China-based panel maker BOE Technology, in view of slow growth in global tablet sales, will appropriate a portion of its tablet panel production capacity for making notebook and TV panels, while LG Display will shift part of its notebook panel capacity to produce smartphone and industrial-use panels in the third quarter, according to industry sources.

BOE is the largest supplier of tablet panels, with a global market share of 29% in the first half of 2014, followed by 15% for Samsung Display and Chunghwa Picture Tubes, and 13% for LG Display, the sources cited NPD DisplaySearch as indicating. BOE will shift some of its table panel capacity to HD notebook-use panels for Lenovo, Dell and Hewlett Packard, and 32-inch TV panels, the sources said.