AU Optronics
| AU Optronics Corporation
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US0022551073 |
| founding | 2001 |
| Seat | Hsinchu , Taiwan |
| management | Paul SL Peng, Chairman and CEO |
| Number of employees | 40,000 |
| sales | NTD 307.63 billion (2018) |
| Branch | electronics |
| Website | www.auo.com |
| As of December 31, 2018 | |
The AU Optronics Corporation (AUO) ( Chinese 友達光電 / 友达光电 , Pinyin Yǒudáguāngdiàn ) now belongs to BenQ Group and is the largest manufacturer of LCD flat panels based in Taiwan in the city of Hsinchu . In 2007 AU Optronics was the world's largest manufacturer of LCD flat screens. The company was founded in 2001 by Acer Display Technology Inc. (founded in 1996) and Unipac Optoelectronics Corporation . In October 2006 it merged with Quanta Display Inc. in order to occupy 20% of the global TFT-LCD market with its production. AUO makes LCD elements for companies such as BenQ and ViewSonic . The main markets for AUO products are the USA , Japan , South Korea , the Netherlands and the People's Republic of China . AUO is the first company for TFT-LCD products to be listed on the NYSE . In 2004, it ranked 17th on Business Week in the Global IT Companies category .
Web links
- Official website (in English)
- www.BenQ.com (in English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Management. In: www.auo.com. Accessed December 2, 2019 .
- ↑ About AUO. In: www.auo.com. Accessed December 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Annual Report 2018. In: www.auo.com. January 28, 2019, accessed December 2, 2019 .
- ↑ AU Optronics is the world's largest manufacturer of LCD flat screens. Radio Taiwan International October 22, 2007, archived from the original January 17, 1999 ; accessed on April 2, 2018 .