AU Says It Shipped 5.2% More Large-Size LCD Panels in June Than in May

AU Optronics shipped just over 10 million large-sized panels for LCD TVs, desktop monitors, notebook PCs and other applications in June, it said in a Thursday announcement. Its June shipments were up 5.2 percent from May, it said. June shipments of small- and medium-sized panels decreased 5 percent from May to just over 14 million units, it said. In Q2 ended June 30, large-sized panel shipments exceeded 28.5 million units, up 16.5 percent over Q1 and 14.3 percent over Q2 a year earlier, it said. AU shipped 42.5 million small- and medium-sized panels in Q2, up 12.6 percent from Q1, but down by 11.5 percent from Q2 a year earlier, it said. AU defines a large-size panel as anything larger than 10 inches, it said.