AUO Corporation
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) | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 友達光電 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 友达光电 | ||||||
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| Website | auo | ||||||
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.
AUO employs 38,000 people.