On October 2017110, the international giant Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC) filed a lawsuit in Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court. Sichuan Xu Hong Optoelectronic, a subsidiary of Zhang Dongxu Optoelectronic, was suspected of patent infringement, but all the patents involved were declared invalid after being tried by the Patent Reexamination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office.
Today, this ruling made by Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court will still make the industry excited-local enterprises have long been threatened by foreign companies' technology blockade and patent litigation, and finally they are proud.
The victory of this patent lawsuit goes far beyond the event itself. In fact, patent barriers have always been a big stick waved by international giants to local high-tech enterprises. Through the strategy of building patent barriers on a global scale, the laggards in the industry are suppressed in patent infringement litigation.
It is no accident that this patent lawsuit won. As a leader in the display industry, Xu Dong Optoelectronics has always attached great importance to intellectual property work to ensure that domestic electronic glass can occupy a place in the international market.
According to Liu Zaijin, general manager of Sichuan Xu Hong Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Xu Dong Optoelectronic Co., Ltd., Xu Dong Optoelectronic has built a complete intellectual property protection system, including intellectual property strategy system, management framework system, institutional system and enterprise intellectual property management platform. At the same time, a professional and efficient intellectual property protection system and intellectual property early warning system have been established, which provides a strong guarantee for enterprises' intellectual property rights and high-tech research and development. Not long ago, Xu Dong Optoelectronics won the first prize of Sichuan Patent Award for its "a kind of high aluminum and high sodium cover glass", namely "Panda King" cover glass product.
Take the related technologies of electronic glass production as an example. These technologies developed at a high speed from 2006 to 20 12, and reached the peak in 20 12. However, international giants quickly completed the patent layout of cover glass technology from 20 12 to 20 13, and any laggard will face the dual problems of technology blockade and patent litigation.
Therefore, Xu Dong Optoelectronics has always attached importance to technological innovation and patent protection. Up to now, Xu Dong Optoelectronics has obtained and is applying for more than 2,000 patents, with an average annual growth rate of over 30%. In 2006-2008, Xu Dong Optoelectronic successfully broke through the foreign technical blockade with independent innovation, and built the first domestic TFT-LCD liquid crystal glass substrate production line. Through continuous technological innovation, Xu Dong Optoelectronics ranks first in China and fourth in the world in the display industry.
According to Liu Zaijin, at present, there is a large market space for cover glass and 3D glass cover plates in China, with great growth potential. Relevant data show that the cover glass market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 1 1% from 2065438 to 2020. It is estimated that by 2020, the global cover glass market will be about170 billion USD. At the same time, the market share of 3D glass cover plate is growing rapidly. According to IHS data, by 20 18, the sales volume of 3D glass covers will increase to 65,438+63 million, the market share will increase to 7.9%, and the market space is expected.
Domestic cover glass started late and the production threshold is high, which is almost monopolized by American, Japanese and German enterprises. Facing the monopoly of foreign enterprises, Xu Dong Optoelectronics has always been optimistic about the development prospects of this industry. In order to break the monopoly of foreign countries, Xu Dong Optoelectronics made an industrial development plan: last year, it completed the acquisition of Xu Hong Optoelectronics, and also invested 654.38+49.7 million yuan to build a glass cover with curved display. The construction period of this project is 12 months, and the planned production capacity is 36 million pieces/year. The production capacity will be gradually released within three years after the completion of the project, that is, the output rates in the first three years after the completion of the project are 70%, 90% and 65,438+000% respectively.
Liu Zaijin said that according to his years of experience in this industry, with the approach of new transmission methods such as wireless charging of mobile phones and 5G, and the wide application of flexible organic light-emitting diodes, the market space for glass covers of curved displays will be broader. This project of Xu Dong Optoelectronic just stands on the "window" of the industry, which will not only have a broad market in the future, but also increase the performance of listed companies.
