Display kit maker Youngwoo DSP recorded 40.9 billion won in sales and 6.3 billion won in operating income in the first quarter.It is an increase of 81% and 1220%, respectively, from a year prio.The company said it saw high demand for its display equipment, especially China.Earnings from display insp

Samsung Display and LG Display is showing off their next-generation display panels at SID Display Week 2021, which will run from May 17 to 21.Samsung Display said it will showcase a panel called S Foldable, which folds twice, inward and outward.It will also show off a 17-inch foldable panel that can

Mcnex said on Monday that it has won an order from Hyundai Motor to supply camera modules for 30 car models that will launch from 2023 onward.The camera module maker will supply its goods for use in surround view monitoring and advanced driver assistance systems.Mcnex was registered as a tier-1 supp

Display inspection equipment maker Dong A Eltek recorded 2.3 billion won in operating loss in the first quarter.It recorded sales of 53.9 billion won, a jump of 145% from a year prior, however.The company said major sales came from inspection equipment for mobile and TV OLED panels.Dong A Eltek was

LG Chem said it was investing 40 billion won in to Chinese copper foil firm Jiujiang DeFu Technology for equity.Copper foils are used to make battery anodes. The thinner they are, the more active materials can be packed in, which increases the battery capacity.DeFu is China’s third largest copper fo

Corning has completed the construction of a glass factory at Wuhan, adjacent to BOE’s liquid crystal display (LCD) factory.This will likely boost the Chinese display panel maker’s production of large LCD TV panels larger than 65-inches.Corning’s Gen 10.5 (3370x2940mm) LCD glass factory was built nex

Samsung Display said on Thursday that its OLED panels used in the Galaxy Book Pro series of notebooks received the Gaming Performance certification from SGS.SGS’s review showed that the panel had below 1.4mm in blur length and 15.4ms in multimedia response time.Samsung said this was superior to liqu

SoluM has joined Morgan Stanley Capital International’s (MSCI) Global Small Cap Korea Indexes.The South Korean component maker was among 43 companies that newly joined the indexes.SoluM said it was the only listed company to make it on the list. It will be official listed on May 28.The listing will

OLED emission material companies recorded high first quarter earnings that beat market expectations.Apple’s iPhone 12 sales, Samsung’s earlier than usual launch of Galaxy S21 smartphones, expanded application of OLED panels in notebooks and mid-tier phones, and Chinese panel makers expanding their O

LG Display said on Wednesday that its 65-inch rollable OLED TV won the Display of the Year award given by the Society of Information Display (SID).It is the top award given by SID, the world’s foremost academic society in the display industry. SID is holding its annual conference this year online fr

Display equipment maker Invenia has developed an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) dry etcher for use in Gen 10.5 (2940x3370) substrates.The company said the etcher can be used in Gen 10.5 OLED and liquid crystal display (LCD) production lines.The firm has previously offered etchers for Gen 8.5 (2200

Samsung Display said on Wednesday that it has chosen to lead a national project to develop oxide thin-film transistor (TFT) technology for 1,000ppi OLED panels.The South Korean display panel maker will aim to develop the oxide TFT which will support electron movements ten times faster than it is cur

Solus Advanced Materials said on Tuesday that it has supplied specialized copper foil to Airbus.Solus’ European subsidiary, Circuit Foil Luxembourg, supplied to lightning strike protection (LSP) copper foil for aerospace application.The foils are used to protect the surface of the body of planes fro

LG Display is planning to expand the production capacity of its TV OLED panel factory in Guangzhou, China, TheElec has learned.The factory, which makes panels based on 8.5th-generaetion (2200x2500mm) substrates, currently has a capacity of 60,000 substrates per month.This will be expanded to 90,000

APS Holdings said on Monday that it has been named by the South Korean government to lead a project to develop MicroOLED display for use in augmented reality (AR).APS and others in the project will aim to develop a 4,000ppi AR glass prototype by 2024.AR glasses are usually used outdoors. This means

Intel has made an offer to Samsung Electro-Mechanic to invest in flip chip (FC)-ball grid array (BGA) substrate, TheElec has learned.Under the deal, the US chip giant will put in its own money first for the South Korea component maker to expand its FC-BGA substrate production capacity.Intel made the

The global OLED emitting material market will grow 17% in 2021 compared to last year to be worth US$1.52 billion, according to market research firm UBI Research.South Korean panel companies will buy 74.3% of the total material, while their Chinese counterparts will account for 25.7%, the research fi

LG InnoTek will sell its patents and equipment related to its LED business to a Chinese LED company, TheElec has learned.The South Korean component maker will clean out equipment related to LED at its Paju plant within the month, people familiar with the matter said.LG InnoTek will handover some 10,

Samsung Electronics is aiming to ship a million units of its recently unveiled Galaxy Book Pro series of notebooks this year, TheElec has learned.The company unveiled the Galaxy Book Pro 360 and Galaxy Book Pro last month. Each model comes in 15.6-inch and 13.3-inch variants.Samsung applied OLED pan

Samsung Display said on Thursday that its OLED panels for panel can lowered its power consumption by 25% when its dark mode is on.The South Korean display maker supplied the panels for Samsung Electronics’ newly unveiled Galaxy Book Pro series of notebooks.Samsung Display said the notebooks’ batteri