MiniLED TV panels will become even more affordable than their OLED counterparts in the years to come, according to analyst firm Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC).For a 65-inch UHD TV panel, MiniLED is 2% cheaper compared to OLED as of this year.But the former will be 15% cheaper is 2025, DSCC

The market for display panels below 9-inches in size was worth US$13.41 billion in the second quarter this year, an increase of 15% year-on-year, according to analyst firm Omdia.Samsung Display saw sales increase to US4.34 billion during the quarter, an increase of 50% year-on-year.Omdia said the co

South Korean smartphone lens companies are struggling to survive in the market as Taiwanese and Chinese rivals have taken over half the supply of lenses to Samsung Electronics.There are rising calls in the local industry for Samsung to take care of the lens supply chain in its own country to avoid a

Most South Korean fabless chip companies recorded poor earnings during the second quarter due to the prolonged global chip shortage.However, some of the companies saw profits thanks to increase in unit prices.LX Semicon, meanwhile, saw operating income increase by nine times from a year ago during t

Hansol Technics said on Wednesday that sales from its liquid crystal display module (LCM) business reached 177.7 billion won in the first half of 2021.This is more than the entire sales of 122 billion won from the business it recorded last year.LCM combines the liquid crystal display with the LED ba

US glass giant Corning has increased share of glass supply to LG Display for automotive OLED panels, TheElec has learned.Corning’s glass has grown to over 10% of those used by LG Display within a year, people familiar with the matter said.The South Korean has previously procured around 70% of the gl

Display equipment maker Top Engineering said on Tuesday that it is aiming to secure sales between 20 billion won to 30 billion won in the next year or two from its roll-to-roll equipment business.The company is aiming to reduce its reliance on its main display equipment business.Roll-to-roll equipme

Samsung Display was considering manufacturing thin-film transistors (TFT) that will be used in Micro LED TVs made by Samsung Electronics, TheElec has learned.The South Korean display maker has formed a team to oversee the project, sources said. This team was formed in April and the project is called

OLED is widely used in smartphones and smart watches, but hardly in IT applications, or for tablets, notebooks and monitors. Liquid crystal display (LCD) is still the dominant panel used in non-smartphone products.South Korean display equipment maker had hoped for Samsung Display and LG Display to e

Samsung Display and its parent company Samsung Electronics are reviewing potential use of an underused liquid crystal display (LCD) plant in South Korea, which could possibly result in the plant being converted to a semiconductor plant, TheElec has learned.The plant at Cheonan, owned by Samsung Disp

The increase in liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panel prices that started last year has slowed down in July this year, according to data from market research firm WitsView.LCD TV panel prices only increased up to 0.3% from the first half of July (1 to 15) from the second half of June (16 to 30).The

LG Electronics said on Wednesday that it will start sales of its premium LCD TV brand, LG QNED Mini LED, in July.Sales of the TV model will begin in the US, then expand to Japan, Europe and South Korea, the company said.The brand includes an 8K 120Hz model, an 8K 60Hz model and a 4K 120Hz model. The

Samsung Display and LG Display are expected to spend conservatively on expanding their OLED production capacities in the second half of the year, according to multiple sources working at South Korean equipment makers.There are some expectations that the pair may start investing more on OLED panels f

South Korean LED firm Wooree E&L has secured half the supply of LED module used by customer LG Display, TheElec has learned.People familiar with the matter said Wooree’s LED modules currently accounts for around 50% of those used by the South Korean display panel maker.LED modules are used as the ba

Automotive display shipment is expected to reach 238 million units in 2030, according to market research firm Omdia.This is an average growth of 6.5% per year from 2020, in which 127 million units were shipped. According to Omdia’s forecast, exterior mirrors (or emirror) and head-up displays will sh

China topped the automotive display market in 2020, according to Omdia.The country held a market share of over 30%, surpassing Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.Chinese panel maker BOE began making automotive liquid crystal display (LCD) panel for the first time in 2012.Omdia pointed out that China was

China’s display market was worth 446 billion yuan in 2020, according to local media FDDisplay.This was a 19.7% year-on-year growth, according to the report, and equals 40.3% of worldwide market share.As of the end of 2020, there was in total 35 display panel lines (of over Gen 6 substrates), the rep

LG Energy Solution was seeking to foster more suppliers it deals with directly instead of going through LG Electronics’ Production engineering Research Institute (PRI), TheElec has learned.Up to now, LG Energy Solution used battery equipment maker through LG PRI.In this arrangement, the equipment ma

Samsung Display may extend its production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels up to the end of 2022, TheElec has learned.Samsung Display CEO Choi Joo-sun said the company was reviewing extending the production of large-sized LCD panels to the end of 2022, in an email sent to employees of its larg

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