A report in Tuesday's Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, a daily Japanese newspaper, says that Sharp will be using its Kameyama Plant No. 1 to produce displays for the Apple iPhone 5S starting next month. That particular plant, with maximum capacity of 600 million units a month, was underutilized last year with the plant running at only 40% of capacity.
Sharp's Kameyama Plant No. 1 will allegedly produce LCD displays for the next Apple iPhone
Other companies in the region are said to be already mass producing the screens for the phone. Those companies include Japan Display, which is a company made up of the display producing capabilities of Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba, and LG Display. In the meantime, Sharp's performance over the last few years can be described as "faltering" which has forced the once mighty Japanese electronics firm to seek cash infusions from companies like Foxconn and Samsung.
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