AU Optronics Finished Q3 With 2.8% Rise in Large-Size Panel Shipments

AU Optronics shipped 9.9 million panels 10 inches and larger for LCD TVs, desktop monitors in September, a 4.9 percent decline from August, the company reported Thursday. Shipments of panels under 10 inches were 13 million units, a 7.3 percent increase from August. For Q3, shipments of panels 10 inches and larger totaled 29.3 million units, a 2.8 percent increase from Q2 and an 11.1 percent increase from Q3 a year earlier. The company shipped just under 38 million panels under 10 inches in Q3, a 10.6 percent decrease from Q2 and a 22 percent decline from Q3 in 2015.