Iljin Display is hoping to return to profitability from notebook and MiniLED markets.The company announced that it will offer shares to secure 20 billion won in funding. 10 billion won will be spent on facilities related to notebook components, the company said.Out of the 10 billion won, 60 billion

NEG’s liquid crystal display (LCD) glass factory in Takatsuki, Japan has suffered a five hour blackout, according to local media Nikkei.Production is expected return to normal after the first quarter of 2021.The factory was halted from the blackout on December 10.NEG produces glass substrates for us

LG Display’s Cinematic Sound OLED (CS) technology has been listed as the standard for sound emitting display by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards.The South Korean display panel maker first launched the OLED panels that use the technology in 2016.The technology uses the display panel as

South Korean component maker SoluM is setting up offices abroad to better react to demand from customer Samsung Electronics.The company set up its office in Noida, India in September. The office, which will focus on production, will go live next year. SoluM is planning to operate an office in Mexico

Chinese OLED material company AG-RAY has started the largest OLED material project in China to localize supply of the materials, according to local media reports.The company is building a new OLED material factory at city of Meishan in Sichuan province where it is based in.The factory, once complete

Samsung Electronics unveiled its 110-inch MicroLED TV at an online event in South Korea on Thursday.The South Korean first unveiled a 149-inch MicroLED display called The Wall in 2018. The Wall was aimed at the business-to-business market.The new 110-inch MicroLED TV is aimed at the home market. Mic

Samsung Electronics said on Friday that it was promoting 214 executives in its year-end reshuffle.Earlier this week, the company announced only minor changes in the top posts. However, in terms of executive promotion, it was the largest in the past three years.Samsung named 31 executive vice preside

LG Electronics said on Thursday that it will display its LG Signature OLED 8K TV at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.The TV will be displayed there up to next year, the company said.It will also provide the TVs for the American Ballet Theater in the US, as it did in 2019.LG will also collaborat

Semicon Light will license out its patents related to flip chip to Chinese LED maker HC Semitek.The South Korean company will began earning royalties within the year.The Chinese companies have requested for the license in October. It was gain access to around 250 patents.HC Semitek is China’s second

LG Chem and Innox Advanced Materials have ended their patent lawsuit over organic light emitting diode (OLED) encapsulation materials.LG Chem withdrew its suit last week, people familiar with the matter said. The company filed the lawsuit in March last year.LG Chem have claimed Innox violated its pa

Samsung Display will begin trail runs of its production line for Quantum Dot (QD) displays next month, TheElec has learned.The line, dubbed Q1, at its factory in Asan, was designed to produce QD-OLED(organic light emitting diode) panels. QD-OLED will be the first iteration of Samsung Display’s so-ca

Display panel sales in the third quarter of 2020 hit its highest in three years thanks to price rise of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels.Sales hit US$30.5 billion in the third quarter, a rise of 11% from a year ago and 21% higher than the previous quarter, according to Display Supply Chain Consul

LG Electronics has launched a new laser projector that supports 4K resolution.The new Cinebeam Laser 4K Projector has what LG calls triple screen adjustment.The projector can adjust the lens top, bottom, left and right. The screen can be expanded by up to 1.6 times. The screen can be extended or con

LG Electronics said it was promoting its OLED TV with Lady Gaga in New York.A LED billboard in Times Square has been showing Lady Gaga’s new music video for her song 911. At the end of the video, LG OLED and LG are shown.Earlier, LG unveiled a video of the pop star and music video director Tarem Sin

LG Electronics has increased the TV production rate at its factory in Mexico by 30% from the same time period a year ago to better meet demand from year’s end sales event in North America, the company said on Monday.Its factory in Reynosa, in the state of Tamaulipas, was running at full capacity, th

LG Display’s OLED TV panel has received approval from Swiss-based SGS.The panel received the certifications for reducing indoor pollution, reducing hazardous substance and for recycling values, the Korean tech firm said.LG said its OLED TV panel emitted 50% less total volatile organic compounds comp

LG Electronics will run an experience zone for its rollable OLED TV at The Conran Shop at Lotte Department Store in Gangnam.The premium UK lifestyle shop house around 300 living brands. LG OLED R will be displayed at the VIP zone of The Conran Shop.LG OLED R has a rollable OLED screen that rolls dow

Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and other major TV vendors are planning to launch miniLED TVs in 2021.MiniLED TVs will likely makeup the premium segment of liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs, which is still the dominant technology in the global TV market.MiniLED is being touted as the next-generat

Samsung Electronics has invested around 74 billion won into four local semiconductor material, component and equipment companies.The companies are KCTech, Mico Ceramics, LOTVacuum and New Power Plasma __ Samsung put in equity investments of 20.7 billion won, 21.6 billion won, 18.9 billion won and 12

Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it posted 12.35 trillion won in operating profit and almost 66.96 trillion won in sales in the third quarter of 2020.Operating profits was its highest in two years and sales was its highest ever for a quarter, Samsung said.The mobile business contributed 4.45 tri