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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (32576)	9/23/1999 10:55:00 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

Taiwan's TFT-LCD Panel Makers May Take One Week to Resume Output after Quake September 23, 1999 (TAIPEI) -- Just as manufacturers of thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display panels were set to tap the fat business opportunity amid the tight global supply of flat panel displays this year, the Sept. 21 earthquake came at the most inopportune time. Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd., Acer Display Technology Inc., Unipac Optoelectronics Corp. and Prime View International Co., Ltd. all reported damage, and are expecting a delay of three days to a week for a full resumption of production. Unipac's clean house was flooded by a water pipe leak after the earthquake, while the glass-base laminates currently on the processing line were all ruined. The company expressed worries that its October shipments are likely to be affected by the disaster. Prime View International, also a producer of small-size TFT-LCD panels, said that its September earnings may miss the pre-set target due to the earthquake, while production has also been delayed. Chunghwa Picture Tubes and Acer Display estimate that the earthquake will cost them at least NT$50 million in losses each day, until production returns to pre-earthquake levels. Chunghwa has begun to generate electricity itself with emergency power generators, while Acer Display was still waiting for the power to reboot production lines as of Sept. 22 afternoon. (Commercial Times, Taiwan)