The increase in liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panel prices that started last year has slowed down in July this year, according to data from market research firm WitsView.LCD TV panel prices only increased up to 0.3% from the first half of July (1 to 15) from the second half of June (16 to 30).The

Display equipment maker Avaco has begun talks with LG Display over the specifications of the sputters that will be used to manufacture low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) thin-film transistor (TFT) OLED production, TheElec has learned.LG Display will likely give the order from the equipment

Apple will launch two new models of iPads that use OLED panels in 2023, TheElec has learned.Cupertino will launch its first ever OLED iPad in 2022. The tablet will sport a 10.86-inch OLED screen. Samsung Display will be the sole supplier of the OLED panels.The following year, in 2023, Apple is plann

OLED panels will be used in 39.8% of smartphones this year and 45% in 2022, according to market research firm TrendForce.This is thanks to wider adoption of the panels by major smartphone brands such as Apple and Samsung, the firm said.But OLED display driver IC supply is currently unable to meet de

Samsung Display and LG Display are expected to spend conservatively on expanding their OLED production capacities in the second half of the year, according to multiple sources working at South Korean equipment makers.There are some expectations that the pair may start investing more on OLED panels f

For South Korea to localize the production of fine metal mask (FMM) used in the production of organic light emitting diode (OLED), companies developing ways to manufacture FMM need to secure technologies to make the masks thinner and the rolling process used during their production, according to UBI

Automotive display shipment is expected to reach 238 million units in 2030, according to market research firm Omdia.This is an average growth of 6.5% per year from 2020, in which 127 million units were shipped. According to Omdia’s forecast, exterior mirrors (or emirror) and head-up displays will sh

Shipment of flexible OLED panels will be around 57 million units in the second quarter this year, a drop of 35% from the previous quarter, according to market research firm Omdia.The drop is due to the second quarter being the off-season and declining shipment of Apple’s iPhones.Flexible OLED shipme

China topped the automotive display market in 2020, according to Omdia.The country held a market share of over 30%, surpassing Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.Chinese panel maker BOE began making automotive liquid crystal display (LCD) panel for the first time in 2012.Omdia pointed out that China was

US company Corning will supply ultra-thin glass (UTG) for Samsung’s foldable smartphones, according to market research firm Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) on Monday.Corning will be a secondary supplier of UTG for the South Korean company’s foldable phones launching in the second half of 202

China’s display market was worth 446 billion yuan in 2020, according to local media FDDisplay.This was a 19.7% year-on-year growth, according to the report, and equals 40.3% of worldwide market share.As of the end of 2020, there was in total 35 display panel lines (of over Gen 6 substrates), the rep

Solus Advanced Materials said on Monday that it will be supplying hole transport layer (HTL) to LG Display for use in OLED panels.OLED panels are comprised of layers for electric current movements and layers that emit light.HTL is one of the layers that electricity flows through and determines the l

OLED emission market will grow 9% a year on average from 2021 to 2025, market research firm UBI Research said.The market will be worth US$2.25 billion in 2025, it said.Despite Chinese panel makers expanding their OLED production line, the OLED emission material market will be led by their South Kore

Samsung Display will begin production of foldable OLED panels for customers Google, Vivo and Xiaomi in October, TheElec has learned.The three companies are planning to unveil their respective foldable phones in the fourth quarter this year.Google is preparing a foldable phone with a 7.6-inch in-fold

Samsung System LSI, the logic chip unit of Samsung Electronics, has begun development of three timing controller (T-Con) for quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels being developed by Samsung Display, TheElec has learned.Samsung Display is planning to send its prototypes of QD-OLED TVs and a monitor to potenti

Two and a half years after Infintech placed orders to South Korean display equipment makers, the Chinese firm is yet to make the payment it promised.South Korean display equipment firm Top Engineering said on Friday that it has canceled its equipment supply contract with Infintech.This follows compa

Samsung Display and LG Display have begun the production of OLED panels for Apple’s new iPhone launching later this year, TheElec has learned.This is a month faster than for the iPhone 12 last year. Apple launched iPhone 12 later than usual due to problems with procuring components for the phones fr

Samsung Display may extend its production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels up to the end of 2022, TheElec has learned.Samsung Display CEO Choi Joo-sun said the company was reviewing extending the production of large-sized LCD panels to the end of 2022, in an email sent to employees of its larg

Chinese display giant BOE will start the first stage operation of its B12 Gen 6 (1500mm x 1850mm) OLED line at Chongqing in October this year, TheElec has learned.The second and third stages will go live in March and October, respectively, of 2022.Capacity of 16,000 substrates per month will be adde

Corning has completed the construction of a glass factory at Wuhan, adjacent to BOE’s liquid crystal display (LCD) factory.This will likely boost the Chinese display panel maker’s production of large LCD TV panels larger than 65-inches.Corning’s Gen 10.5 (3370x2940mm) LCD glass factory was built nex