Hot Picks of the Week Dec.26-30

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December.30, 2016 - 17:58 — judy.lin

Hot Picks of the Week Dec.26-30

One more day to go before the New Years, so how did the industry fare in 2016? LEDinside organized a couple of articles reviewing some top trends in technology advancements and international mergers. A couple trends that are becoming more evident over the past year is different research institutes searching for more energy efficient and lower cost materials, while international mergers between Western technology companies and Chinese investors are under more government scrutiny. We expect protectionism measures to become increasingly common in the next few years, especially under new U.S. President Donald Trump’s government.

Samsung’s growing interest in QD technology is becoming more evident, the company confirmed in late November it acquired QD Vision for US $700 million, and is ready to showcase its new “metal coating” QD TV at CES 2017. The new technology is said to substantially increase color performance in traditional LCD TVs. New reports from Korea this week point towards Samsung preparing to form a QD alliance to counteract LG Display’s OLED alliance.

After Grand Chip Investment (GPI) failed acquisition of Aixtron, the company took a particularly bad hit financially as investors lost confidence. Last month CFIUS blocked the company’s sale over U.S. national security concerns, even an appeal to U.S. President Barack Obama was unable to change the outcome. The company recently decided to delist from American Depositary Shares from NASDAQ and deregister from SEC. Perhaps a move to bypass U.S. regulatory agencies, said a LEDinside analyst.

This wraps up our last weekly report for 2016. We will see you all next year.

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