Brand companies in the global smartphone market have stepped up their search for novel designs and higher hardware specs to better compete in the slow-growth environment. One of the high-end components that have attracted brand companies’ attention is AMOLED panel for smartphone displays.
China’s flourishing x-electric vehicle (xEV) market kept domestic and foreign lithium battery manufacturers from Japan and South Korea running at full capacity in 2015, according to EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. The xEV boom has encouraged manufacturers not only to accelerate their capacity expansion efforts in China but also reallocate their capacities to boost xEV battery production.