South Korean semiconductor equipment maker APTC has successfully commercialized a new polysilicon etching kit called LEO WH, the company said on Wednesday.A new etching kit called NARDO M can be used to not only etch polysilicon but metal layers has also been commercialized, the company said.Both eq

EcoPro will take part in LG Energy Solution’s electric vehicle battery recycling business, TheElec has learned.It is South Korea material maker’s first deal with LG in 8 years. EcoPro halted precursor supply to LG back in 2012.EcoPro has multiple subsidiaries that can produce cathode and have techno

South Korea battery equipment makers Hana Technology and Korea Vacuum will supply their goods to Tesla for the latter’s battery production, TheElec has learned.They join their compatriots Daebo Magnetic and Koem in joining the US car giant’s supply chain for battery production.Tesla is planning to p

South Korea repeater maker CS saw its export of 4G LTE repeaters to Japan increase in the second half of the year, TheElec has learned.The company’s accumulated earnings up to the third quarter was 90 million won in operating loss and 29.3 billion won in sales.But it saw export to Japan increase in

Samsung SDI has begun investments into building its second electric vehicle (EV) battery factory at Goed, Hungary, TheElec has learned.The second factory will be double in size of the first factory. It will make Gen5 batteries that will be made with new materials with high energy density and new pro

Companies involved in a national project run the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy are turning in their research results in the development of fine metal mask (FMM) used in OLED panel production.APS Holdings, Philoptics, Poongwon Precision and Olum Materials have turned in their one-year result

Samsung Display’s sales of its liquid crystal display (LCD) factory in Suzhou, China is facing delays, Chinese media Ijiwei reports.This is from delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for the South Korean government to approval the deal.LCD is designated a national core technology by the South Korea

South Korea’s national electric utility had use telecommunication modules made by a Chinese company for a million units of remote metering devices, TheElec has learned.The use has raised criticism that China-made modules are being used for the network of sensitive electric data that is part of a cou

Samsung Display has been ordered by a court in Seoul on Friday to compensate its former employee for their invetion.The employee, who have requested compensation of 150 billion won, had said they will appeal. The dispute between the pair is expected to continue to the appeals court.Samsung Display w

The US’s International Trade Commission (ITC) has rejected SK Innovation’s claim that the lawsuit filed by LG Chem over electric vehicle battery technology theft is invalid.Back in August, the Central District Court in Seoul had also rejected the same claim made by SK Innovation.SK Innovation has cl

Semiconductor package boding wire company MK Electron is expanding its supply of solder paste, tape and film, TheElec has confirmed.The company is seeing “meaningful” sales from solder paste and electro magnetic interference (EMI) shielding disposable films, a MK Electron official said.The materials

China’s SmartSens has secured US$225 million in investment in its latest funding round, the company said on Friday.The firm will focus on developing chip architecture for CMOS image sensors (CIS) with the latest funds.State-owned China Integrated Circuit Investment Fund, Xiaomi Changing Industrial F

Battery equipment Koem has supplied its winder kit to Tesla, TheElec has learned.The kits will be used by the US electric car maker for its own battery factory that will produce 46800 batteries.The equipment was supplied to the Tesla factory in Fremont, California. It will be used for the battery pi

Battery production equipment maker CIS will start development of all solid-state battery production lines, the company said on Monday.The company was named to lead the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s national projects to development solid-state battery’s electrode plate and cell production

LG InnoTek said on Wednesday that it was existing LED business.It the first official confirmation from the company itself that it was doing so.Last year in October, LG InnoTek has already decided to exit the LED business and told its retailers that it was planning to halt LED chip and package produc

The final judgment on the trade secret leak lawsuit between LG Chem and SK Innovation has been pushed backed again by the US International Trade Commission (ITC).The ITC has said the final judgment will come on December 10. It is the second postponement by the agency.It didn’t say why it was delayin

US’s Cisco and South Korean network solution company Genians will collaborate in software-defined access (SDA) and network access control (NAC), the pair said on Monday.SDA will allow network to automatically recognize the user to apply the appropriate policy, Cisco said.The US company will share it

Semiconductor testing firm Nepes Ark is aiming to win a large order from Samsung Electronics to test CMOS image sensors (CIS), TheElec has learned.Samsung is expanding its CIS production to catch up to market leader Sony, which is making it difficult for the South Korean tech to test them all on its

US carrier Verizon has requested that Samsung Electronics not use Chinese components related to their recent 7.9 trillion won network kit supply deal, people familiar with the matter said.South Korean printed circuit board (PCB) maker Isu Petasys was aiming to become a replacement supplier for PCBs

SFA will expand globally as a smart factory solution company based on its experiences in making kits for semiconductor, display and battery productions, the company said.The company unveiled its smart factory brand called NEO on Monday.SFA said it will be original, complete and comprehensive in its