At present, the "production project of curved display glass cover (also known as 3D glass cover)" of Xu Hong Optoelectronics is progressing smoothly, with an annual production capacity of 5 million pieces and mass supply to customers. Its four advantages continue to expand the 3D glass cover market:
1, occupying the leading position in the same industry in China. From the original PDP substrate glass to the cover glass, and now to the 3D glass cover, Xu Hong Optoelectronics broke the monopoly of foreign manufacturers on the cover glass market through independent research and development. Since the original production line of high-aluminum cover glass substrate was formally incorporated into the company's new material industry system in June 20 17, the sales performance has hit record highs by vigorously developing end users, broadening the production process belt and optimizing the sales product structure.
2. We have a strong technical research and development team and excellent product quality. Products are the king of the market. In 20 14, Xu Hong Optoelectronics successfully launched the first environmentally-friendly aluminosilicate ultra-thin cover glass "Panda King" in China; In 20 15 years, the float cover glass with 360-degree bending and thickness of 0.3mm was successfully developed. At present, the products have successfully passed the certification of well-known domestic and foreign manufacturers such as Huawei, LG and Xiaomi. At the same time, in 20 15, this product won the "First Prize of Sichuan Science and Technology Progress" awarded by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government and the "Single Champion Demonstration Enterprise of Manufacturing Industry" awarded by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
3. The management team is far-sighted and innovative. Xu Hong photoelectric curved glass cover plate is flexible, light, transparent, clean, fingerprint-proof, glare-proof and weatherproof, which is more suitable for flexible display field. It is one of the effective measures taken by the company's management team and R&D personnel to conform to the trend of organic light-emitting diode flexible display screen after discussion, which laid the foundation for the subsequent 3D glass cover plate to enter the organic light-emitting diode market.
4. With its high cost performance and stable quality, more and more customers recognize and trust it and form a long-term cooperative relationship.
With the wide application of organic light-emitting diodes in smart products such as televisions and mobile phones, flexible screen terminal products have entered a period of rapid development. On the premise of mature equipment technology, the innovative application of terminals will also flourish.
At present, the global supply of AMOLED panels mainly comes from foreign manufacturers such as Samsung and LG. With BOE, Visionox, Tianma and other manufacturers scrambling to light up and put into production, it has provided a strong backing for the development of flexible screen terminal products, and innovative terminal applications such as full screen, special-shaped screen and foldable screen have come out one after another.
Xu Dong Optoelectronics has been paying attention to the flexible display industry. 20 17 invested in the construction of "glass cover project of curved display", which has been supplied to customers in batches. Its 3D curved glass cover is flexible, light, transparent, clean, anti-fingerprint, anti-glare and good weather resistance, which is more suitable for flexible display field. This is one of the powerful measures for Xu Dong to comply with the flexible display trend of organic light-emitting diodes, paving the way for the subsequent entry into the organic light-emitting diode market from 3D.
Xu Dong Optoelectronics, as a leading enterprise in domestic photoelectric display material production and intelligent manufacturing comprehensive services, started in the high-end equipment manufacturing industry of photoelectric display, and has obvious advantages in domestic high-end equipment and technical services. Up to now, it has four LCD glass substrate production bases in Zhengzhou, Shijiazhuang, Wuhu and Fuzhou, covering G5, G6 and G8.5 LCD glass substrate products in an all-round way, and its mass production capacity ranks first in China and fourth in the world.
With the continuous extension of the industry, 3D curved glass cover and other businesses are also supplied to the downstream in batches, which has gradually become a new growth point of Xu Dong Optoelectronics.
At the same time, Xu Dong Optoelectronics has been promoting the extension and intelligent upgrade of high-end equipment business. 20 18, Sambo Innovation, one of the pioneers in the robot field of Xu Dong photoelectric acquisition platform, accelerated the industrial upgrading of high-end equipment business.
For a long time, Xu Dong Optoelectronics has closely focused on the two core strategic layouts of industrial integration and product landing, actively optimized the industrial structure, deepened the market structure of existing products, and vigorously promoted the development of core businesses such as new materials, high-end equipment manufacturing and new energy vehicles, and all related businesses have achieved good growth performance.
