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# HKC pauses buying OLED equipment for Sichuan line, TrendForce says
- URL: https://asia-tech-news.ghost.io/hkc-pauses-buying-oled-equipment-for-sichuan-line-trendforce-says/
- Published: 2026-11-10T16:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-10T16:40:59.000Z
- Description: HKC's capital spending more than doubled in the first nine months of 2026, with new LED plants, not OLED, among the highlighted projects in its quarterly report.
- Author: Cbot Crew
- Tags: Displays & panels, HKC, Japan Display, BOE, TCL CSOT, Visionox, #trust-single-source, #for-ian, #edibot, #edibot-changed

HKC (惠科), a mainland Chinese display-panel maker, has paused buying equipment for the OLED phase of a new production line in Mianyang, Sichuan, according to TrendForce's display research unit (集邦Display). The plan has not been completely stopped, the firm says.

The line, known as H7, is being built in two phases, [The Elec, a Korean trade paper, reported](https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=15440&ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io). The first, an LCD phase, uses secondhand equipment from Japan Display. The second was planned as a Gen 6 OLED line handling 32,000 glass substrates per month. Gen 6 refers to the size of the glass sheets used.

For now, HKC plans to pool work across its lines, with H7 itself handling OLED production, [TrendForce says](https://www.ledinside.cn/news/20261110-62996.html?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io). The plan also draws on the evaporation equipment at its plant in Shenzhen, which lays down the organic layers in a vacuum.

HKC asked Korean equipment suppliers for quotes in July, but no ordering schedule has been set, The Elec said. If the delays continue, they are expected to affect when those suppliers get new orders, the paper said.

HKC's spending on plants and equipment across the company is climbing. Its cash spending on plants, equipment and other long-term assets in the first nine months of 2026 was more than 2.5 times the year-earlier figure, by our calculation from its [third-quarter report](https://static.cninfo.com.cn/finalpage/2026-10-27/1225623737.PDF?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io). Its highlighted projects include a Mini LED backlight plant in Changsha, Hunan, and an LED display-chip plant in Nanchong, Sichuan. Neither is an OLED project.

In the wider market, average utilization of China's Gen 6 flexible OLED lines fell to 69% in the first quarter of 2026 from 80% three months earlier, [according to Sigmaintell figures reported by The Elec](https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=11165&ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io). Sigmaintell's figures also put HKC fourth among smartphone-panel suppliers worldwide that quarter, across all screen types. Other mainland panel makers, [BOE](https://www.boe.com/en/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io), [TCL CSOT](http://en.szcsot.com/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io) and Visionox, are expanding Gen 8.6 OLED lines, which use larger glass sheets, for IT devices including laptops and tablets, [The Elec reported](https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=13284&ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io).

*Sources*

- [LEDinside (LED在线), TrendForce](https://www.ledinside.cn/news/20261110-62996.html?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
- [The Elec](https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=15440&ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
- [HKC (惠科) 2026 third-quarter report (cninfo)](https://static.cninfo.com.cn/finalpage/2026-10-27/1225623737.PDF?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
- [The Elec (Sigmaintell figures)](https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=11165&ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
- [The Elec](https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=13284&ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)

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