LG Electronics on Thursday sent out invitations for its press conference at CES 2021.The South Korean tech firm said the theme of its conference will be Life is ON – Make yourself @ Home.Its press conference will start at 8am on January 11, US Eastern Standard Time. The event also been shown on LG’s

Camera module maker Cammsys said on Thursday that it will merge with security solution subsidiary BEFS.BEFS offers fingerprint readers and network security solutions. The company is planning to sign supply contracts to supply its fingerprint readers with major customers, Cammsys said.BEFS was acquir

South Korean cathode material maker L&F have signed a 1.45 trillion won deal with LG Energy Solution to supply cathode.L&F will be supplying high-nickel NCMA(nickel, cobalt, manganese and aluminum) cathode for the South Korean battery maker.The pair didn’t disclose which automobile company would get

Swedish firm claims Korean counterpart violated FRAND commitment Ericsson said on Friday that it has filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics in the US over violating their contractual agreements related to patent licensing.The pair are in negotiation over patent licensing fees and the lawsuit is

Samsung Display received approval from the Indian government to get financial backing for its factory in Noida, according to Reuters.The Uttar Pradesh state government signed off on a financial incentive of 48.25 billion rupees to the South Korean display panel makers Noida factory.Samsung Display i

LG Display’s Cinematic Sound OLED (CS) technology has been listed as the standard for sound emitting display by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards.The South Korean display panel maker first launched the OLED panels that use the technology in 2016.The technology uses the display panel as

Samsung Display is transferring hundreds of its employees to Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor business as it prepares to exit the liquid crystal display (LCD) business.The display panel maker was taking application from employees for the transfer and sorting through who to send. Hundreds of employ

Shim Ik-chan, a senior vice president at Samsung Electro-Mechanics, has won an annual industry award hosted by South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.Shim was awarded at the 15th Electronics and IT Day for his contribution to the camera module industry.He joined Samsung Electro-Mechani

Apple has announced its first ever over-ear headphone Airpods Max on Tuesday.The headphones will go on sale on December 15 for US$549. It is priced at 719,000 won in South Korea.The headphones have active noise canceling like Airpods Pro.Its rival is BOSE, which hasn’t been available in Apple’s onli

LG Electronics said on Wednesday that it will collaborate with Assa Abloy to launch automatic doors using transparent OLED panels.Assa Abloy, based in Sweden, makes doors, mechanical door locks, digital door locks and automatic doors. It has supplied its automatic doors to airports in London, Spain

Posco Chemical said on Wednesday that it will be supplying cathode to Ultium Cells, the joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution.The South Korean chemical company will be supplying high-nickel NCMA (nickel, cobalt, manganese and aluminum) produced at its Gwangyang plant in South K

ISC said on Tuesday that it will produce microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based fine-pitch semiconductor test solution.The company said the solution combines a test board with a test socket.A South Korean customer who tested the solution showed that it improved by 90% in performance compared to

LED company Semicon Light said on Tuesday that it has singed a UV-C LED distribution deal with Japanese trading company Inabata.The South Korean LED maker said, besides this agency deal, it will sign an annual supply deal with Inabata to expand into the US, Europe and Japan.Inabata’s annual sales is

LG Uplus said on Tuesday that it has started the trial for 28GHz 5G network.The network has been applied to Kumoh National Institute of Technology for the university’s administrative work and will replace the wired network.LG Uplus hopes the trial leads to development of a cloud system, low-latency

LG Electronics has unveiled a new robot that kills germs with ultraviolet lamps.The new robot will be displayed at 2020 Korea Electronics Show in COEX from December 9 to 12.The robot uses ultraviolet-C (UV-C) lamps on its sides to kill germs. UV-C has wavelengths between 100 to 280nm which can kill

Samsung Electronics said on Monday that it will begin sales of its smart monitors in South Korea.The 32-inch UHD M7 and FHD M5 (32-inch, 27-inch) monitors have the Tizen OS-based smart hub that allows them to offer contents without being connected to a computer.They can connect to the internet via W

EcoPro will expand the sales of cathode and precursors to others, including competitors, the company’s chairman said on Friday.Chairman Lee Dong-chae of EcoPro, the holding company of battery cathode maker EcoPro BM, told local tradeshow Pohang Global Battery Conference 2020 held at the city of Poha

Samsung Electronics said on Thursday that it has begun roll out of its One UI 3 interface along with the Android 11 update for Galaxy smartphones.Those with a Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and S20 Ultra in the US, South Korea and parts of Europe will get the update first.Those with the Galaxy Note20 and Gala

Samsung Electronics said on Friday that it was promoting 214 executives in its year-end reshuffle.Earlier this week, the company announced only minor changes in the top posts. However, in terms of executive promotion, it was the largest in the past three years.Samsung named 31 executive vice preside

Samsung Electronics will launch three kinds of foldable smartphone models next year, according to OLED research firm UBI Research.Samsung Display was preparing three types of foldable OLED panels, the research firm said, which indicates three foldable smartphone models.These will likely be the Galax