlight source, it will bea)guided uniformly by LGP;b)reflected and enhanced by BEF and DBEF;c)polarized by the back polarizer;d)polarization changed by twisted LC under the voltage applied by TFT arrays;e)“tinted” red/green/blue by corresponding color filter of the subpixel;f)let through the front polarizer by matched polarization; andg)finally, it will reach the surface and appears in viewer’s eyes.

For normally white panels, processd)will be the opposite – known as the polarization rotation effect, light is twisted in a voltage-off stage and can pass through the front polarizer by default, thus displaying white normally. However, when the voltage applied increases, this polarization rotation effect would be gradually diminished. And the light would not be able to pass through the front polarizer anymore without changing its polarization. In this way, certain pixels will appear in different colors.

Normally black LCDs have higher contrast and wider viewing angles without grayscale inversion phenomenon compared to their normally white relatives. And whether TFT LCDs are normally black or white depends on their LC switching mode:

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As previously mentioned, TN mode functions with the polarization rotation effect. Under traditional TN/VA display mode, the liquid crystal molecules are vertically arranged, with a relatively narrow visual angle. When an external force is exerted on the screen, the liquid crystal molecular structure will sink in a herringbone pattern to slowly recover – a pattern called vertical alignment. Therefore, an evident “water ripple” usually appears when the display surface is touched and impacts the user experience. In comparison, the VA mode provides higher contrast. And MVA (multi-domain vertical alignment) is an upgraded version of VA with improved viewing angles.

Since the Company’s inception by a team of enterprising academics at the University of Hong Kong in 1978, Varitronix have grown to become one of the leading manufacturers of Liquid Crystal Displays through years of innovation in research, design, production scalability, and technology advancement.

Through the following years of finding local success, Varitronix envisioned a much larger scale operation for the ever-increasing demand for displays. The trajectory plan eventually led the Company to be officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1991 (HKSE code: 710), continuing its influence and strong presence to serve customers at the local, national, and global levels.

In 2016, BOE, an IoT company providing intelligent interface products and services for information interaction and human health, sought interest and became a major shareholder of Varitronix, which fueled the Company into the next great leap forward. BOE Varitronix, as the Company is now called, reflects purely on our integration leading to sustainable development in business, innovation technology, capital, and resource utilization.

Nearly half a century later, BOE Varitronix continues its time-honored tradition in providing the one stop shop for the latest display technologies, backed up by solid research and commitment to quality, customized to the individual needs, and delivered economically and efficiently.

BOE Varitronix, formerly a of a Hong Kong company focusing on R&D and manufacturing of automotive display and industrial display, has been established for more than 40 years. In 2016, BOE became the major shareholder of Varitronix.

As a leading manufacturer of small-to-medium-sized LCDs, BOE Varitronix offers complete solutions for a wide range of applications, from automotive and telecommunications, to industrial and consumer applications.

Monochrome display has been the core business for BOE Varitronix, who offer TFT LCD modules for electric meters, high-end white goods, home automation applications, consumer products and markets related to IoT, as well as medium-to-large sized monochrome displays aimed at high-end display markets.

BOE Varitronix is one of the world’s leading display solution providers for the automotive industry. The company’s strategy in the automotive display business is to continue growing market share in major automotive markets through the promotion and development of medium-to-large-sized standardized platform TFT module products.

BOE Varitronix has grown into a manufacturer with scalable production capacity, an extensive sales network and over 5,000 staff. The company’s major production bases expanded from Heyuan (Guangdong Province) to Chengdu (Sichuan Province)

BOE Varitronix Limited (BOEVx or the "Company”) formerly Varitronix International Limited is a Hong Kong-based investment holding company belongs to DAS BG (Devices and Sensors Business Group) mainly focusing on automotive display module business. BOEVx is the sole sales platform of BOE Group for automotive businesses.

BOE Varitronix Limited, the world’s leading manufacturer of TFT and passive display, established in 1978 by a group of academics who combined rigid R&D, innovative product designs and highly production efficiency to fulfill the utmost in customer satisfaction. BOEVx core businesses are automotive display and industrial display, the Company operates businesses in China, Korea, Japan, Europe and America and have established strategic partnership with certain sizable Tier 1 customer in the automotive industry. This is an important milestone for the Group to obtain further market shares and future business opportunities in various automotive-related areas.

BOE Varitronix Limited is listed on the Hong Kong Exchange (00710.HK) since 1991. In 2016, BOE Group became a major shareholder of BOE Varitronix, which turned BOE Varitronix into a new era. This integration led to sustainable development in business, innovation technology, capital and resource utilization.

Compare the OLED technology, BOE Varitronix mini-LED has the cost advantages and higher reliability, it is the optimized display for automotive. Mini LED feature for large digital cockpit display, Central Information Display (CID). Ultra-High Contrast Ratio by local dimming, high Color gamut NTSC ≥98% and In-Cell TDDI Multi-Touch.

