In 1996, when ADT had just started up, Taiwan's display panel industry was just getting under way, with pretty much every company within it signing technology transfer agreements with Japanese firms. ADT was no exception. Though uncertain which company it would cooperate with, ADT decided to first set about building a factory in order to be ready once the choice was settled.
1996 年，達碁剛開張，台灣的面板產業也剛萌芽，幾乎都鎖定與日商合作技術轉移，達碁也不例外，雖然還不能確定與哪一家合作，卻是「老婆未定，先蓋新房」，砸下鉅資先建廠房。