Due to the rise of AMOLED technology, 2015, the Korean factory Samsung (Samsung Display monitor, the LGD (LG Display) and the Japan day factory Display (JDI) are deep cuts in small and medium size TFT LCD production, to the AMOLED capacity expansion and tablet applications also gradually turned to 9 ~ 13 inches, as a result, since 2016, the global small and medium size TFT LCD shipments will decline year by year.DIGITIMES Research estimates that to 2021, the global small and medium size TFT LCD panel shipments for 2.19 billion, compared with 2017 in 2.65 billion, compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.6%.

Mobile applications affected by the AMOLED biggest, although overall handset shipments with the panel will grow from 2017 2017 to 2021 in 2.76 billion, CAGR of 2.0%, but the AMOLED panel permeability by 17.7% in 2017 to 40.9% in 2021, cell phone use TFT LCD shipments falling, forecast in 2017 ~ 2021 CAGR of 6.1%, especially in 2019, as the main panel industry in AMOLED new capacity gradually in place, with Apple (Apple) is expected to total substitution of AMOLED panel, mobile phone use TFT LCD shipments could relatively steep fall 13.6% in 2018.

Another noteworthy is the rise of mainland companies, with the intelligent mobile phone brands gradually gain a foothold in the world, such as huawei, Oppo industry shipments have towards the top five, also make the mainland panel factory shipments continue to rise, intelligent mobile phone panel in 2016 or 2017 factory phone use TFT LCD lu shipments that is expected to surpass Taiwan factory.However, due to machine factory in the field of industrial control, automotive and other consumer electronics products is still dominant, lu factory of small and medium size TFT LCD all shipments need to party have the opportunity to go beyond Taiwan factory in 2020.