Enerever Battery Solution is expected to complete the construction of its new battery separator factory in South Korea this month.The factory at Wanju will be the third made by a South Korean company locally after SK IE Technology and WCP.Enerever spend 50 billion won starting in April 2021 for the

The OLED panel that Samsung will use for its Galaxy M54 smartphone launching next year will be developed by Chinese display panel makers BOE and CSOT, TheElec has learned.The Galaxy M series is mostly sold online as a budget model in Southeast Asia.Samsung sells millions of units of the phone but th

Samsung is aiming to ship over 40 million units of TVs next year despite the negative outlook in the sector, TheElec has learned.The tech giant wants to cement its leadership position in the sector and considers the 40 million units the minimum it must ship annually, sources said.Around 39 million u

Chinese display panel makers Tianma and CSOT are expected to resume spending and order equipment within the year, sources from South Korean equipment makers told TheElec.This is thanks to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s being expected to secure a third term during the National Congress that will last

Japan’s Canon Tokki is the leader in OLED deposition equipment and the industry is watching closely whether they will maintain this leadership in the era of Gen 8 OLED as it did the prior generations.Samsung Display and LG Display, the company’s main customers, are currently developing equipment for

Samsung Display and LG Display is opting to use larger substrates for the production OLED panels aimed at IT devices besides smartphones, TheElec has learned.They are developing the substrate to be Gen 8.7 (2290x2620mm) slightly larger than Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) substrates commonly adopted as Gen 8

Samsung Display had transferred its patents in the US related to liquid crystal display (LCD) to CSOT back in June, TheElec has learned.It also transferred its patents in South Korea to the Chinese company last month, sources said.A total of 577 patents in the US were given to CSOT, which bought Sam

TCL chairman Li Dongsheng is expected to visit Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino very soon, TheElec has learned.His visit is likely aimed at winning supply orders for liquid crystal display (LCD) panels made by TCL subsidiary CSOT from the iPhone maker for use on its tablets and MacBooks, sources sa

Samsung was buying fewer TV display panels from BOE due to a royalty issue, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant had demanded that the Chinese display panel maker pay around 100 billion won in royalty payment if they want to advertise that they are supplying their liquid crystal display (

TCL chairman and CEO Li Dongsheng will visit Samsung Electronics during his trip to South Korea later this month where he will also visit South Korean display equipment makers, TheElec has learned.Li is expected to secure from Samsung purchase orders for display panels for CSOT, TCL’s display panel-

TCL chairman and CEO Li Dongsheng will visit South Korea near the end of the month to meet local display panel production equipment makers, TheElec has learned.His visit to South Korea is scheduled ahead of his trip to Japan where he plans to visit Japanese display panel maker JOLED.Li is expected t

Samsung has temporarily suspended the purchase of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels due to low demand for TVs, TheElec has learned.It had sent such a notice in mid-June and those affected by the halt include display panel makers BOE, CSOT, HKC, AUO and Innolux, sources said.The move is expected to

Apple will start evaluating BOE’s samples of OLED panels aimed for the upcoming iPhone 14 this week, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display panel maker is hoping to receive approval from the iPhone maker within the month, sources said.If Apple gives the approval, BOE will start mass production of t

LG Display is expected to order a deposition equipment to make MicroOLED from Sunic System, TheElec has learned.The move is aimed at developing and manufacturing a MicroOLED panel to supply to Apple for their mixed reality (MR) device, sources said.Cupertino is expected to use Sony’s MicroOLED panel

Display revenue in 2022 is expected to drop 15% year-on-year to US$133.18 billion, according to analyst firm Omdia.The drip follows year-on-year increases in 2021 and 2020, which were 26% and 14%, respectively, due to increased demand for liquid crystal display (LCD) panels from the Covid-19 pandemi

BOE is yet to receive approval from Apple to manufacture OLED panels for the upcoming iPhone 14 smartphones series, TheElec has learned.The company was caught having changed the circuit width of the thin film transistors on the OLED panels it made for iPhone 13 earlier this year, people familiar wit

LG Display will halt its production line for automotive liquid crystal display (LCD) panels after 20 years of operation.The line at Gumi, called P5, began operation back in 2003 and manufactures Gen 5 (1100x1250mm) a-Si LCD panels.The company is planning to end production at the line to improve prod

BOE had manufactured only a meager amount of OLED panels for iPhones since February, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display panel maker had begun supplying OLED panels for the 6.1-inch model of the iPhone 13 series since last year.But since February, the company’s panel volume for the phone plummet

LX Semicon saw its operating profit for the first quarter of 2022 jump thanks to the high demand for display driver IC (DDI).The fabless chip company said on Monday in its preliminary earning guidance that it recorded 585.1 billion won in revenue and 127.9 billion won in operating profit during the

BOE is expected to continue facing production problems with OLED panels for iPhones due to the ongoing chip shortage, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display panel maker’s production volume for the panels had dropped since February due to the shortage in display driver ICs, as reported by TheElec ea