Sharp to raise LCD panel output capacity

* To expand LCD panel production capacity as demand recovers * To unveil details at 0600 GMT * Shares up 1 pct vs Nikkei’s 0.5 pct slide TOKYO, July 9 (Reuters) – Japan’s Sharp Corp said on Thursday that it plans to boost LCD panel production capacity at its Kameyama No.2 plant in Mie prefecture in central Japan to meet strong LCD TV demand in emerging markets such as China. The plant, which is capable of processing 90,000 units of so-called 8th-generation glass substrates a month, has been running at full capacity. Sharp, the world’s fourth-largest LCD TV maker and a major supplier of LCD panels to other TV makers, plans to hold a news conference at 3:00 p.m. (0600 GMT) in Osaka, western…

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