To meet positive market demand in the mid to long term, Sharp Corporation of Japan has decided to start mass production of blue LED chips at its Fukuyama Plant in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan within 2010, as well and to expand materials procurement.
This will boost Sharp's production capacity of blue LED chips to approximately five billion units a year in fiscal 2011.
Sharp will strive to further enhance the development of eco-friendly products through its cutting-edge technologies and will continue to expand the market for LED business.