Competition in the global handset display driver IC (DDI) for OLED panels, which had more or less been dominated by Samsung Electronics’ System LSI Division, is intensifying as more Chinese and Taiwanese companies are entering the race.In 2019, Samsung had more than a 60% share of the world’s OLED D

Korea’s largest maker of display manufacturing equipment SFA has made great strides in China’s lamination market, including bagging an order for cover glass lamination-making equipment from China’s largest display maker BOE.Industry sources said on Feb. 19 that SFA signed a KRW 129.1 billion deal wi

Korea’s JNTC said on Feb. 20 that mass production of cover glass has begun from BNJ – its joint venture with China’s largest display maker BOE.The products will be purchased by BOE, which is projected to supply curved OLED panels to Huawei’s premium smartphone, the P40 Pro, scheduled to be released

China’s largest display maker BOE trumped LG Display in 2019 to top the markets in terms of TV LCD panel area shipment, according to IHS Markit on Feb. 13.BOE has been the largest company to ship LCD panels for TVs since 2018, but this marks the first time it took the lead for area shipments, accord

Samsung Display is being supplied with key OLED material from Poongwon Precision – one of LG Display’s suppliers – according to industry sources on Feb. 7.Until now, Sewoo Incorporation has been the exclusive supplier of the material Open Metal Mask (OMM), which is a key component for producing smal

China’s largest display maker BOE has temporarily halted the operations of its new Gen-10.5 LCD production line in Wuhan of Hubei amid the latest coronavirus outbreak, according to industry watchers on Feb. 5.Experts said the impact is unlikely to be too damaging, since the plant began operations on

Chinese smartphone parts maker JNTC is to supply curved cover glass to Huawei’s premium smartphone P40 Pro, according to industry sources on Jan. 28. Back at home, JNTC is preparing to get listed on the tech-heavy Kosdaq market in March this year.The OLED panels for the P40 Pro will come from LG Dis

Concerns are rising about potential supply disruptions to the display-making facilities run by major firms such as BOE, CSOT and Tianma that are located in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the deadly Coronavirus has originated, according to Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Jan. 29.But the impact is expected

LG Display CEO Jung Ho-young said at a press conference just ahead of the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show 2020 in Las Vegas on Jan. 6 that the company will shutter its domestic operations for producing LCD panels for TVs by the end of this year.“The costs are too high to stay ahead of our C

The world’s top four LCD suppliers for TVs will be mostly from in 2020, while the total shipment from global LCD companies is likely to fall by 8.2% to 265 million units, according to market research firm IHS Markit on Dec. 18.IHS Markit said this would mark the first time in 10 years to witness a d

South Korean testing equipment firm Intek Plus is looking to supply new package testing equipment including Large Form Factors (LFF) to Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, according to Intek Plus CEO Lee Sang-hoon on Dec. 6.“We are currently undergoing trials with the two firms, and SK hynix gave a gr

Samsung Display is reportedly in last-minute talks with Chinese display maker HKC to sell its Gen-8 LCD production line, according to industry sources on Dec. 5.Called the 8-1 Line Phase 1 or the 8A line, its operations were halted in the middle of this year. Previously, it used to churn out a month

LG Display plans to nearly halve the production of its LCD panels for TVs in 2020 to switch to OLED panels in the face of falling LCD prices, according to industry source on Nov. 27.At the same time, the sales of OLED panels for TVs are expected to take up 60% of its total TV panel sales. This year,

Global corporate investment into LCD displays is expected to become obscure beginning in 2022, triggering forecasts that suppliers producing LCD-related equipment will quickly have to switch their main area of business.According to market research firm IHS Markit, the final investment into the secto

South Korean supplier Kolon Industries expects another boost to its revenues as China’s Huawei Technologies has applied a double-layer of its Colorless Polyimide (CPI) film to the display cover of the Mate X for stronger durability.Industry sources told The Elec on Nov. 20 that Huawei has applied a

South Korean supplier Avaco is making bigger foray into China by signing a deal to provide equipment to Chinese display maker HKC, with which it first began to do business just this year, the company said in a disclosure on Nov. 7.The deal is worth 16 billion won, and it’s with one of HKC’s local co

The shipment of OLED panels surpassed that of LTPS LCDs for the first time for smartphone displays in the third quarter of this year, according to market research firm IHS Markit this month.In total, 147 million OLED panels were shipped. The volume for LTPS LCDs were just over 100 million. Samsung D

LG affiliate Silicon Works is upping the portion of China in its portfolio in a bid to survive amid hardcore restructuring at LG Display’s LCD business, according to industry sources on Oct. 6.Silicon Works’ primary cash cow so far has been selling display driver ICs (DDI) for large-sized LCD panels

The general manager of BOE’s innovative application division said on Oct. 30 that the Chinese display maker is searching for Korean partners for creating next-generation micro OLED-panel-based products.The Chinese executive was speaking at the Tech Inside Show – a high-tech materials and technology

South Korean display maker LG Display was chosen to supply flexible OLED panels for the flagship smartphone Mate 30 series produced by China’s Huawei Technologies, sources told The Elec on Sept. 14.The reports come following previous news predicting that Samsung Display would be supplying the Mate 3