1997
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Chi Mei Group crossed
into the optical electronics industry investing
in TFT-LCD
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| 1998 |
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Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. was
founded |
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The first Taiwanese TFT-LCD company
with its own color filter production |
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Strategic alliance with Japanese
company Fujitsu
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| 1999 |
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Company’s First Plant (3.5G) start
production |
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Developed Taiwan’s 14.1” TFT-LCD
panel by self-owned technology
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| 2000 |
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Panel shipment reached 150,000 pieces;
nation’s largest shipments of large-size TFT-LCD
panels |
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Initiate R&D of LCD-TV panel
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| 2001 |
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The Second Plant (4G) completion
and began production |
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Developed 20.1” UXGA ultra-high resolution,
wide viewing angle panel |
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Developed S-MVA technology with world’s
best viewing angle |
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Acquired IBM Japan’s TFT-LCD Department
and re-organized it to form IDTech |
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IDTech introduced the world’s highest
resolution TFT-LCD (9.2 million pixel) developed
with IPS technology |
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Successfully developed the world’s
highest color saturation, NTSC 106 %, LCD display |
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Developed with Honeywell, a high
resolution, super wide viewing angle, and high temperature
tolerance LCD for aviation cockpits |
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The first manufacturer to successfully
produce TN-LCD with the fastest response rate of
16msec and developed a gray-scale accelerated driver
IC that produces a fast MVA gray level response
time of below 16 msec, the fastest speed in the
world
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| 2002 |
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Company went public, listed on the
stock market |
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The first Taiwanese company to successfully
develop 30” LCD-TV panel with world’s best quality
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Established “Research and Development
Center of Next Generation Display Technology” that
combines Chinese and Japanese R&D talents
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| 2003 |
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The first manufacturer in Taiwan
to successfully mass produce 30” LCD-TV panel |
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Successfully developed the 20-inch
OLED, the largest in the world |
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Introduced industry leading fast
response time of below 8msec |
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Completion of company’s Third Plant
(the largest 5G single fab in the world) and began
production |
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Successfully developed the 47-inch
LCD TV panel |
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Plan a plot to build 3 next generation
LCD-TV panel plants
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| 2004 |
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Chi Mei’s affiliates announced to invest and establish a world’s first “LCD TV and Supporting Industries Industrial Zone” |
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“Chi Mei Electroluminescence Corporation”, an OLED company, was formed and 100% owned by CMO
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| 2005 |
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Sold IDTech’s Yasu Fab to Japan’s Sony, including all of the production equipment, facilities, and personnel at IDTech’s plant |
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Held the first-ever CMO Digital Technology Forum, in preparation for the era of high-definition TV |
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5.5G Fab started mass production |
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Start to mass produce 42-inch and 47-inch LCD TV panels |
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CMO's 47-inch high-resolution LCD TV panel, the largest ever of its kind in Taiwan, was awarded as "Taiwan's Symbol of Excellence Winner"
and "the National Silver Award of Excellence" in the Taiwan Symbol of Excellence competition. |
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Successfully developed the world's first 56-inch LCD TV panel with Quad Full High Definition (QFHD, 3840 x 2160), featuring an astonishing
8.29 million pixels. |
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Won "Distinguished Innovation Award" of "Award for Industrail Technology Advancement" from the Ministry of Economic Affairs. |
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To improve its competency in the industry, CMO's Board of Directors approved of an investment plan to build Ningbo CMO module plant in China. |
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CMV X45-series 19-inch screen won Japan's “Good Design Award”, one of the top three awards coveted in industrial design circles. |
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CMO's CMV 946-series garnered “the iF award”, also known as “the Oscar of the design world.”
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| 2006 |
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Established joint venture with Delta Electronics – Delta-CMO Optoelectronics - to develop mercury-free flat panel backlight modules. |
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Began the first phase of construction for 8G fab in Kaohsiung Science Park. |
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The Investment Commission approved CMO's investment in Nanhai Chi Mei Optoelectronics Ltd. in Foshan (China) for LCM modules. |
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Rolled out 22-inch widescreen LCD monitor panel, the first of its kind worldwide. |
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CMO's 56-inch LCD TV garnered “Taiwan Excellence Gold Award”, Taiwan's highest honor for the most innovative products, awarded by TAITRA. |
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Three of CMO's 19-inch widescreen displays – models 19V4Y1, CMV 946-series, and 19W2Y3 – won Germany's “reddot design award”, which ranks with iF as one of the most prestigious industrial design awards. |
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CMO's Eco TV, a highly efficient dynamic contrast display, received “2006 Best Panel Award-Best Technology Award” from IDB, MOEA |
