Asahi Glass to Fully Withdraw from Domestic CRT Glass Production.Tokyo, Japan, Oct 5, 2005 - (JCNN JCNN Japan Corporate News Network ) - Asahi Glass decided to stop operations of a CRT (1) (C RunTime) See runtime library. (2) (Cathode Ray Tube) A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor or TV. The viewing end of the tube is coated with phosphors, which emit light when struck by electrons. glass panel production furnace at its Takasago plant in Hyogo Prefecture by March-end 2006, and to fully withdraw from domestic CRT glass productions. While the market is shifting to TFT LCDs (Thin Film Transistor LCD) See LCD. for use in PCs and TVs, the company projects its CRT glass production to decline from 2.72 million for FY2006 to 2.2 million for FY2005. In addition, the business has deteriorated partly due to a drop in the glass price as well as a hike in material cost, forcing the company to halt productions at one panel furnace and one funnel furnace at its Korean subsidiary this September. CRT panel and funnel productions will continue in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. , China, Korea, and Taiwan. This movement will generate an extraordinary loss of approx. 10 billion yen for the year ending December 2005. Source: JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) http://www.japancorp.net Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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