Himax Technologies, Inc. and BOE Varitronix Limited announced they secured a flexible AMOLED automotive display solution design-win with a leading new energy vehicle (“NEV”) maker.

Himax and BOEVx partnered to offer the next-generation flexible AMOLED automotive display in a 12.8-inch Center Information Display product (CID), adopting the Himax AMOLED driver IC and timing controller (TCON) solution.

The AMOLED driver enables superior user visual enjoyment from a state-of-the-art OLED display from BOEVx with vivid and colorful image performance as well as modish panel curvature which benefits from the AMOLED panel and driver in COF technology, the companies said.

Himax’s flexible AMOLED display driver and TCON solution combined with BOEVx’s world-leading AMOLED display have been successfully adopted into the latest NEV model of major carmakers.

Besides automotive flexible AMOLED solutions, Himax also offers comprehensive automotive product portfolios for TFT-LCD displays, including in-cell TDDI, display driver, local dimming TCON, and high-speed P2P bridge IC.

All have been broadly adopted, directly or indirectly, by automotive display module makers, including BOEVx, and Tier-1 automotive manufacturers and car brands placing Himax as the leading automotive driver supplier of the world.

In recent years, the smart vehicles industry has seen accelerating growth with all major global brands emphasizing more human-vehicle interaction upgrades, creating a trend towards large, personalized and super high-resolution smart cockpit displays.

Over the years, BOEVx has been promoting innovation in the field of smart cockpit display solutions and is committed to providing car users with a more convenient, more comfortable and smarter driving experience. Currently, BOEVx has launched an S-shaped curved flexible AMOLED with 300mm in curvature and in triple-display form that is capable of displaying cluster information, center information as well as passenger entertainment content at the same time.

“The partnership with BOEVx allows us to promote Himax’s innovative automotive display solutions as well as nurture our leading-edge AMOLED technology,” said Jordan Wu, president and CEO of Himax.

Varitronix is addressing automotive dashboard and other control panel applications with a new mono TFT technology that enables advanced, attractive and informative consoles whilst avoiding the complex drive requirements of full colour TFT. Many automotive and industrial instrumentation projects have no requirement for full colour, making monochrome TFT an ideal high performance alternative to DSTN and other passive display technologies. Boasting ...

HONG KONG, Mar 29, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - - 26 March 2021, BOE Varitronix Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries ("BOEVx" or the "Group") (710.HK), the world"s leading smart automotive display and innovative solution provider announces its final results for the full year ended 31 December 2020. Leveraging on its momentum growth in automotive display business, the Group realized revenue of HK$4,527 million, an increase of 27% from last year"s HK$3,574 million.

The increase in gross profit as driven by the increase in turnover, and the cost-optimizing and efficiency management actions implemented by the Group, EBITDA has increased by 30% from HK$166 million in 2019 to HK$216 million, the profit attributable to shareholders recorded a significant increase of approximately 174% from HK$25.0 million in 2019 to HK$68.6 million in 2020. BOE Varitronix"s profitability has steadily improved, and the improvement in efficiency has achieved remarkable results.

During the year, in terms of product portfolio, the Group"s Thin Film Transistor ("TFT") module business and touch panel display modules business continued to achieve remarkable growth and contributed over 75% of the Group"s revenue while the revenue from monochrome display business decreased. The continuous optimization of the Group"s product portfolio structure further enhances the Group"s profitability.

In 2020, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought various degrees of impact to domestic and foreign economies. Through innovative products and services, BOE Varitronix is able to demonstrate its strong business resilience, while both automotive display business and industrial display business have recorded steady growths.

During the year, the Group"s automotive display business has grown substantially, generated revenue of HK$3,450 million, 33% YOY growth, which was mainly contributed by the surge in sales orders in the PRC, Korea and Japan and the commencement of mass production of TFT display modules and touch panel modules during the year. This business represented approximately 76% of the Group"s overall revenue.

According to the research conducted by a leading market research company, BOE Varitronix is currently one of the world"s top three automotive display suppliers. With its leading position in automotive display business, the overall market share has been gradually increasing.

During the year, the PRC is the major growth engine of automotive display market share. For the PRC market, the Group stated that as the lockdown was gradually eased during the second quarter, customer sentiments in automobile purchasing has been increasing and automobile sales in the PRC started to rebound throughout the rest of the year and result in a rapid growth of customer order. Together with the scheduled commencement of mass production of TFT display and touch panel display modules projects for both conventional vehicles and new energy vehicles ("NEVs"), the Group"s PRC automotive business has recorded a notable growth in 2020. The Group has achieved over 30% of market share in automotive TFT display for top 20 PRC automobile manufacturers.

