Hsinchu, Taiwan,
AUO Corporation ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced preliminary consolidated August 2006 revenues of NT$23,308 million and unconsolidated net sales of NT$23,306 million, both increasing 15.9% sequentially. On a year-over-year comparison, both consolidated and unconsolidated revenues of August 2006 increased by 15.7%.
Following the milestone of three-million large-sized TFT-LCD unit volume set in October 2005, shipments of large-sized panels(a) used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and general display applications, broke the four-million mark in August 2006 to set a new record of 4.19 million, up 13.7% from the previous month, driven by strong seasonal demand. Shipments of small-and-medium-sized panels increased on seasonal strength by 21.8% M-o-M to reach 6.87 million.
(a) Large-size refers to panels that are 10 inches and above in diagonal measurement while small- and medium-size refers to those below 10 inches.
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(Unit：NT$ million)
(1)：All figures are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Taiwan. |