The project kicked off after a ground-breaking ceremony for a TFT-LCD (thin-film-transistor liquid crystal displays) of Quanta Display, a unit of the Quanta group, was held at the Lungtan hi-tech industrial park in the northern Taoyuan county.

The sixth-generation plant is slated to begin mass production in the third quarter of 2005, with an monthly capacity of 90,000 panels.

It will make flat panels measuring 1,500 by 1,850 millimeters (60 by 74 inches) with the investment geared mainly towards the robust growth expected in LCD television sales.

The new plant will be designed to make 32-inch and 37-inch panels, while LCD televisions with screens larger than 30 inches will be the mainstream products for the future.

The company currently operates a fifth-generation plant and a 3.5th-generation plant.

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