Promiscuous Sony back in bed with Samsung for $1.8B S-LCD plant

by Thomas Ricker, posted Apr 25th 2008 at 3:44AM

The rumors were true: Samsung and Sony have agreed to extend their S-LCD partnership in a $1.8B 8th-gen facility. The second 8th-gen facility -- dubbed 8-2 -- will begin pumping out glass from the South Korean city of Tangjeong in Q2 2009 in sheets up to 220cm x 250cm. 51% of the panels manufactured belong to Sammy while the rest go to Sony. Of course, Sony is also shacking up with Sharp on a $3.5B LCD plant in Japan ready to swing into production sometime in 2010. Oh Sony, you naughty, naughty minx.

Filed under: Displays

Tags: 8-2, lcd, s-lcd, samsung, sony

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A.C.E.R. @ Apr 25th 2008 4:18AM

Sony + Samsung = Sexy.

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Chuckles McGee @ Apr 25th 2008 12:17PM

Oh Sony, you skank. Shall we refer to the coupling as Sonsung?

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OneLove @ Apr 25th 2008 1:26PM

Sony + Samsung = Sonsung.

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sss @ Apr 25th 2008 5:04AM

Sony's been completely died.

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SJT @ Apr 25th 2008 9:33PM

Wow, way to English there...

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Syn @ Apr 25th 2008 5:13AM

Sony is been completely died?
Sony's (as in ownership) been completely died?

What does "been completely died", even mean?

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x20mar @ Apr 25th 2008 5:16AM

Just wondering but is there anything in a sony product that isn't outsourced to another company?

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coolblue @ Apr 25th 2008 6:06AM

Exploding batteries?

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Franco @ Apr 25th 2008 6:26AM

Profit in LCD are so slim. You have to be making and selling alot of lcd to make a profit. Samsung is surviving is because the LCD they manufacture doesn't only go in to HDTV but also in to samsung branded LCD monitor, Notebook computer such as Samsung or Dell or LCD monitor that are branded Samsung or some other brand such as Dell.

Changes are that most of the LCD product you have at home are make by samsung even though the brand is not samsung.

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