OSAKA -- Sharp and Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry are considering a new U.S. factory making large-format display panels suitable for televisions, a move that could reap political benefits but also pose some risks.
The Japanese electronics maker and its parent, better known as Foxconn, could sink more than 800 billion yen ($7.3 billion) into a plant featuring so-called generation 10.5 liquid crystal display panel production technology, which is used to make panels for television screens of 65 inches or more. The facility is expected eventually to turn out panels for the ultrahigh-definition "8K" TVs that Sharp plans to debut in 2018.
