Sharp to Build LCD Facility in Poland.Tokyo Tokyo (tō`kēō), city (1990 pop. 8,163,573), capital of Japan and of Tokyo prefecture, E central Honshu, at the head of Tokyo Bay. , Japan, Apr 14, 2006 - (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) ) - Sharp recently announced that it will build an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. screen manufacturing facility in Torun, in the north-central part of Poland, at a projected cost of 44 million euros. Production at the new facility, which will initially employ 800 people, is scheduled to begin in January 2007. The facility will be built on a 500,00m2 site and have 41,000m2 of floor space. Screens produced there will be exported to Spain and Germany, where Sharp manufactures LCD TVs A flat panel TV that uses LCD technology or a rear-projection TV that is based on LCD microdisplay panels. See flat panel TV, rear-projection TV and LCD. . Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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