South Korean display equipment manufacturer SFA was developing technologies for the production for next-generation display panels, the company CEO said.SFA was actively developing transfer, bonding, inspection and repair technologies as competition between MiniLED, quantum dot organic light emitting

SK Magic said on Monday that it has recorded sales of 1.02 trillion won and operating income of 81.8 billion won for the entire year of 2020.It is a sales increase of 17.1%, or 150 billion won, from 2019. It is SK Magic’s highest annual sales on record. Operating income increased 3% year-on-year.The

LG Chem said on Monday that it is issuing 1.2 trillion won in corporate bond.Around 800 billion won is for investments into environment, social and governance projects. The remaining 380 billion won will be to payback debt and to invest in petrochemical facilities.LG Chem on January 9 held a demand

Samsung Electronics said it will apply AMD FreeSync Premium Pro to all of its Neo QLED TVs.The freesync feature is used to reduce delays and screen distortions in TVs while playing games.AMD FreeSync Premium Pro adds high dynamic range to the freesync feature for better contrast ratios.Samsung said

Auros Technology’s share price for its upcoming IPO has been set at 21,000 won, the company said on Monday.It will aim to secure 39.9 billion won from its listing on KOSDAQ on February 24. The price was set after its demand forecast in which 1,413 institutional investors participated in.Auros Techno

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Wednesday ruled in favor of LG Energy Solution against SK Innovation, in the pair’s lawsuit over trade secrets.SK Innovation was issued a 10-year import ban on its batteries. However, its supplies to Ford and Volkswagen were suspended by four years and

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that its Galaxy S21 series smartphones were selling 30% more compared to their predecessor the Galaxy S20 series in South Korea in the first eleven days since sales began.Galaxy S21 accounted for 40% of sales, while the Galaxy S21 Ultra accounted for 36%. Galaxy

Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled its new 5G RF Front End (RFFE) solution that supports 10Gbps data transfer rate.The US chip giant said it was the smallest in the world and will allow 5G smartphones to be designed thinner and lighter. The RFFE module is called QTM047.The company also unveiled Gen 7 wide

Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled two 5G Modem-RF Systems, Snapdragon X65 and Snapdragon X62.The Gen 4 Snapdragon X65 5G modem is the world’s first modem-RF system based on 3GPP Release 16. It provides download speed of up to 10Gbps, which means 33GB UHD film can be downloaded within 30 seconds.RF output

SK Hynix has agreed with its labor union to give 10% of its operating income as bonuses to employees going forward.The company also agreed to allow employees to decide on their stock ownership scheme, the company said on Tuesday.Previously, SK Hynix have given bonuses based on what it calls economic

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics said on Tuesday that they will be showing off their home appliances at the online trade event the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) 2021 that will run from Tuesday to Friday.KBIS is hosted by the National Kitchen and Bath Association and is the US tradeshow o

SK IE Technology, the material subsidiary of SK Innovation, said on Tuesday that it will use only renewable energy for its facilities in South Korea.The company won the bid to buy renewable electricity from Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), the country’s electric utility, on Monday. KEPCO of

Electronics component maker SoluM said on Monday that it has supplied Galaxy SmartTag to Samsung Electronics.The recently launched Galaxy SmartTag uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology to connect with a smartphone. It is used as a smart tag on objects that allows for smartphone owners to find t

Seoul Semiconductor said on Monday that it is expecting sales between 310 billion won to 330 billion won in the first quarter of 2021.This will be a jump between 27% to 33% from the same time period a previous year.The LED maker said it has strengthened its global sales team and have differentiated

SK Global Chemical and Logisall on Monday said they will collaborate to reduce trash that accrues during packaging and delivery.SK Global Chemical president Na Kyung-soo and Logisall chairman Suh Byong-yoon attended an MOU signing ceremony for the collaboration on the same day.Logisall rents out pal

LG Display will invest US$750 million to expand its organic light emitting diode (OLED) module factory in Vietnam.The city of Haiphong approved the plan, Vietnam News Agency said. LG Display will began the expansion of OLED module assembly factory at the city next month.The new production equipment

LG Corp. said on Monday that it has developed a new graphic motif for its brand.The new motif has L on the top left corner and G in the bottom right corner.LG said the motif, when used with a message it wants to send, will show to the reader that it is a message from the company.The motif will be a

Two researchers at Samsung Display received jail terms on Friday for leaking the company’s technology related to organic light emitting diode (OLED).The Suwon District Court sentenced the two researchers, a 47-year-old and a 38-year old, to two years in prison for violating South Korea’s industry te

The South Korean government has approved Samsung Display’s sales of its liquid crystal display (LCD) factory at Suzhou, China to TCL (CSOT), TheElec has learned.Samsung and TCL agreed to the sales last year.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held a committee meeting on Thursday to approve th

Stretchable display is a fundamentally different technology to foldable and rollable displays and will be more difficult to realize, a South Korea professor says.Stretchable display will require elastic substrates and circuits, while it will also have to endure pressure from three axes, Soonchunhyan