Sony, Samsung increase LCD output.

The article reports on the joint venture of Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, the S-LCD Corp. to expand the capacity of its seventh-generation fab by 50 percent. Tangjun, South Korea-based S-LCD announced a 25 percent expansion to 75,000 substrates, scheduled for July 2006 with an 85 million investment. The joint venture will generate its own funds to further expand capacity to 90,000 per month by next year.