LG Display unable to Fill All iPad Orders

The chief executive of LG Display Co. said the company isn't currently able to supply all of the flat-panel orders it receives from Apple Inc. for its iPad tablet computer.

LG Display Co., the world's second-largest liquid-crystal-display maker by revenue after Samsung Electronics Co., is a major supplier of flat screens used in Apple's iPad and iPhones.

The South Korean flat-panel maker said it may be able to accommodate the orders by the second quarter of next year. The lack of panel supplies has slowed the global sales of the device.

"Apple is ordering more and more displays but it isn't something we can be able to respond quickly," Chief Executive Kwon Young-soo said Thursday. "I am not sure whether we can be able to meet orders from other companies for similar products, but we will be able to supply the displays without fail...by the second quarter of next year."