LG Display has singed an organic light emitting diode (OLED) partnership agreement with Disney StudioLAB, a subsidiary of Walt Disney.The partnership will last threes, the South Korean display panel maker said. Disney StudioLAB is Disney’s research arm that works on advanced filming and editing tech

SK Innovation wishes to quickly resolve its lawsuit with LG Chem and will continue to open channels for talks to continue, a senior executive of the company said on Tuesday.Dongseob Jee, president of SK Innovation’s battery business, told reporters at the InterBattery 2020 tradeshow taking place in

Seoul Semiconductor said on Tuesday that it has supplied its SunLike LED to a kindergarten in Slovenia.The company collaborated with European lighting company LED Luks to supply the LEDs, it said.Seoul Semiconductor supplied its lamp dubbed ARUN, which has Sunlike LED applied. The lamp comes with a

3D cover glass maker JNTC is planning to invest US$100 million to construct a third factory in Vietnam, the company said.The factory will be built near Hanoi where its Vietnamese subsidiary JNTC Vina is located.The facility will take up a space of 73,000 meters-square, the South Korean glass manufac

SFA will expand globally as a smart factory solution company based on its experiences in making kits for semiconductor, display and battery productions, the company said.The company unveiled its smart factory brand called NEO on Monday.SFA said it will be original, complete and comprehensive in its

Semiconductor materials company RFsemi will start its own microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) foundry business, the company said.MEMS utilizes semiconductor production process to integrate ultra-small, micrometer-sized mechanical components and circuits on silicon wafers.Microphones made with this

TSE has begun supplying its ultra-fast test socket called Eltune to a global system-on-a-chip (SoC) maker, the company said.Eltune sockets offers shorter signal lengths compared to pogo pin sockets, the company said. The contact terminal was also wider and showed high results during yield rate testi

LG Electronics has begun sales of its rollable TV in South Korea.LG Signature OLED R will cost 100 million won (US$87,000).The TVs will be displayed on the company’s premium stores, starting with LG Electronics Best Shop in the affluent Gangnam district.The TV has a 65-inch OLED screen that can roll

Semiconductor component maker Haesung DS has posted 12.5 billion won in operating income in the third quarter of 2020.It is a rise of 37.9% year over year, the company said.Haesung DS posted net income of 8.4 billion won and sales of 119 billion won in the quarter, a rise of 5% and 14.9% year over y

Samsung Display’s foldable organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel for the Galaxy Z Flip smartphone has received the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certification in South Korea.EDP is given by Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KETI), a sub-agency under the Ministry of E

Laser equipment maker Philoptics will begin producing samples of fine metal masks (FMM) for 6th-generation organic light emitting diode (OLED), the South Korean company said on Monday.FMM is used to deposit OLED materials on to the substrate. The OLED materials must not sag or expand from heat when

Samsung Electronics will showcase a film it produced called Untact filmed in 8K using smartphones, the company said.The film was directed by Kim Jee-woon and starts actors Kim Go-eun and Kim Ju-han.Untact will be romantic drama film.The film will open at two 8K cinemas in Seoul __ one at Yeonnam and

Synopex has launched a face masks made with a fabric used to make synthetic arteries.Synopex Membrane Filter Mask uses a triple filter made by attaching a spunbond to e-PTFE, while adding two more linings for a penta filter.It also has flexible spunbond for the ears and a self-developed nose wire.Th

Samsung Electro-Mechanics will sell its Wi-Fi module business, TheElec has learned.It will sell the business to a company that split-off from Samsung Electro-Mechanics.The Wi-Fi module operations in Suwon, South Korea and Thailand will be sold. Suwon employees 60 people and Thailand 440. Personnel a

Philoptics has supplied its laser equipment used to cut ultrathin glass for a South Korean client, the company said on Friday.Laser its used to cut the ultrathin glass that are used as the cover window in foldable smartphones.Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy Z Fold 2 foldable smartphone

Seoul Semiconductor will launch LED aimed at automobiles that consumes 20% less power and has 40% increased heat resistance called WICOP UHL (ultra high luminance) next year, the company said on Thursday.WICOP is a surface mount technology that allows LEDs to be attached without a module.WICOP UHL w

Silicon wafer shipment in 2020 will grow 2.4% year over year thanks to high growth in memory semiconductors.2021 will see a further 5% growth year over year, SEMI said.This contrast with with 2019, when wafer shipment contracted by 6.9% from 2018.Despite geopolitical conflicts that is changing the g

LG Chem will offer cash dividends over 10,000 won for ordinary shareholders for the next three years, the company announced.The move is likely to placate the anger over the company’s decision to split-off its battery business.LG Chem said the dividends will eliminate uncertainties over the split-off

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong has visited the headquarters of ASML of Netherland, the South Korean tech giant said on Wednesday.Lee met with ASML CEO Peter Wennink and CTO Martin Van den Brink to discuss collaboration between the two companies.ASMl is the only company that makes ext

Samsung Electronics has launched its new SD cards lineup PRO Plus and EVO Plus, the company said.They are aimed at DSLR, mirrorless and compact camera users as well as PCs, the South Korean tech giant said.The PRO Plus offers sequential read and write speeds of up to 100MB/s and 90MB/s, respectively