LG Electronics said on Wednesday that it will collaborate with Assa Abloy to launch automatic doors using transparent OLED panels.Assa Abloy, based in Sweden, makes doors, mechanical door locks, digital door locks and automatic doors. It has supplied its automatic doors to airports in London, Spain

Posco Chemical said on Wednesday that it will be supplying cathode to Ultium Cells, the joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution.The South Korean chemical company will be supplying high-nickel NCMA (nickel, cobalt, manganese and aluminum) produced at its Gwangyang plant in South K

Chemtronics has been named the preferred bidder by Samsung Electro-Mechanics to buy its wireless telecommunication module business, TheElec has learned.The deal is thought to be worth in the mid-100 billion won range. Samsung Electro-Mechanics will be handing over production facilities and equipment

ISC said on Tuesday that it will produce microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based fine-pitch semiconductor test solution.The company said the solution combines a test board with a test socket.A South Korean customer who tested the solution showed that it improved by 90% in performance compared to

LED company Semicon Light said on Tuesday that it has singed a UV-C LED distribution deal with Japanese trading company Inabata.The South Korean LED maker said, besides this agency deal, it will sign an annual supply deal with Inabata to expand into the US, Europe and Japan.Inabata’s annual sales is

LG Uplus said on Tuesday that it has started the trial for 28GHz 5G network.The network has been applied to Kumoh National Institute of Technology for the university’s administrative work and will replace the wired network.LG Uplus hopes the trial leads to development of a cloud system, low-latency

LG Electronics has unveiled a new robot that kills germs with ultraviolet lamps.The new robot will be displayed at 2020 Korea Electronics Show in COEX from December 9 to 12.The robot uses ultraviolet-C (UV-C) lamps on its sides to kill germs. UV-C has wavelengths between 100 to 280nm which can kill

Audio system-on-a-chip (SoC) fabless firm Iron Device said on Tuesday that it has supplied its piezo speaker amplifier technology to Lenovo for their high-end monitors.The company supplies its SMA6101 amplifier for the piezo speaker for LG Electronics’ G8 smartphone last year. It supplied its SMA150

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

Apple will offer free repair for iPhone 11’s display defect in South Korea.The US firm announced the free repair program globally last week. Consumers who bought iPhone 11s produced between November 2019 to May 2020 can ask for the free repair in countries and regions where they bought their phones.

Demand for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries is showing signs of recovery in China.According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufactures (CAAM), 2.4GWh of LFP batteries were used in China in the month of October, an on-year increase of 127.5%. This continues the demand increas

Samsung Electronics said on Monday that it will begin sales of its smart monitors in South Korea.The 32-inch UHD M7 and FHD M5 (32-inch, 27-inch) monitors have the Tizen OS-based smart hub that allows them to offer contents without being connected to a computer.They can connect to the internet via W

ITM Semiconductor said on Monday that it will invest 54.8 billion won to built its fifth factory for battery protective circuit in Vietnam.The company wrapped up construction of its fourth factory there only third months ago.ITM Semiconductor said it was expanding its production capacity to meet inc

Apple may use components made by Samsung Electro-Mechanics for its folded zoom camera on iPhones launching in 2022, people familiar with the matter told TheElec.Samsung Electro-Mechanics will supply components such as actuators and lens to LG InnoTek, a long-time supplier of camera modules to Cupert

Prices of OLED panels for smartphones will drop from extreme oversupply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and sanctions against Huawei, according to UBI Research.The global smartphone market slowed in the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to demand for OLED to fall. In the thi

SK Hynix said on Monday that it has developed a 176-layer 512Gb triple level cell (TLC) NAND flash memory.More dies can be produced per wafer, the company said, which allowed for an increase in bit productivity of 35%.The chip uses charge trap flash (CTF) and peri under cell (PUC) technologies that

LG Electronics has scrapped many of its core teams within its mobile business, TheElec has learned.The company also formed a new team overseeing the original design manufacturer (ODM) operation.LG’s mobile business is called Mobile Communication (MC) Company by the firm. Teams that have been scrappe

EcoPro will expand the sales of cathode and precursors to others, including competitors, the company’s chairman said on Friday.Chairman Lee Dong-chae of EcoPro, the holding company of battery cathode maker EcoPro BM, told local tradeshow Pohang Global Battery Conference 2020 held at the city of Poha

Samsung Electronics said on Thursday that it has begun roll out of its One UI 3 interface along with the Android 11 update for Galaxy smartphones.Those with a Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and S20 Ultra in the US, South Korea and parts of Europe will get the update first.Those with the Galaxy Note20 and Gala