Samsung SDI has finalized its plan to build a third battery factory in Hungary, TheElec has learned.The company is expected to spend over 6 trillion won in expanding its overall facilities this year __ over 1 trillion won of that will go into building the third factory, sources said.Samsung SDI is e

Korea Zinc’s aim to change its corporate charter which it claims is needed to pursue future business opportunities has met an aggressive response from Young Poong Corporation, the largest shareholder of the smelter.Korea Zinc, founded in 1974, has been co-managed by Korea Zinc’s Choi family and Youn

LG Electronics said on Monday that it will launch its 2024-model TVs in South Korea next month.The new models in its premium OLED Evo and QNED brands will come with upped AI deep learning and clearer picture qualities, the company said.LG OLED Evo TVs will come in 97, 83, and 77-inch sizes as well a

LG Innotek is considering developing glass substrates for use in chip packaging, a company official said.LG Innotek general manager Jaeman Park said on Wednesday during the SMT&PCB Tech Conference hosted by TheElec in Suwon that glass is likely to become the main ingredient in the future for substra

LSE was in the middle of installing scrubbers for through silicon via (TSV) for high bandwidth memory for SK Hynix, TheElec has learned.The fab equipment maker has provided two units to the chipmaker’s fab at Cheongju, called Cheongju Campus.Electronics parts maker LTC acquired Mujin Electronics’s f

LG Energy Solution is attempting to outbid sister company LG Electronics for equipment orders that will be placed by its joint venture with Hyundai Motor Group, TheElec has learned.LG Energy Solution and Hyundai Motor Group’s battery-making joint venture in the US is expected to start placing orders

Samsung Display has strengthened its existing teams that work on future displays in its year’s end reshuffle, insiders told TheElec.The A Business Team, which handles demand from Cupertino, had its foldable capacity strengthened, the sources said.Specifically, the team will now also develop foldable

LG Innotek is expected to see its share in folded zoom OIS actuator in Apple’s supply chain grow next year as the iPhone maker is expected to apply the technology to two models in the iPhone 16 series.Cupertino applied folded zoom to only the iPhone Pro Max model in its latest iPhone 15 series.The S

SK Hynix is expected to start using thick krypton fluoride (KrF) photoresist (PR) developed by its own affiliate in the production of 3D NAND, TheElec has learned.SK Materials Performance, previously the electronics material business unit of Kumho Petrochemical that SK Group acquired for 40 billion

Samsung Display has rejected Kateeva’s RGB inkjet equipment that it originally planned to use in the production of quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels.The equipment, which domestic firm HB Solution is the distributor of in South Korea, received a “Fail” grade last month in Samsung Display’s testing, source

LG Electronics said it expects to ship fewer OLED TVs this year compared to last year due to an inadequate supply of OLED panels in the market from the economic slowdownThe South Korean electronics maker said on Friday that TVs were sensitive to consumer income and the recent economic slowdown has c

Samsung was considering applying the waterdrop hinge that it introduced with the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 on its foldable notebook launching next year, TheElec has learned.Waterdrop hinge allowed the company’s latest foldables to have the sides folded more tightly while reducing the crease in the

BOE had the second-highest number of patents related to display panels registered in the US, according to a South Korean lawyer.The Chinese display giant filed and registered the second largest number of patents from 2013 to August 2023, only behind Samsung Display, Dana Patent Law Firm Senior Partn

South Korean printed circuit board company Korea Circuit was supplying high-end automotive flip chip (FC)-ball grid array (BGA) boards to STMicroelectronics, TheElec has learned.Korea Circuit first secured Broadcom as a customer when it began manufacturing FC-BGA.STMicroelectronics was accounting fo

Samsung Electronics has given exclusive licensing rights of its 96 patents related to semiconductors to one of its IP subsidiaries, a move that could indicate that the tech giant may use patent lawsuits to protect its business interests in the sector.The company gave the rights over the 96 US patent

German OLED material firm Novaled has nullified three patents related to OLED registered in South Korea owned by rival Solus Advanced Materials, TheElec has learned.Novaled is Samsung’s subsidiary as its affiliates Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and Samsung Display together own 100% of its shares.

Chip and electronics material company Soulbrain is planning to acquire precursor maker DNF, TheElec has learned.The deal is expected to close within the year and is reportedly worth around 100 billion won, sources said.Soulbrain Holdings, the holding company of the Soulbrain group, will be the acqui

Inkjet printing solution company Enjet was aiming to apply inkjet technology to battery and semiconductor production, CEO Doyoung Byun said.The company was also aiming to develop a multi-nozzle to challenge Japan’s dominance in inkjet head, he said in an interview TheElec.Enjet, which went public la

Samsung Display was planning to apply low refraction capping layer (CPL) on its smartphone OLED and was expected to apply them commercially in 2025 at the earliest, TheElec has learned.CPL is formed on top of the cathode and helps the light emitted from the emission layer towards the face of the dis

Samsung Display has filed a patent infringement lawsuit over OLED panels against BOE in the US.The South Korean display panel maker in its complaint filed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas late last month claimed its Chinese rival infringed on five of its patents