Shenyang-based A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd., a provider of distributed power generation systems and a manufacturer of wind turbines, has received an Approval Certificate of Foreign Investment from China's National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Commerce to complete the acquisition of Evetech Company of Kyoto, Japan.

The U.S.-based supplier of materials for fabricating photovoltaic silicon solar cells, Ferro Corporation, has announced that its Electronic Material Systems business unit has begun production of solar aluminum paste at its expanded Suzhou facility.

TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings has officially opened the group's LCD Integration Plant and held a ceremony for the third phase of TCL LCD Industry Park in Huizhou, Guangdong.

South Korean LCD manufacturer LG Display has announced that it will invest over USD3 billion to build a Guangzhou-based LCD flat-panel plant, which will be the company's first LCD flat-panel factory in China.

Liu Tangzhi, the general manager of Skyworth Group's China Marketing Department, disclosed at a recent conference that Skyworth will make technical breakthroughs to update all its television products to be energy saving and environmentally within three years.

U.S.-based Planar Systems' proprietary thin film electroluminescent display technology is to be incorporated in industrial products manufactured by Hong Kong company Jetronic Technology for the domestic China market.

Chinese television maker Konka has announced plans to invest CNY886 million to build a LCD module plant in Kunshan, Jiangsu province.

Chi Mei Group, the Taiwan-based LCD panel manufacturer, has announced that it made net losses of USD923 million in the fourth quarter of 2008, which is the greatest quarterly loss of an individual company in the history of the panel industry.

French chemical company Rhodia has opened its new international research and development center in Shanghai to help the Group to achieve its ambitious growth and development objectives in Asia.

Chi Mei Group, the Taiwan-based LCD panel manufacturer, has jointly announced with Suning in Shanghai that the two companies will cooperate to explore Chinese mainland's flat-panel TV market.