BOE Varitronix currently has engaged in the strategic cooperation with major automobile manufacturers in the PRC and Tier-1 manufacturers, as well as launching cooperation with NEVs manufacturers in China. According to the statistics by the Group, BOE Varitronix has achieved over 30% of market share in automotive TFT display for major PRC NEVs manufacturers.

Although, the COVID-19 has brought certain impact to the macroeconomic environment, the accelerated development of smart automotive industry has generated a high demand for automotive display, which has provided opportunities for the substantial growth of BOE Varitronix automotive display business.

Industrial Display is the second largest business of the Group. During the year, the Group has continued to promote its display business to industrial and high-end customers. The industrial display business generated revenue of HK$1,077 million, 9% YOY. This business represented approximately 24% of the Group"s overall revenue.

With the increase in consumer demand for information and the rise of Internet of Things ("IoT"), industrial clients prefer TFT module more. The sales of TFT display modules in education-related application in the PRC market and the ramping up of demand from a world-renowned high-end home appliance brand based in the United Kingdom have increased, which resulted in the growth of industrial display business.

Meanwhile, BOE Varitronix has been promoting distinctive Versi-color IBN cell and IBN-TFT hybrid display, as well as promoting the TFT display modules to customers in the high-end white-goods consumer sector in Europe. The Group is determined to grasp the opportunities for growth in industrial display business.

As NEVs and autonomous driving technology are in the forefront of development, the ever-increasing trend of automotive intelligence and interconnection has indirectly driven the development and growth of automotive display market. The innovation of smart cockpit display, which has been widely adopted in instrument cluster, center information display, rear seat infotainment etc., is facing an enormous growth.

Under the positive momentum of the industry, the technical team of BOE Varitronix has been utilizing its fruitful experience in automotive display, large-sized display and integrated software and hardware system to accelerate towards the technology trend of large-sized automotive display and smart cockpit intelligence.

In order to strengthen the capabilities in larger-sized curved display, the Group has invested in optical bonding facilities together with a PRC renowned software group whose businesses cover the field of intelligent vehicle connectivity. New production lines will commence its production in the first half of 2021.

The Group has also increased investment in Shenzhen Jiangcheng Technology Co., Ltd in the first quarter of 2021 and reached a capital increase agreement to raise additional funding to support the on-going development in augmented reality head-up display ("AR-HUD") and HUD related technologies and products.

In terms of visual display experience, the Group has been working with the eco-system partners, customers and also BOE Group to enhance the visual display experience through new technologies application. The use of AMOLED, Black Diamond Cell ("BD cell"), large-sized integrated curve display, high resolution 4K 3D display in automobile display can greatly enhance drivers" and passengers" immersive experience in car journey

BOE Varitronix stated that, the Group is dedicated to focus on the investment in smart cockpit display system, and to closely work with our automotive eco-system partners along the fast-developing track of the automotive value-chain, which will eventually lead the Group to become one of the leading integrated smart cockpit display system solution providers in the industry.

TAINAN, Taiwan, March 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) (“Himax”), a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor products, and BOE Varitronix Limited (HKEX: 710) (“BOE Varitronix or BOEVx”), a world leading supplier of automotive display products, today announced they joined forces to secure a flexible AMOLED automotive display solution design-win with a leading new energy vehicle (“NEV”) maker. The solution has recently been applied to the customer’s upcoming launch of a flagship NEV model.

Himax and BOEVx partnered to offer the next generation flexible AMOLED automotive display in a 12.8-inch Center Information Display product (CID), adopting the Himax AMOLED driver IC and timing controller (TCON) solution. The AMOLED driver enables superior user visual enjoyment from a state-of-the-art OLED display from BOEVx with vivid and colorful image performance as well as modish panel curvature which benefits from the AMOLED panel and driver in COF technology. The Himax TCON supports dual-gate and MUX2 panel structure, 180-degree rotation with embedded color engine, along with an industry leading panel failure detection feature for passenger safety.

AMOLED displays have gained traction in various applications and are becoming the technology of choice for the high-end market as they provide better display quality and greater design flexibility. Himax’s flexible AMOLED display driver and TCON solution combined with BOEVx’s world-leading AMOLED display have been successfully adopted into the latest NEV model of major car makers.

Besides automotive flexible AMOLED solution, Himax also offers comprehensive automotive product portfolios for TFT-LCD displays, including in-cell TDDI, display driver, local dimming TCON, and high-speed P2P bridge IC. All have been broadly adopted, directly or indirectly, by automotive display module makers, including BOEVx, and Tier-1 automotive manufacturers and car brands placing Himax as the leading automotive driver supplier of the world.

