Samsung Electronics is planning to ship up to 8 million QLED TVs this year, up nearly 50% from last year’s 5.3 million in a bid to widen its gap with key rival LG Electronics in the high-end TV market, according to industry sources on Feb. 27.Samsung’s market share in the global QLED market was arou

The growth of Fingerprint on Display (FoD) sensors this year will hinge on whether they get installed in LCD panel smartphones, with a myriad of manufacturers working on the technology, according to industry sources on Feb. 21.Due to the panel structures, only OLED display smartphones have been depl

Kolon Industries’ mass production lines for transparent CPI film are running on full capacity, according to the company during its fourth quarter earnings report on Feb. 20.“Our CPI mass production lines are running on full capacity, and we are currently testing film to apply to different areas,” sa

Korea’s Segyung Hightech was the sole supplier of the special protective film for the cover windows of Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip unveiled on Feb. 12, according to industry watchers. This marks the second time for the firm to supply Samsung after providing transparent PI film for the Galaxy Fold launch

Samsung Electronics has placed high priority on securing smartphone parts amid the outbreak of the coronavirus, according to industry sources on Feb. 6.The tech giant also plans to adhere to its previous plans to go ODM for about a third of its smartphones this year, but some disruption is expected

Chemical materials firm Lake Materials is looking to get listed on the tech-heavy Kosdaq market in March this year, according to the CEO Kim Jin-dong at its IPO press conference on Jan. 17.“Our aim is to push up semiconductor business to account for over 30% of our total sales, while our LED busines

South Korean optical parts maker Optron-Tec has supplied the prism for the optical 5X zoom camera modules in the Galaxy S20 that Samsung Electronics is preparing to launch in March this year, according to industry sources on Jan. 16.When Optron-Tec produces the prism, they are sent to another compan

In 2020, the domestic PCB market is expected to shrink by 1.5%, indicating that less smartphone boards would be sold than semiconductor boards.The Korea Printed Circuit Association (KPCA) said on Jan. 14 that local PCB market would fall 1.5% to KRW 9.75 trillion. In terms of production, the total vo

US-based chemical firm DuPont will invest $28 million (KRW 32.4billion) on establishing EUV photoresist manufacturing lines in Korea, according to government sources.The Commerce Ministry said that on Jan. 8, DuPont submitted an investment report to Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency plans to a

Japan’s Kaneka will no longer be the sole supplier of PI film for Samsung Electronics, with SKC Kolon PI scheduled to provide the film for 5G smartphone antennae, industry sources said on Jan. 2.During the first half of this year, SKC Kolon PI will be supplying PI fim for the Galaxy S 11’s 5G antenn

South Korean PCB-maker DAP has begun mass producing boards for Samsung Electronics’ upcoming flagship smartphone tentatively named the Galaxy S11. DAP is expected to supply boards to more high-end Samsung smartphones in 2020 as Samsung Electro-Mechanics has cut down its smartphone board business.Ind

On Dec. 12, Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ board passed a resolution to suspend the firm’s smartphone High Density Interconnection board business in Kunshan of China. The firm said the remaining assets of the Kunshan plant would be sold off.“Revenues are likely to fall in terms of consolidated financial

Up to 85% of Samsung Electronicss’ smartphones are to feature multi-cameras in 2020, a move that would give local camera module manufacturers a boost in their sales, according to industry sources on Dec. 11.Samsung plans to add multi-cameras to about 255 million out of the 300 million handsets it pl

Motorola has solved the problem of creases in its foldable smartphone RAZR by using transparent PI film, an indication that manufacturers don’t necessarily have to opt for Ultra Thin Glass (UTG) as screen covers, according to Kolon Industries’ executive Lee Seong-chan at a symposium in Yeouido on De

South Korea’s Hansol Technics will be the exclusive supplier of wireless charging modules for Samsung Electronics Galaxy S11+ that is expected to be launched in 2020, industry sources said on Nov. 29.The S11+ model will be the most premium in the lineup that is to consist of the plus type, the budge

LG Innotek on Nov. 28 said in a regulatory filing that it was shutting down its PCB business as of Dec. 31 this year on account of declining sales. It also said that parts of the PCB business would be strategically reinvested into the semiconductor board business.These measures are to streamline its

Hit by LED market woes punctuated by cheap Chinese products, South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor has moved at least half of its LED chip equipment to Vietnam up to the third quarter of this year, industry sources said on Nov. 21.The company has been actively expanding its facilities in Vietnam’s Ha Na

The global display cover market for foldable smartphones is increasingly being divided into transparent Colorless Polyimide (CPI) film and Ultra Thin Glass (UTG) due to the pros and cons of each solution, according to industry sources on Nov. 19.Screen covers in smartphones serve to protect the disp

South Korea’s LG Innotek is searching for a buyer for its key LED chip equipment and relocating the related staff as a part of its plans for paring down its LED chip business.“A large part of the workforce at LG Innotek’s MOCVD division at the company’s Paju plant has been moved to the camera module

South Korea’s Kolon Industries have begun mass producing transparent CPI film in just a year since it installed the production lines at its Gumi plant in the first half of 2019. The annual capacity is enough to supply up to 10 million foldable phones.“CPI film is already creating profit,” said Noh J