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AUO Corporation (AUO; Chinese: 友達光電) is a Taiwanese company that specialises in optoelectronics. It was formed in September 2001 by the merger of Acer Display Technology, Inc. (the predecessor of AUO, established in 1996) and Unipac Optoelectronics Corporation. AUO offers display panels, and in recent years expanded its business to smart retail, smart transportation, general health, solar energy, circular economy and smart manufacturing service.[2][better source needed]
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Native name | 友達光電 | ||||||
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Company type | Public company | ||||||
TWSE: 2409 | |||||||
Industry | Electronics | ||||||
Founded | 12 August 1996 | ||||||
Headquarters | Hsinchu, Taiwan | ||||||
Key people | Paul SL Peng (Chairman and Group Chief Strategy Officer) Frank Ko(Chief Executive Officer and President) | ||||||
Revenue | NT$247 billion (2022) | ||||||
Number of employees | 38,000 (2022) [1] | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 友達光電 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 友达光电 | ||||||
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Website | auo |
AUO employs 38,000 people.[citation needed]
In September 2012, AUO was sentenced to pay a US$500 million criminal fine for its participation in a five-year conspiracy to fix the prices of thin-film transistor LCD panels sold worldwide. Its American subsidiary and two former top executives were also sentenced.[4] The two executives were sentenced to prison and fined for their roles in the conspiracy. The $500 million fine matches the largest fine imposed against a company for violating U.S. antitrust laws. In July 2014, the Ninth Circuit rejected AUO's appeal of the fine.[5]
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