The increase in liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panel prices that started last year has slowed down in July this year, according to data from market research firm WitsView.LCD TV panel prices only increased up to 0.3% from the first half of July (1 to 15) from the second half of June (16 to 30).The

The global OLED mask market is expected to grow 10% from 2020 this year to be worth US$354 million, according to market research firm Omdia.But it will grow 34% year-on-year in 2022 to be worth US$476 million, the firm said.Fine metal masks account for 98% of OLED masks. They are used to deposit red

Display equipment maker Avaco has begun talks with LG Display over the specifications of the sputters that will be used to manufacture low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) thin-film transistor (TFT) OLED production, TheElec has learned.LG Display will likely give the order from the equipment

South Korea board maker BH will be supplying over half of the rigid flexible printed circuit boards (RFPCB) used in Apple’s new iPhones launching later this year, TheElec has learned.BH will be supplying mid-50% of the board used, while Samsung Electro-Mechanics will supply 30%. Youngpoong Electroni

Seoul Semiconductor has won a patent lawsuit it filed against a US distributor.On Thursday, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled in favor of the Korean LED maker, saying Onyx Enterprise’s LED products sold on its CARiD.com online platform violated patents related to

LG Chem is aiming to expand its supply of blue OLED emission layer to LG Display this year, TheElec has learned.LG Chem is hoping to supply the blue host for the WBE material set used by LG Display for their large-sized OLED panels.An OLED material set is comprised of an emission layer __ which admi

LG Electronics said on Wednesday that it will start sales of its premium LCD TV brand, LG QNED Mini LED, in July.Sales of the TV model will begin in the US, then expand to Japan, Europe and South Korea, the company said.The brand includes an 8K 120Hz model, an 8K 60Hz model and a 4K 120Hz model. The

Apple will launch two new models of iPads that use OLED panels in 2023, TheElec has learned.Cupertino will launch its first ever OLED iPad in 2022. The tablet will sport a 10.86-inch OLED screen. Samsung Display will be the sole supplier of the OLED panels.The following year, in 2023, Apple is plann

Haesung DS is expected to beat market expectations in its second quarter operating income, TheElec has learned.The automobile chip board company is expected to record late-10 billion won in operating income in the quarter, people familiar with the matter said.This will be around 20% higher than the

Samsung Electro-Mechanics said on Tuesday that it has developed a new 1005 (1.0mm x 0.5mm) multi layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC).The capacitor has 20% increased power capacity, from 22uF to 27uF, compared to their predecessor, the company said.1005 MLCC, along with 0603 MLCC, are mostly used in smart

Bare board testing firm Bioptro is seeing high demand from semiconductor boards, TheElec has learned.It is has already received enough orders for bare board testers to continue manufacturing them up to the end of 2021.This is thanks to high demand for semiconductor boards, which has also increased d

SK Telesys said on Thursday that it will sell its telecom kit subsidiary SKC Infraservice to Pantech C&I for 78.9 billion won.SKC Infraservice offers telecom kit as well as network repair and maintenance services.The deal will be concluded by August. SKC and SK Telesys said they will use the fund fr

Smartphone metal component firm S-Connnect said on Thursday that it was supplying the hinge component to Samsung for foldable smartphones stably.The company denied a security report made by Korea Investment & Securities that KH Vatec will be the sole supplier of hinges to Samsung this year.A S-Conne

Samsung Display and LG Display are expected to spend conservatively on expanding their OLED production capacities in the second half of the year, according to multiple sources working at South Korean equipment makers.There are some expectations that the pair may start investing more on OLED panels f

Samsung Display has completed the development of the structure of its quantum dot nanorod LED (QNED), market research firm UBI Research claimed.UBI Research said it analyzed 160 patents filed by Samsung Display related to QNED to draw its conclusion.The structure of how QNED will be composed has bee

South Korean LED firm Wooree E&L has secured half the supply of LED module used by customer LG Display, TheElec has learned.People familiar with the matter said Wooree’s LED modules currently accounts for around 50% of those used by the South Korean display panel maker.LED modules are used as the ba

Korea Circuit is expected to wrap up the expansion of its flip chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) factory next month, TheElec has learned.FC-BGA is a board used for server and PC chips that offers less electric signal loss and more I/O compared to previous wire packaging.Korea Circuit is planning to manu

LG Electronics will begin sales of its 83-inch OLED TV in South Korea.Sales will also begin in the US this month, the company said on Monday.The TV, model name 83C1, is LG’s largest 4K OLED TV yet. Its largest OLED TV to date is 88-inch and supports 4K resolution. LG offers 48, 55, 65, 77, 83 and 88

3D cover glass company JNTC said on Monday that it has completed its third factory in Vietnam.The factory takes up 87,000 meter-square of space, equivalent to 12 football fields, and larger than its first and second factories combined, the company said.JNTC initially planned to complete the third fa

Shipment of flexible OLED panels will be around 57 million units in the second quarter this year, a drop of 35% from the previous quarter, according to market research firm Omdia.The drop is due to the second quarter being the off-season and declining shipment of Apple’s iPhones.Flexible OLED shipme