Lee Seok-Hee, CEO of SK Hynix, said, "We will strengthen our original competitive edge in the semiconductor business."CEO Lee said at the 71st General Shareholders' Meeting held at the headquarters of Icheon City in Gyeonggi Province on the 22nd, "The unprecedented boom of the last two years in the

Will a ban against vehicles ‘made in Korea for batteries’ be released? Chinese automakers have applied for approval for five types of electric vehicles (EV) equipped with LG Chem and Samsung SDI batteries. China has not been granting subsidies to Korean-made battery-powered EVs since 2016.According

Automotive semiconductor maker IA Inc succeeded in localizing power semiconductors for high power module (HPM: High Power Switch Module) and entered the final verification stage. In the second half of the year, IA Inc may replace Infineon Technologies, a German power semiconductor company, of which

Samsung Electronics has developed the third 10-nanometer (1z) DRAM. It has completed the development one year faster than its competitors, succeeding again to be the world's first. Minimizing the process in one step increases the number of chips that can be pulled from a single wafer. It means that

SK Innovation, which is aggressively pursuing business related to EV, confirmed the spin-off of the material business, which has been fostered as its future growth engine. Kim Joon, President of SK Innovation, said, "We should go well together" with Hyundai Motors, which is focusing on hydrogen cars

Companies that supply SLP (Substrate Like PCB) for the main boards of Samsung Galaxy S10 such as Korea Circuit are expected to benefit. The market response to the Galaxy S10 series is good. In particular, once the 5G market is fully opened, SLP sales are expected to expand.SLP is a part that adds a

Display and semiconductor equipment maker YEST, which suffered a sharp decline following its rapid sales growth, conservatively announced its sales target for this year. It is expected to generate sales of 100 billion won, which sits between their 2017 sales (150.4 billion won) and last year's sales

Samsung executives were embarrassed by the protests of minority shareholders at the General Shareholders' Meeting.Samsung Electronics held its 50th General Shareholders' Meeting at the Multipurpose Hall on the 5th floor of its Seocho Building, Seoul, at 9:00 am on the 20th. On the day, more than 1,0

Young-Hyun Jeon, President of Samsung SDI, said, “The decision between hydrogen and electric cars is a matter that should be decided by customers. As the electric car market grows, we will enable the growth of our battery business as well.”President Jeon met with reporters at the 49th regular shareh

Phil Optics' battery production equipment business is becoming unstable.According to the industry on the 19th, Phil Optics is manufacturing and installing 6 units of notching equipment to supply to Samsung SDI. There are no additional orders through the first half of the year. Samsung SDI verbally n

At SK Innovation's Seosan plant, electric vehicle battery cells are being produced.SK Innovation is targeting the US EV battery market.According to industry sources, SK Innovation will launch a groundbreaking ceremony for the Battery Plant in Commerce City, Jackson County, Georgia this week. SK Batt

SEMES, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics and the largest semiconductor display equipment maker in Korea, is restructuring.The key is to sort out the liquid crystal display (LCD) equipment business. LCD equipment accounts for most of the sales of the SEMES display equipment business, but the decisi

Samsung Electronics, the number one smartphone maker in terms of shipments, has been in a bind based on recent sales figures. In the high-end phone market, it is pressured by Apple, and in the mid to low-end market, China is rising against Samsung Electronics.According to market research firm Strate

Wooree ETI, an electronic component maker, has changed its name to ‘Wooree BIO’ and is seeking out a new frontier in the bio industry. The company also revealed the goal of achieving sales of 50 billion won within three years in the bio-business.Wooree ETI announced its plan to change its name and p

Yang Byeong-Deok, Managing Director of Samsung Electronics’s Wireless Division, Display Development, introduced "Infinite-O Display" and "Blue Light Reduction" technologies at the Galaxy S10 Display Technology Briefing held at the Samsung Electronics Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, on 14th and said,

A local media source, Commercial Times (工商時報), reported on the 11th that He Zhaoyang, CEO of Taiwanese polarizer maker Cheng Mei Materials Technology (CMMT), said, "We raised the selling prices of polarizers shipped from Kunshan factory in China. And material polarizer maker SAPO in Shenzhen, China,

“The factory bathroom was made to the level of Hotel Silla.”These are the words of Young-Gwan Lee, President of Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. In a lecture titled “Success Story of Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc.” held at POSTECH in Pohang, Gyeongbuk Province on 13th, President Lee said, “W

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MSIT) have been jointly pursuing the next-generation semiconductor R&D project since last year and have finally passed the Preliminary Feasibility Study as confirmed on the 14th. As early as this month, an

'D Film, the Secret Weapon'Samsung's new premium TV has dramatically improved left and right viewing angle performance.Recently On the 14th, Samsung Electronics’ Video Display Business Division completed development of 'D film', special material for enhancing the marketability of premium QLED TVs. T

The production of premium copper foil (thin copper foil) less than 6 micrometers (㎛) in thickness is expected to increase.According to the industry on 13th, major Chinese copper companies such as Watson, Qinghai Electronics and Huawei Copper Foil will expand the supply of premium products below 6㎛ s