According to Hu Hengguang, vice president of Xu Dong Optoelectronics and head of the LCD industry, Xu Dong Optoelectronics achieved considerable results in the first half of the year, with photoelectric display materials and high-end equipment business becoming the main contributors.
In the first half of the year, the operating income was1165438+30 million yuan, an increase of128.24% compared with the first half of 20 17; The non-net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 865,438+065,438+0 billion yuan, an increase of 43.83% compared with the first half of 2065,438+07. Among them, the business income of photoelectric display materials reached 265.438+0.62 billion yuan, an increase of 8.3754.38+0% compared with the same period of last year, and the liquid crystal display performance accounted for half of the business of photoelectric display materials. This year, Xu Dong Optoelectronics not only maintains the original production capacity of LCD glass substrates, but also actively promotes the R&D and production of curved glass cover plates.
In the future, under the guidance of innovation and development, Xu Dong Optoelectronics will continue to give full play to its existing advantages, strengthen industrial coordination, promote technological innovation, and accelerate its growth into a leading high-end intelligent manufacturing enterprise in the world. On the basis of adhering to the main business, we will continue to strengthen industrial coordination and consolidate our market share in the field of liquid crystal glass substrates from three aspects: industrial chain extension, product quality and technological innovation.
First of all, in the extension of the industrial chain, Xu Dong Optoelectronics has successively cut into the fields of new materials such as sapphire and graphene, high-end equipment manufacturing, color filters and other sectors, and gradually established the position of the world's leading supplier of photoelectric display materials;
Secondly, Xu Dong Optoelectronics will firmly grasp the policy dividend of the Made in China 2025 strategy, complete the production line of high-generation substrates and the production line of color films around display materials, and further consolidate the leading position of liquid crystal glass substrates on the basis of ensuring product quality;
Thirdly, Xu Dong Optoelectronics will continue to strengthen the technical research and development level of 3D glass covers, launch more related products, and further enter the flexible display market;
Finally, Xu Dong Optoelectronics will continue to explore, constantly break through technical barriers, break international monopoly, and achieve more and higher-level technological innovation.
It is reported that Xu Dong Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd. has decided to participate in the 20 18 Shenzhen International Touch and Display Exhibition (2010/65438+122 -24 October). As the leading professional exhibition of touch and display in the world, with its extensive influence in the touch and display industry for more than ten years, it attracts more than 36,000 professional visitors from touch and display terminal application enterprises at home and abroad every year. Xu Dong Optoelectronics will take advantage of the resources of the exhibition platform to show high-alumina cover glass, curved glass and other products to the professional audience of intelligent mobile terminals, automobiles, education, retail, smart home and other application enterprises with extremely strict requirements on appearance, cost and weather resistance.
It is reported that the 20 18 exhibition will gather nearly 1,000 well-known enterprises from touch screens, display panels, manufacturing equipment, materials, measurement and testing, components and other related industries around the world. According to the organizer, there are many leading enterprises in the whole touch and display industry chain of this exhibition, such as the representative brands of touch screen and photoelectric glass: Xu Dong Optoelectronics, TPK, CSG, Kangdexin, Visionox, Mingda Optoelectronics, Rainbow Group, Taibo Group, Kelishi, Crowdfunding Optoelectronics, Yuntian Pavilion, Zhongqiang Optoelectronics, Huake Chuangzhi, Weiyeda and Hengyi. Touch screen manufacturing equipment represents participating brands: Applied Materials, Feng Adenauer, Dongyuan Machinery, Equipment, ABB, Fanuc, Taiqun Seiki, Jiashunda, Jiatie, Dazu Laser, Zhisheng Technology, Isla and CLP Fenghua. Representative exhibiting brands of touch screen manufacturing materials: Lindecke, Panasonic, Tiancai Innovation, PPG, Toray, Seiko Ink, Ten Ink, Caihuang Ink, Gao Ren, Pioneer, Ashtron, Dunn Optics, Zhou Su Luo Yu, Yong Guang Group, Hershey, Adico, Xinyue Chemical, Youwei, Green Kaismao, etc. Will focus on the latest touch and display products.