A domestic legal fight has blown up into an offshore battle.Jahwa Electronics and Mplus – both vibration motor suppliers for Samsung smartphones – are wrestling over patents in Vietnam where a growing number of South Korean manufacturers have been settin up camp, according to industry sources on May

Samsung Electronics’ mobile communications arm is moving to outsource more budget smartphones to attract more consumers in growing markets like China, according to industry sources on May 29.The sources told The Elec that following Samsung Electronics’ Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s visit to China las

Recent US sanctions against China’s Huawei Technologies as a part of the ongoing economic war between the two countries are having a toll on the semiconductor market, according to industry sources.As of end-May, contract prices for DDR4 8 Gb 2133MHz D-RAM as of May-end stood at $3.75, which was 6.25

Samsung Display failed to run a booth at this year’s Display Week conference organized by Society of Information Display(SID) in San Jose earlier this month. Some say the display-maker may forgo the event next year as well.Booth location was the main cause for Samsung’s reticence, they noted.“Until

The global semiconductor market surrendered huge losses during the January to March period of this year, causing the top 10 chip makers to suffer steep declines in sales.According to market research firm IHS Markit on May 29, worldwide semiconductor revenues during the first quarter fell 12.9 percen

Vitzro Cell, the largest lithium primary battery maker in South Korea, has signed a 30 billion won ($25.2 million) battery pack supply deal in a move highlighting its shift towards the new area of business, according to industry sources on May 28.“With another contract on the way, it looks like Vitz

OLEDON Chief executive Hwang Guang-hoon said on May 27 that he received mostly positive reviews at SID 2019.“We had a lot of good feedback,” said the CEO of the South Korean manufacturer, adding that such upbeat views are rare at the event.The response was to the company's announcement that it can a

LG Display will be rolling out 48-inch OLED TVs in 2020, according to a top executive.“It’s a strategy to solidify our footing in the high-end TV market, while continuing to have presence in the standard and premium segments,” Oh Chang-ho, the South Korean display-maker’s vice president of the TV bu

Samsung Display is looking to diversify its portfolio of ACF (Anisotropic Conductive Film) suppliers, according to industry sources on May 27.ACF is a core part of display technology, indicating adhesive material used to connect display panels such as LCDs and OLEDs with electronic circuits.The disp

Samsung SDI has sold off a unit that manufactures ACF (Anisotropic Conductive Film), a key material connecting display panels and electronic circuits, to Kukdo Chemical, according to industry sources on May 24.They said the deal was inked between Samsung and Kukdo 10 days ago on May 14, after almost

HIMS, a South Korean manufacturer of Fine Metal Masks (FMM) for small-and-mid-sized OLED panels, is expected see a sales boost from its Chinese operations.Market estimates for HIMS’ revenues this year are at 80 billion won (US$ 67.3 million), just shy of the 90 billion won-plus figure two years ago.

Lim Jung-Han, Director of the High-Performance Display Division of Corning, said, "We started mass production of ‘Astra’, a new glass substrate, in March of this year. In the second half of the year, TVs made with the display panel containing the substrate glass will be available." Director Lim also

The relationship betwen LG Chem and Shanghai Energy New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. (Semcorp), a Chinese Lithuim-ion battery separator (LiBS) company. The company decided to receive separator membranes from Semcorp for five years.On the 23rd, Semcorp announced that it has signed a contract for th

Samsung Display is in talks with Apple of USA about the supply of display panels for laptops and tablets with thin-film caps (TFE) to rigid OLEDs. The thin-film cap is a method applied to flexible OLEDs. By replacing the conventional glass cap, the thickness of the rigid OLED is reduced. It is a so-

YAS, the only deposition equipment maker mass-producing large OLEDs, expects to complete its new factory for the production of 10.5-generation (10.5G) equipment at the end of August. A formal order (PO) is expected at the time of completion of the factory. The 10.5G deposition equipment to be produc

LG Electronics will release an '8K resolution 88-inch OLED TV' in July or August at the latest. The '8K OLED TV' will be released first, and a ‘Rollable TV’ will be put on the market by the end of this year. LG Display's 10.5-generation factory in Paju is officially confirmed to start its operation

On the 13th, it has been reported that some small and medium-sized companies exporting display equipment to China are still experiencing difficulties due to back payment delays. In some cases, absurd requests were made requesting the postponement of payment deadlines without also changing the expect

The smartphone substrate factory production capacity of LG Innotek has plunged by 70%. As LG Electronics has decided to relocate its smartphone production line in Pyeongtaek to Vietnam, it is unlikely that LG Innotek's PCB factory will survive.According to a report by LG Innotek filed to the Financi

JUSUNG Engineering will produce the first domestic 10.5 generation thin film transistor (TFT) vapor deposition CVD equipment. The first customer to be delivered to is LG Display’s 10.5-generation large OLED production line at the P10 plant in Paju, Gyeonggi-do. TFT deposition equipment of higher tha

LG Chem will reduce its reliance on cathode materials, one of its core batteries, on outside companies. The internalization rate will be increased to 50%.According to LG Chem's quarterly report on the 16th, the company will expand facility capacity for cathode materials for China by next year. The i