AUO Sponsors Apollo VI with High-Efficiency Solar Cells in World Solar Challenge
HSINCHU, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO), a leading display and solar solutions provider, today announced that the company is one of the main sponsors of Apollo VI, a solar car created by Taiwan's National Kaohsiung Un...
AU Optronics Corp. Reports September 2011 Consolidated Revenue
HSINCHU, Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated September 2011 revenue of NT$32,915 million, down slightly by 1.1% month-over-month and 21.6% year-over-year. AUO's consolidated revenues in t...
AUO Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Two Consecutive Years
HSINCHU, Taiwan, Sep. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced that following its inclusion in Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) for the first time in 2010, the Company has been again named as a memb...
AU Optronics Corp. Reports August 2011 Consolidated Revenue
HSINCHU, Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated August 2011 revenue of NT$33,273 million, up by 1.6% month-over-month and down by 23.6% year-over-year. For August 2011, large-sized panel(...
AUO's Display Business Reconfiguration Aims for Integrated Value-Added Services
HSINCHU, Taiwan, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics Corp.* (**"**AUO**"** or the **"**Company**"**) (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO)* today announced its new organizational arrangement. Due to the transformation of the global display market and the emergence of new products and applic...
AU Optronics Corp. Reports July 2011 Consolidated Revenue
HSINCHU, Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated July 2011 revenue of NT$32,739 million, up by 4.7% month-over-month and down by 15.8% year-over-year. For July 2011, large-sized panel(a) Sh...
AU Optronics Corp. Reports June 2011 Consolidated Revenue
HSINCHU, Taiwan, July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated June 2011 revenue of NT$31,273 million, down by 6.9% month-over-month and 28.3% year-over-year. Due to customers' inventory a...
AUO Slovakia Module Plant Dedicated
New European Production Base Inaugurated to Provide Clients Worldwide with Just-in-Time Service HSINCHU, June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced the inauguration of AU Optronics Slovakia s.r.o. ("AUO Slovakia") in Tre...
AUO Wins World's First ISO 50001 Certification for Manufacturing Facilities
HSINCHU, June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Following the publishing of ISO 50001standard for energy management by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on June 15, AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) announced today that its G8.5 facility in Central T...
AU Optronics Corp. Reports May 2011 Consolidated Revenue
HSINCHU, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ --AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated May 2011 revenue of NT$33,603 million, up by 1.3% month-over-month and down by 23.3% year-over-year. For May 2011, large-sized panel(a) shipm...
AUO Expands into European Market and Builds Up Local Presence
HSINCHU, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- AU Optronics Corp.("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) announced it will participate in Intersolar Europe 2011 in Munich from June 8th to 10th to showcase its world's first carbon footprint PV module EcoDuo PM200P00, European-made latest produc...
AUO's G8.5 Fab in Houli Garners World's First LEED Platinum Certification
HSINCHU, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) announced today that its G8.5 fab located in Houli of Central Taiwan Science Park has been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Platinum Certification by U....
AU Optronics Corp. Reports April 2011 Consolidated Revenue
HSINCHU, May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated April 2011 revenue of NT$33,174 million, down by 7.7% month-over-month and 19.4% year-over-year. For April 2011, large-sized panel(a) ship...
AUO to Exhibit a Full Lineup of 3D Panel Solutions at Shenzhen's CODE 2011
HSINCHU, May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) announced today that it will make its debut at China Optoelectronics Display Expo & China International TV Festival 2011 (CODE & CTVF 2011) in Shenzhen from May 6-8 and present it...
AUO PV Modules Approved by the California Energy Commission for Expansion into the U.S. Market
HSINCHU, April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia / -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced that its multi-crystalline solar modules EcoDuo PM220P00, EcoDuo PM240P00, and mono-crystalline solar module GreenTriplex PM250M00 have been added to the California Ener...
AUO and Sharp Sign Patent Cross License Agreement
HSINCHU, April 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) and Japan's Sharp Corporation ("Sharp") signed a patent cross license agreement today. Both parties have agreed to license to the other specified patents owned by each party. Both AUO and Sharp have m...
AU Optronics Corp. Reports March 2011 Consolidated Revenue
HSINCHU, April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated March 2011 revenue of NT$35,947 million, up by 32.7% month-over-month and down by 11.6% year-over-year. Owing to the lower-than-expe...
AUO's Acquisition of ISO 50001 Certification Sets Example as Green Company
HSINCHU, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Following the acknowledgement of the world's first LEED gold-certified TFT-LCD facility in 2009, AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) announced today that its G8.5 facility located in Central Taiwan Science Park has passed ...
AU Optronics Corp. Reports February 2011 Consolidated Revenue
HSINCHU, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated February 2011 revenue of NT$27,095 million, down by 10.2% from the previous month and 17.1% from the same period last year. Due to the Chin...
AUO Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Sharp
HSINCHU, March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Today AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) and AU Optronics Corporation America filed two complaints against Japan's Sharp Corporation and Sharp Electronics Corporation (together "Sharp") for patent infringement. ...