Published date:2008-11-06
Hsinchu, Taiwan,
AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated and unconsolidated October 2008 revenue of NT$27,261 million and NT$27,211 million, respectively. Caused by the current weak macro environments, AUO’s consolidated and unconsolidated October revenue decreased by 20.6% and 20.7% month-over-month, respectively. Compared to one year ago, the consolidated and unconsolidated monthly revenues both decreased by 48.7% year-over-year.
For October 2008, shipments of large-sized panels(a) with applications on desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications totaled 6.36 million units, which led to a 9.3% decline month-over-month. In addition, demand for small-and-medium-sized panels remained robust, with shipments coming flattish sequentially and reached 22.69 million units.
(a)Large size refers to panels that are 10 inches and above in diagonal measurement while small and medium size refers to those below 10 inches.
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(Unit：NT$ million)
(1 ) ：All figures are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Taiwan. |