Troubled Japan Display to sell LCD unit to Taiwan's Wistron

Tokyo panel maker offloads more assets, but partners eye new fields together

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Kaohsiung Opto-Electronics produces LCD modules used in automobiles and industrial machinery. (Image courtesy of the company)

RYOSUKE EGUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan Display will sell a manufacturing subsidiary to Taiwanese contract assembler Wistron for roughly 8 billion yen ($72.3 million), the struggling panel maker said Thursday, the latest in a series of asset sales aimed at reducing fixed costs.

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