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Business Overview
Copyright 2013 © HOYA CORPORATION
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Leading company with top global market share
Hoya is responding to increasing size and higher
resolution with its technological capabilities.
Photomask for LCD panel production
(8th generation, 1,220mm x 1,400mm)
Photomasks for
Liquid Crystal Displays
LCD photomasks are the master plates used in
the manufacture of the LCD panels found in LCD
televisions, computer monitors, and smartphone
screens. They are the essential parts for LCD panel
production.
In 1985, HOYA pioneered the development and
production of LCD photomasks by applying its
technologies for semiconductor photomasks.
Information Technology
Since Hoya developed photomasks in 1985, it has continued to
contribute to the market penetration of LCD panels as a leading
company among photomask manufacturers. Hoya is naturally
able to supply high-quality products rapidly and steadily, and by
constantly promoting technological innovation, the Company
supplies masks with new functions and high-value-added masks
to create finer patterns and shorten takt time. In such ways, Hoya
has established a position as the leading company in the market
by endeavoring to supply products that customers truly need.
Owing to the increasing popularization of laptop
computers and flat-panel TVs, the LCD panel market
has grown substantially during the past ten years. As
part of this trend, photomasks have also become
larger year by year in response to the development of
TVs with larger screens. There are photomasks with a
size of 1.5 meters square, and advanced technology
to guarantee quality homogenously, namely, flatness
and low defectiveness in relation to large areas, has
ended up becoming necessary.
At present, demand for small, high-definition panels
with advanced performance is expanding in tandem with the market penetration of smartphones.
As a result of this trend, even higher specifications have become demanded in the photomasks that
Hoya handles as well. Based on the high technological capabilities that we can provide because we
handle semiconductor photomasks, we will continue to aim for growth in this business.