Sharp to supply LED backlights to Sony - Nikkei

16 November 2009 @ 07:14 pm EDT

Japan's Sharp Corp will begin supplying light-emitting diode backlights for LCD televisions to Sony Corp, expanding their alliance in LCD panels, the Nikkei business daily said on Tuesday.


Sharp to supply LED backlights to Sony - Nikkei
Sharp's logo is seen at an electronic shop in Tokyo October 29, 2009. Japan's Sharp Corp posted its first quarterly profit in a year on Thursday as a recovery in TV and panel demand helped offset a firmer yen, and the world's fourth-largest LCD TV maker kept its annual outlook above market expectations./
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The two will also jointly develop next-generation backlights, it said, without citing sources.

Sharp and Sony began operations of a joint LCD panel production facility in Sakai, western Japan, in October, and have been seeking ways to strengthen their alliance.

Sharp will begin supplying Sony with LED backlights, which make up roughly 20 percent of the cost of an LCD TV, in December, the paper said.

(Reporting by Mayumi Negishi)

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