Sharp to stop making LCD at Osaka plant, end TV panel output in Japan

Sharp Corp. said Tuesday it will halt production of large liquid crystal display panels by the end of September at its plant in Osaka Prefecture, the only television LCD panel manufacturing factory in Japan.The sole operator of LCD television panel factory in the country plans to transform the facility run by its wholly owned subsidiary Sakai Display Products Corp. into a data center, it said.The decision comes as Sharp, a unit of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., incurred a net loss for the second straight business year ended March due to its struggling LCD panel operation in the fa…READ FULL ARTICLE