Samsung Display will be increasing its shipment of LCD monitor panels by up to 40% on-year despite shutting down most of its LCD panel lines, according to industry sources and market research firm Omdia on May 14.The decision comes based on market research showing a spike in demand for monitors for

Japan’s JDI beat out rivals such as LG Display to serve as the sole supplier of the initial batch of LCD panels for Apple’s latest version of its iPhone SE smartphones due out next month, according to industry sources on April 27. Sharp – which was acquired by Taiwan’s Foxconn – will later on add to

Chinese display maker BOE shipped seven times as many OLED panels in 2019 compared to the year earlier in an indication of the company’s robust entry into the market, according to market research firm Omdia on April 17.Last year, BOE shipped 39.1 million OLED panels. Among them, 22.1 million were ri

China’s Everdisplay Optronics is expanding its territory in the rigid OLED panel market for laptops and tablets. In particular, the company is directly competing against Samsung Display over supplying laptops and tablet PCs for Huawei Technologies, according to industry sources on April 7.The panel

Chinese display makers CEC Panda and HKC may be placed on the selling block on account of mounting financial difficulties triggered by a glut of LCD panels and declining prices, according to industry sources on April 9.The two firms may be acquired by other Chinese panel makers such as CSOT and BOE

Doosan Solus was the sole supplier of high-refraction CPL for the OLED panels fitted in Samsung’s Galaxy S20 series to help improve the energy efficiency by up to 7% of the flagship smartphones, according to industry sources on April 3.With the deal, Doosan Solus is now more likely to take the lead

Samsung Display will be shuttering its LCD business for good before the year is out, according to industry sources on April 1.Some of the lines, such as the Gen-7 here in Korea will be refurbished to produce OLED and QD panels. Since 2019, the display maker has been switching its LCD L8 line in Sout

Samsung Display and BOE supplied OLED panels for the Black Shark 3, the world’s first 5G-based gaming phone, according to industry sources on April 2.Released in China on March 3, the Black Shark 3 series consists of a standard 6.6-inch screen model and a 7.1-inch Pro model. The standard model was f

Huawei Technologies has applied flexible OLED displays to its entire lineup of flagship smartphones in an apparent bid to step up competition against Samsung.Industry sources said on April 1 that Huawei has applied the panels to all three of its P40 series that it launched last week. This marks the

Sunic System is expecting to land more orders for its micro-OLED deposition equipment beginning this year, according to the company’s founder on Mar. 23.Park Jae-gyu said at the company’s regular shareholders’ meeting at Gyeonggi Province that based on the firm’s market leadership, he believes this

LG Display is expected begin mass production from its Guangzhou plant in China manufacturing large-sized OLED panels in May this year, according to industry sources on Mar. 16.This is about 3 months behind schedule, largely triggered by the spread of the coronavirus that put plant facilities on hold

LG Display is struggling with low yield of rollable OLED panels for televisions due to using glass substrates.Industry sources on Mar. 11 said LG Display seems to be using ultra-thin glass substrates with a thickness of under 0.2mm for the rollable panels. Due to this material, not only has the yiel

The display polarizing film market is expected to see tight supplies in 2020 on account of persisting demand coupled with the aftermath of the COVID-19, which has disrupted production, according to industry sources on Mar. 12. While the coronavirus affected the factory operation at Chinese film make

The global shipment of mobile phone displays tumbled 26% in January from the previous month to 158 million units on the spreading coronavirus combined with seasonal factors, according to industry sources on Mar. 10.The figure reflected a 20% on-year decline. It was compiled from the display shipment

South Korea’s FNS Tech has signed on with Samsung Display to supply KRW 11.2 billion worth of color filter development equipment to its new QD production line – the Q1.FNS Tech issued the disclosure on the deal on Feb. 20, according to industry sources on Mar. 2. In 2019, the company had signed a KR

Korea’s largest maker of display manufacturing equipment SFA has made great strides in China’s lamination market, including bagging an order for cover glass lamination-making equipment from China’s largest display maker BOE.Industry sources said on Feb. 19 that SFA signed a KRW 129.1 billion deal wi

Korea’s JNTC said on Feb. 20 that mass production of cover glass has begun from BNJ – its joint venture with China’s largest display maker BOE.The products will be purchased by BOE, which is projected to supply curved OLED panels to Huawei’s premium smartphone, the P40 Pro, scheduled to be released

Beginning in March 2020, LG Display is scheduled to begin setting up equipment at its E6 line for producing touch-integrated Touch-on-Cell (ToC) OLED panels for Apple’s iphones due out in the latter half of this year, industry sources said on Feb. 21.Since 2019, LG Display has been mass -producing T

China’s largest display maker BOE trumped LG Display in 2019 to top the markets in terms of TV LCD panel area shipment, according to IHS Markit on Feb. 13.BOE has been the largest company to ship LCD panels for TVs since 2018, but this marks the first time it took the lead for area shipments, accord

Samsung Display is being supplied with key OLED material from Poongwon Precision – one of LG Display’s suppliers – according to industry sources on Feb. 7.Until now, Sewoo Incorporation has been the exclusive supplier of the material Open Metal Mask (OMM), which is a key component for producing smal