BOE, CSOT and Samsung Display were all developing the OLED panel that Samsung Electronics plans to use on its Galaxy A73 smartphone launching next year, TheElec has learned.The mobile business of Samsung Electronics will evaluate the OLED panels made by these three display panel makers and decide ho

Apple has given BOE conditional approval to supply OLED panels for the iPhone 13 series, TheElec has learned.Cupertino has given the Chinese display giant a risk order, also known as conditional approval.It is usually given when a display supplier fails to meet 100% of its customer’s requirements.Th

Display evaluation firm FlexiGO said on Tuesday that it has developed a new evaluation equipment for rollable and slidable panels.Like its previous evaluation equipment for foldable panel called Foldy, the new kits can evaluate the panel in high and constant temperatures as well in humid settings.Th

Near half of South Korean display equipment makers have recorded operating loss during the second quarter of the year.TheElec collected data of 30 related companies, with 13 of them reporting operating loss during the quarter.Meanwhile, nine of of the 30 companies that made a profit saw their earnin

CSOT had supplied some of the OLED panels Samsung used for its low-end Galaxy M smartphones sold in India, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display panel maker supplied a small batch for 2020 model legacy M smartphone that is still being sold there.Smartphone makers conventionally start using new sup

Major Chinese phone brands are expected to supply ultra-thin glasses (UTG) as voer windows for their upcoming foldable smartphones, TheElec has learned.Samsung was the first to shift away from polyimide films to glasses for the cover windows on its foldable smartphones.The company’s original Galaxy

Shipment of flexible OLED panels will be around 57 million units in the second quarter this year, a drop of 35% from the previous quarter, according to market research firm Omdia.The drop is due to the second quarter being the off-season and declining shipment of Apple’s iPhones.Flexible OLED shipme

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

OLED emission market will grow 9% a year on average from 2021 to 2025, market research firm UBI Research said.The market will be worth US$2.25 billion in 2025, it said.Despite Chinese panel makers expanding their OLED production line, the OLED emission material market will be led by their South Kore

Samsung Display will begin production of foldable OLED panels for customers Google, Vivo and Xiaomi in October, TheElec has learned.The three companies are planning to unveil their respective foldable phones in the fourth quarter this year.Google is preparing a foldable phone with a 7.6-inch in-fold

Chinese smartphone makers are increasing their use of OLED panels despite the COVID-19 pandemic and US sanctions, market research firm UBI Research said on Tuesday.A total of 57 smartphones that use OLED was launched in China in the first quarter of 2021, the firm said.This was double the 27 models

Samsung Display and LG Display have begun the production of OLED panels for Apple’s new iPhone launching later this year, TheElec has learned.This is a month faster than for the iPhone 12 last year. Apple launched iPhone 12 later than usual due to problems with procuring components for the phones fr

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

Chinese display giant BOE will start the first stage operation of its B12 Gen 6 (1500mm x 1850mm) OLED line at Chongqing in October this year, TheElec has learned.The second and third stages will go live in March and October, respectively, of 2022.Capacity of 16,000 substrates per month will be adde

South Korean equipment makers recorded mixed results in the first quarter of 2021.Fab equipment vendors posted high growth, while display equipment firms underperformed.Fab equipment makers benefited from aggressive spending by semiconductor companies.Semes, Samsung Electronics’ fab equipment subsid

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

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

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

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