On July 9, II-VI Gaoyi, the world's leading provider of optical network solutions, announced plans to expand its 980 nm pump laser line capacity.
These lines include a fab in Zurich, Switzerland, a chip assembly plant in Kalamba, Philippines, and a pump laser module assembly plant in Shenzhen, China. In order to cope with the expansion of production capacity and ensure the long-term stability of supply, Gaoyi has signed a long-term lease agreement with the factory owner of Shenzhen.
Designed and manufactured by Zurich's laser pointer chip in Zurich, Switzerland, its reliability and high performance have been around for more than 20 years. The manufacturing facility in Calamba, Philippines has a state-of-the-art automated assembly line to ensure the pumping of laser components. Consistency; these components are then shipped to the Shenzhen, China factory to complete the assembly of the pump laser module. Currently, the Gaoyi Shenzhen plant has shipped more than 3 million pump lasers to support more than 50% of global data traffic.
Gaoyi said that the company will increase its overall capacity to meet the strong demand for pump lasers for data center interconnection and global ROADM deployment. It is expected that the new capacity will be expanded and put into operation by the end of 2018.
Looking back at the color TV market in the first half of the year, although the overall market demand is sluggish, consumers' demand for high-end differentiated products is still increasing, and the product iteration speed is obviously accelerated. The “quality consumption” represented by laser TV will become the second half of the 2018 color TV. Key words.
Today, high-end, large-screen, artificial intelligence has become a constant hot spot in the current color TV industry, and large-size laser pointer TV has become an important consideration for users to update.
During the 618 period, large-screen laser TVs sold 1200 units, an increase of 582% year-on-year. The World Cup has also really added a fire to the consumption of large-screen TVs.
Laser TV has become a "hot spot" in the color TV market this summer, mainly because the laser TV is more natural eye protection, the other is the picture is large and the power consumption is low, and the display brightness is already close to the liquid crystal. In addition, the price of laser TV is gradually sinking.
Prices and performance, as well as large dimensions, are gradually coming to a balance point. These factors have driven the popularity of laser pointer TVs in the consumer market this year.