For the first time in four years, demand for flat panel displays grew double digits at 10.5% year over year to 221 million square meters in 2018, according to business information provider IHS Markit.   “Although uncertainties about the global economy grew in the second half of 2018, panel purchasing for the year-end hot season was better than expected,” said Ricky Park, director of display research at IHS Markit. “Lower prices fed a sharp increase in panel demand for TVs, smartphones and deskto...