SurplusGLOBAL will hire developmentally disabled people at its semiconductor equipment cluster that will start construction next year in June, the company said.The South Korean company signed an MOU with Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities (KEAD) at its headquarters in Osan to set-

Camera lens company Kolen said Tuesday that its largest shareholder Biolog Device will buy 100% of the allot shares of its new share issuance.Both companies are lead by CEO Yi Jae-Sun.Kolen’s latest paid-in capital increase is to secure funding to expand its factory in Vietnam.It plans to allot the

South Korea is seeing less and less new blood in the telecom component and equipment sector every year, a government survey showed.There were 44,000 people working in wireless equipment and broadcasting sector in 2018, a decrease of 7.4% from 2017, the Ministry of Science and ICT said.South Korea ha

LG InnoTek CEO Jeong Cheol-dong has been named the eighth executive chairman of the Korea Association for Photonics Industry Development (KAPID), the association said on Tuesday.Jeong said, as the new chairman, he will form a network for collaboration within the photonics industry, expand remote con

Hanmi Semiconductor has launched its new Flip Chip Bonder-5.0 aimed at high-end semiconductor production, the company said on Tuesday.It is the fifth generation in the series of bonders. The fourth generation model was launched three years ago.Flip chip bonders are used to connect circuits when a se

The shipment of OLED panels for smartphone nosedived in the second quarter of 2020 to 87 million units, UBI Research said on Monday.It is a fall of 23.1% from the same time period a year ago and a drop of 17% from the first quarter of 2020.The shipment decline came from low shipment of rigid OLED pa

South Korean start-up Alamis has developed plate alumina that will be used to coat separators in lithium-ion batteries, the company said on Friday.It is a first for a South Korean firm to develop the core material alumina used to coat separators. The market is currently dominated by Japan’s Sumitomo

Semiconductor wafer transfer equipment maker Cymechs will receive funding from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to develop new wafer transfer robots used in chip production lines, the company said on Wednesday.The company will be eligible to get up to 8 billion won in funding for the next

Hanmi Semiconductor has accrued 2020 unit sales for its vision placement equipment, the company on Wednesday.The equipment are used to clean, dry, inspect, select and load semiconductor packages.Hanmi began producing them back in 1998. A company spokesperson said the company had an 80% global market

Optical module maker Opticore has been selected as a direct supplier of transceivers to SK Telecom, the company said on Thursday.It is the second time that the module maker has been selected as a direct supplier by the telco.It was first chosen late last year and supplied optical transceivers to SK

Laser equipment firm Philoptics have posted two straight quarters of profits as of the second quarter of 2020.The company posted 7.6 billion won in operating profits and sales of 67.9 billion won in the second quarter, the company said on Tuesday. It is a return to profit and an increase of 278%, re

Chinese camera module makers O’Film Group and Sunny Optical are expected to grow significantly this year thanks to their supply deals with Apple and Huawei as they adopt more and more multi-camera set-ups for their smartphones.Camera module suppliers to Samsung Electronics, meanwhile, are expected t

Cammsys said on Thursday that it is supplying the camera modules for Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note20 series smartphones and Galaxy Z Fold 2 at Vietnam.The company was producing the 10MP camera module for the front cameras on the Galaxy Note20 and Galaxy Note20 Ultra as well as the 12MP Ultra Wide

EcoPro BM will began construction of its new anode materials factory next month dedicated to major client Samsung SDI.The company has also recently begun investment into its factory dedicated to its other client SK Innovation.EcoPro BM is also looking to supply anode materials for electric vehicle (

South Korean semiconductor materials start-up UBmaterials has developed a slurry used for the chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process in chip production, TheElec has learned.The slurry was co-developed by South Korean memory giant SK Hynix. Development is, however, at this time partially complet

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong has visited the company’s Onyang operation at Asan City, where the company develops semiconductor packaging technology on Thursday.It is his second visit to the site since August of last year.Lee inspected the progress and mid- to long-term development

Intel has showed off four successes cases in various industries where its edge artificial intelligence (AI) solution was applied in a virtual forum in South Korea on Wednesday.The solutions was applied in companies in the military, software, manufacturing and sensor industries.Hanwha Techwin launche

LG Uplus has formed a task force to respond to South Korean government’s so-called “New Deal” economic policy, TheElec has learned.The task force was been overseen directly by company CEO and vice chairman Ha Hyun-hwoi, people familiar with the matter said. The response was considered slower than ri

ACM Research has developed the new Ultra C VI single wafer tool, the company announced on Wednesday.The latest addition to the company’s Ultra C leaning system, boasts 18 cleaning chambers. This is six more champers than the Ultra C V system and 50 percent expansion on throughput.ACM has also optimi

Hanmi Semiconductor expects its electro magnetic interference (EMI) shield equipment to contribute 120 billion won in sales this year, the company said Wednesday.The company said it posted 20.1 billion won in operating profits, a rise of 32% from a year prior, in the second quarter thanks to strong