Flexible transparent electrode company MSWay said on Thursday that it has developed a high efficiency large-surface flexible organic solar cell electrode.The electrode, developed together with Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, is sized 672 centimeter-square and had a photoelectric convers

South Korea’s SK Group and Chinese automobile giant Geely on Thursday said they will form a joint fund worth US$300 million to invest in the new mobility sector.The pair will each put in US$30 million first then seek global investors such as European banks and Asian pension funds to pitch in the res

The Korea Automobile Association (KAA) and Korea Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA) signed a MOU on Wednesday for collaboration.The MOU singed following the formation of a council for collaboration between the two industries on March 4.KAA and KSIA’s partnership is done in light of the recent

PI Advanced Materials said on Wednesday that it has won in its patent lawsuit against Kaneka in the US. The South Korean polyimide film maker first filed suit against its Japanese rival in August 2016 to the Central District Court of California. The suit was filed to confirm that it didn’t infringe

Samsung Electronics unveiled three new smartphones in its mid-tier Galaxy A series at an Unpacked event on Wednesday.Galaxy A52, A52 5G and A72 has optical image stabilization (OIS) cameras __ a feature Samsung applied only to flagship phones beforehand. Apple also applied OIS on its budget model iP

Samsung Electro-Mechanics has extended its contract on patents related to multi layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) with Murata Manufacturing, CEO of the Korean company confirmed on Wednesday.Company CEO Kyung Kye-hyun was responding to questions from shareholders during its annual shareholders’ meeting.

Shareholders of Samsung Electronics were in fierce disagreement over whether company vice chairman Lee Jae-yong should remain in his post following his conviction and jail term from bribery charges, during the company’s annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday One shareholder, who said they were mem

Samsung SDI is expected spend over 1.7 trillion won to expand its battery facilities this year.The company held its 51st annual shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday. Three motions, which included the naming of two new directors, were passed without a hitch.Samsung SDI CEO Jun Young-hyun said the compa

LG Energy Solution said late on Tuesday that the company needed “reasonable compensation” from SK Innovation for violating its trade secret.LG was responding to SK’s statements earlier that claimed LG was attempting to “monopolize” the US battery market. It was revealed last week that LG sent a lett

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has been named the exclusive supplier of 4G/5G RAN and core to Canadian telco SaskTel.It is the company’s third order from Canada, after first entering the market there in 2019.Samsung will provide 4G/5G radio units, massive MIMO, software for virtualized

Nsys will aim to supply electrode equipment to LG Energy Solution’s third factory at its battery plant in Poland this year, the company said on Tuesday.The company was also considering setting up a subsidiary in Poland, if it succeeds in winning the new orders from LG, it said.Nsys has consistently

Samsung Display said on Tuesday that it has supplied its OLED panel to Asus for the latter’s Republic of Gamers (ROG) Phone 5.The supply of the 6.78-inch OLED panel is the Korean firm’s first for the ROG series.Samsung Display said the display panel supports 120Hz or higher refresh rate. It was deem

AMD on Monday unveiled its new Gen 3 Epyc 7003 Series CPU aimed at data centers.The chip, codenamed Milan, aws the world’s fastest CPU for servers that will double the workload performances in high performance computing, cloud and enterprise, AMD CEO Lisa Su said at the online event for the unveilin

Semiconductor testing firm APACT said on Tuesday that it recorded 49.6 billion won in sales and 6.5 billion won in operating income for the entire year of 2020. Its net income for the year was 6.7% billion won.Sales increased 6% from 2019 while operating income declined 19.8% from the previous year.

SK Innovation on Tuesday expressed its “strong regret” on recent announcements made by LG Energy Solution, claiming that the latter was “distorting the truth” and attempting to “monopolize” the US market.SK’s statements are largely in reaction to LG’s letter sent to US Senator Raphael Warnock last w

LG Display CEO Jeong Ho-young, who was named the new chairman of Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) earlier this month, vowed to build an ecosystem together with the government, industry and academia.Jeong said he would focus on the association’s four main goals, which are: strengthening tech

Posco Chemical CEO Min Kyung-zoon said on Monday that the company will accelerate its shift in business focus to battery materials going forward.Speaking at the firm’s 50th annual shareholders’ meeting at Pohang, Min said the company will expand its investments into marketing-leading technology and

SK Global Chemical form a joint venture with Chinese chemical firm STL that will manufacture and sell ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) used in environmentally friendly packaging.A total of 200 billion won will be spent on the joint venture. SK Global Chemical will hold around 60% stake and STL 40%. SK Gl

A worker at LG Display’s factory in Paju has died two months after falling unconscious following a gas leak.The man, surnamed Lee, was an employee of a supplier to the South Korean display maker. He was exposed to tetramethylammonium hydrooxide from a leak at the P8 factory in Paju and suffered a fu

TSI has confirmed on Friday that it was in talks with LG Energy Solution for a potential deal to supply battery production equipment.Responding to a request by the Korea Exchange to confirm related reports, the South Korean equipment maker said it was true that it was in specific talks to supply bat