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Apple supplier Japan Display set to start idle LCD plant

Panel provider moves on order growth from Chinese smartphone makers

TOKYO -- Japan Display's newest factory finally will begin mass producing smartphone display panels this month, with recovering demand providing an opportunity to launch the high-efficiency plant.

The planned June start of the Hakusan city factory in Ishikawa Prefecture was delayed by disappointing sales of Apple's iPhone 6.

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