Kolon Industries said on Monday that it has supplied its colorless polyimide (CPI) film to Xiaomi for use as cover window for the Mi Mix Fold smartphone.Xiaomi is aiming to ship around 500,000 units of the foldable smartphone. The firm prepared an initial stock of 30,000 units for Mi Mix Fold. The p

Samsung Electronics has been sued in the US by non-practicing entity (NPE) which has earlier purchase patents related to wireless charging technology from LG InnoTek.Ireland-based Scramoge Technology had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electronics America

Samsung Electro-Mechanics will be supplying its rigid flexible printed circuit boards (RFPCB) to Apple for the upcoming iPhone 13, TheElec has learned.RFPCB is used to connect the OLED panel with the main baord.Samsung Electro-Mechanics had considered exiting the RFPCB business last year, with iPhon

Solus Advanced Materials said on Monday that it will expand the production capacity of its copper foil factory in Luxembourg to meet rising demand from 5G.Its subsidiary there, Circuit Foil Luxembourg, will expand its production capacity from 12,000 metric tonnes a year to 15,000 metric tonnes a yea

SK Nexilis will be supplying its copper foil to US electric car firm Tesla.SK Nexilis CEO Kim Young-tae said on Friday at the conference call for the company’s first quarter earnings that the firm will be supplying battery copper foil to a US-based company “T”.Kim didn’t directly mention the name of

LG Energy Solution and Lotte Rental said on Friday that the pair will collaborate in battery-as-a-service (BaaS) for electric cars.Under the partnership, LG will measure batteries’ capacity and their remaining life span, as well as issue certificate for their status. Lotte will strengthen its own sa

AT&S Korea said on Friday that it will begin operation of its second factory at Ansan in May.The factory was completed in the last week of March, AT&S Korea president Song In-wook said. Once the second factory start operation, the company’s production capacity for flexible printed circuit board (FPC

LG Electronics said on Thursday that it has posted 18.8 trillion won in revenue and 1.516 trillion won in operating income in the first quarter.Revenue jumped 27.7% and operating income 39.1% from a year ago.Both revenue and operating income was the company’s highest quarterly result ever.LG said st

Samsung Electronics marked 65.39 trillion won in revenue and 9.38 trillion won in operating profit in the first quarter this year.Revenue was the highest ever for a first quarter, Samsung said. Operating income rose 45% year-on-year.The South Korean tech conglomerate saw its mobile and consumer elec

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled its new notebook series the Galaxy Book Pro that sport OLED panels at its Unpacked event.Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 will come in 15.6-inch and 13.3-inch sizes. The 360 model has a 360-degree revolving screen and offers S Pen support.A total of f

LG Display said on Wednesday that it has recorded 6.88 trillion won in sales and 523 billion won in operating income in the first quarter.Sales increased 46% from the a year prior. However, sales dropped 8% and operating income 24% from the previous quarter.The firm beat South Korean analysts’ conse

Samsung Electro-Mechanics said on Wednesday that it has recorded 2.37 trillion won in sales and 331.5 billion won in operating income for the first quarter.It is an increase of 11% and 99%, respectively, from a year ago.The figures are slightly above South Korean analysts’ consensus of 2.34 trillion

South Korean equipment maker IsMedia will supply its camera module inspection equipment to Sharp, the company said.The pair signed a 2 billion won supply deal for the kits, IsMedia said.The inspection equipment will be supplied to Sharp’s factory in Vietnam.They will likely be used for cameras that

PI Advanced Materials said on Monday that it will spend 73 billion won to build a new polyimide film production line.The new production line will have a capacity of 600 metric tonnes a year and manufacture polyimide films for use in electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries.The company said the ne

South Korean printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer Isu Petasys is exiting its high density interconnect (HDI) board and flexible PCB (FPCB) business, TheElec has learned.The company notified its customers, which includes Samsung Electronics, and its employees of the exit, people familiar with the

LG Electronics said on Monday that it will launch a new 15.6-inch model of LG Gram notebook next month in South Korea.LG Gram 15 will have a 16 to 9 ratio FHD (1920x1080) IPS display.The 2021-model LG Gram 16, which was unveiled in December, had a screen ratio of 16 to 10. The screen is WGXGA (2560x

Samsung Electronics will launch its low-tier Galaxy M12 smartphone in South Korea on Wednesday.The phone, which will only come in black, will be sold online priced at 198,000 won.M12 will have a 90Hz refresh rate 6.5-inch screen. It will have four cameras on its back: a 48MP main shooter, a 5MP ultr

Iljin Hysolus said on Monday that it will build a new research center and factory at Wanju, North Jeolla Province.It will spend 12.6 billion won to build the center, which will research hydrogen fuel cell solutions, at the city.It will also review potential additional investment to build a new facto

Solus Advanced Materials said on Thursday that it is expecting sales of 88.8 billion won and operating income of 400 million won for the first quarter.This is a rise of 25.3% in sales, but a 95.5% dip in operating income.Its elecfoil business contributed 58.2 billion won in sales, its highest ever.H

Apple was suffering setbacks in its production of the new Mini LED iPad Pro due to problems in surface mount technology (SMT) process, TheElec has learned.This was due to the low production yield rate of Taiwan’s TSMT, one of the SMT suppliers for the newly unveiled devices, people familiar with the