LG Display is struggling with low yield of rollable OLED panels for televisions due to using glass substrates.Industry sources on Mar. 11 said LG Display seems to be using ultra-thin glass substrates with a thickness of under 0.2mm for the rollable panels. Due to this material, not only has the yiel

The display polarizing film market is expected to see tight supplies in 2020 on account of persisting demand coupled with the aftermath of the COVID-19, which has disrupted production, according to industry sources on Mar. 12. While the coronavirus affected the factory operation at Chinese film make

The global shipment of mobile phone displays tumbled 26% in January from the previous month to 158 million units on the spreading coronavirus combined with seasonal factors, according to industry sources on Mar. 10.The figure reflected a 20% on-year decline. It was compiled from the display shipment

South Korea’s FNS Tech has signed on with Samsung Display to supply KRW 11.2 billion worth of color filter development equipment to its new QD production line – the Q1.FNS Tech issued the disclosure on the deal on Feb. 20, according to industry sources on Mar. 2. In 2019, the company had signed a KR

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

Beginning in March 2020, LG Display is scheduled to begin setting up equipment at its E6 line for producing touch-integrated Touch-on-Cell (ToC) OLED panels for Apple’s iphones due out in the latter half of this year, industry sources said on Feb. 21.Since 2019, LG Display has been mass -producing T

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

LG Chem will be shuttering its LCD glass substrate business before the year is out, according to the company on Feb. 3.“Based on calculations that the business would be difficult to turn around, we have reached the decision to shut down,” the company said in a regulatory filing. The division has so

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

South Korea’s LG Chem will be moving parts of its polarizer production facilities at its Ochang plant in North Chungcheong Province to its Nanjing plant in China during the second quarter of this year, industry sources told The Elec on Jan. 27.The move is a part of LG Chem’s plans to eventually sell

South Korean display maker LG Display is expected to begin mass productions at its Guangzhou plant in China producing large-sized OLED panels immediately after the lunar New Year’s holiday ending on Jan. 28, according to industry watchers on Jan. 16.This follows on the heels of events held in China

The operation rate at Samsung SDI’s battery plant in Göd, Hungary, fell temporarily due to a shortage of modules required for battery cell assembly, according to industry sources on Jan. 7.This wasn’t due to technological glitches, but because the firm was faced with Hungarian suppliers who were una

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

LG Display may be pushing back mass production at its Gen-10.5 OLED line in Paju to as late as 2023, according to the industry sources on Dec. 27.The display maker recently informed its key suppliers of the delay, including YAS, an organic deposition equipment maker that is now slowing down its plan

Samsung Electronics will be introducing its premium, bezel-less TV at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2020, according to sources on Dec. 27.During an internal meeting ahead of the launch, CE chief Kim Hyun-seok XX and other executives gave the product a two-thumbs up, the sources sai

Foxconn is paying back its suppliers as its Gen-10.5 LCD production lines in Guanzhou of China are becoming normalized, according to industry sources.Due to a stop-still in Foxconn’s plans for mass production, local display equipment suppliers have been unable to receive payment for their equipment