In recent years, the smart vehicles industry has seen accelerating growth with all major global brands emphasizing more human-vehicle interaction upgrades, creating a trend towards large, personalized and super high resolution smart cockpit displays. Over the years, BOEVx has been promoting innovation in the field of smart cockpit display solutions, and is committed to providing car users with a more convenient, more comfortable and smarter driving experience. Currently, BOEVx has launched an S-shaped curved flexible AMOLED with 300mm in curvature and in triple-display form that is capable of displaying cluster information, center information as well as passenger entertainment content at the same time.

“Himax has been a long-term partner providing comprehensive automotive display solutions for BOEVx with leading specifications and professional service,” said Mr. Jack Su, Chief Executive Officer of BOEVx. “We are pleased to extend our deep cooperation and jointly develop the flexible AMOLED display solution in BOEVx’s next evolution display design.”

“The partnership with BOEVx allows us to promote Himax’s innovative automotive display solutions as well as nurture our leading-edge AMOLED technology,” said Mr. Jordan Wu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Himax. “We are delighted to further collaborate with BOEVx to launch advanced display solutions to the ever-growing car market, especially for NEV.”

Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is a fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display imaging processing technologies. We are a worldwide market leader in display driver ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops, monitors, smartphone, tablets, automotive, digital cameras, car navigation, virtual reality (VR) devices and many other consumer electronics devices. Additionally, we design and provide controllers for touch sensor displays, in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI) single-chip solutions, LED driver ICs, power management ICs, and LCOS micro-displays for augmented reality (AR) devices and head-up displays (HUD) for automotive. We also offer CMOS image sensors, wafer level optics for AR devices, 3D sensing and ultralow power smart sensing, which are used in a wide variety of applications such as smartphone, tablet, laptop, TV, PC camera, automobile, security, medical devices, home appliance and AIoT. Founded in 2001 and Himax currently employs around 2,000 people. Himax has 3,016 patents granted and 550 patents pending approval worldwide as of February 28, 2021. Himax has retained its position as the leading display imaging processing semiconductor solution provider to consumer electronics brands worldwide.

BOEVx (HKEX: 710) provides comprehensive and one-stop solutions and products, including the design, manufacturing and sales of automotive displays, industrial displays, home appliance application displays, and medical product displays. It combines rigorous research and development, innovative product design, flexible specifications and efficient production to maximize customer satisfaction. With focuses on automotive display business and continuously strengthens its own capabilities to become the world"s leading smart automotive display and solution provider, providing customers with one-stop services such as automotive integrated display system and smart automotive display system. Through its global sales network, the Company operates businesses in China, Europe, Korea, Japan, America and etc. With years of intensive cultivation of automotive display business and the trust of customers, it has become one of the leading automotive display suppliers and has established strategic cooperation with many well-known and NEV manufacturers. Based on strong foundation in display products and technologies, BOEVx continues to grow and aims to become a leading automotive cockpit display system solution provider.

BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., or Jingdongfang (Chinese: 京东方科技集团股份有限公司), is a Chinese electronic components producer founded in April 1993. Its core businesses are interface devices, smart IoT systems and smart medicine and engineering integration.LCD, OLEDs and flexible displays.

In April 1993, Beijing Oriental Electronics Group Co., Ltd was founded by Wang Dongsheng. In 1997, it listed B shares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. In 2001, Beijing Oriental Electronics was renamed BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. BOE acquired SK Hynix"s STN-LCD and OLED businesses for US$22.5 million.flat-panel display businesses for US$380 million.

In 2009, BOE Energy Technology Co., Ltd was founded to enter the photovoltaics industry. In 2010, BOE acquired Suzhou Gaochuang Electronics" Taipei Display Research Center and AIO Manufacturing Plant.

In 2017, BOE established its Middle East Branch in Dubai and set up a subsidiary based in São Paulo, Brazil. BOE also announced its plan to build a hospital in Chengdu which will be opened in late 2020. BOE announced a long-term agreement with Universal Display Corporation, UDC will supply phosphorescent OLED materials to BOE.LG Display still lead in terms of area shipment.

In 2018, BOE acquired SES-imagotag for €200 million.Kopin Corporation and Olightek for OLED micro-displays manufacturing.Huawei Mate 20 Pro is the first flagship tier smartphone with an AMOLED sourced from BOE (also sourced from LG Display).

In 2019, BOE formed a joint venture with Rohinni for MicroLED and mini LED backlighting manufacturing.Hisense announced its U9E TVs featuring dual LCD panels which Hisense said exceeds OLED TVs in brightness, color gamut and color accuracy. Its panels are produced by BOE.Huawei Mate X scheduled for release in Q4 2019 reportly has a foldable OLED from BOE.Samsung Displays.flat-panel display producer.Huawei to research cameras under OLEDs.LG Display and Tianma as OLED supplier for LG Electronics smartphones in 2020.Apple beginning in 2021 for the iPhone.