South Korean display equipment companies saw their earnings jump in the first half of 2020 thanks to demand from China. This contrast to last year when they saw new orders nosedive, which hurt earnings.Thirty one companies combined posted 5.318 trillion won in sales in the first half of the year, a

Display equipment maker Invenia has clinched a 65 billion won supply deal with HKC of China, the company said on Friday.The amount of the deal is level with that of its sales for the first half of 2020, which was 66.9 billion won.The contract will last until August 19.Invenia’s main good its its dry

LIS has posted 6.8 billion won in operating profits and 74.9 billion in sales in the second quarter of 2020, the company said.It is a rise of 102% and 89%, respectively, year over year. The OLED equipment maker, for the first half of 2020, has secured 11.2 billion won in operating profits and 127.6

The global display ink jet printing market has become a competition of three major companies __ Tokyo Electron, JOLED and Toray Engineering __ with the decline of Kateeva.Though Kateeva’s equipment for thin film encapsulation in small-sized OLED was once used by market leader Samsung Display and ris

BOE is supplying on-cell organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel __ in which the touch sensor is embedded within the panel __ to Huawei for the first time, people familiar with the matter told TheElec on Monday.The success in winning the order shows that the Chinese display giant is narrowing its

Laser company LIS has won a 31.5 billion won order from Chinese display giant CSOT for organic light emitting diode (OLED) equipment, the company said on Wednesday.The deal is equal to 21.77% of its 2019 sales. The contract will expire on August 17.In May, LIS won a 48 billion won order from BOE for

Samsung Display’s flexible OLED shipment to China will triple this year compared to last year, UBI Research said on Tuesday.The South Korean display panel maker will ship 47 million units of flexible OLED panel to China this year __ in 2019 it shipped 15.5 million units.Thanks to this high demand fr

Color filters will replace polarizers in foldable organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels in the future, a South Korean research firm said on Friday.Major panel companies were working on such technology as color filters will allow the panels to become thinner and more brighter, UBI Research said.

LG Electronics will begin mass production next month of its Velvet smartphone aimed at the US, people familiar with the matter told TheElec on Thursday.The company will make some design changes, including adding a millimeter (mm) wave antenna, from the version it launched for South Korea in May, the

Cover windows used in foldable smartphones will use both ultra thin glass (UTG) and colorless polyimide (CPI) films for at least the next five years, market research firm UBI Research said on Monday.Shipment of CPI films and UTG will reach 4.5 million units and 3.5 million units, respectively, this

LG Electronics is planning to launch a rollable smartphone early next year and the project is called B Project, sources within the company told TheElec.The company has begun production for the prototype of the device at its factory in Pyeongtaek. Most commercial products goes to three to four trial

Merck and Guardian Glass has formed a strategic partnership to commission sales of evrise dynamic liquid crystal window, the companies said.Eyrise provides shading comfort by cutting solar glare without compromising on natural day light.There is also a privacy window variant that offers instant swit

Chinese display giant BOE is aiming to win Apple’s order for display panels, for both of its OLED factory lines, people familiar with the matter told TheElec on Tuesday.The company operates two OLED lines __ the B11 line and B7 line __ at Sichuan, China. It is planning to use both lines for a potent

Large-area thin-film transistor (TFT) display market will show marginal growth in 2020 as it begins recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter, market research firm Omdia said.Global large-area TFT display unit shipments in 2020 are expected to total 771.6 million unit

OLED equipment maker Shindo ENG Lab has vowed to expand in the Chinese OLED market as it gears up for its initial public offering (IPO) on KOSDAQ next month.CEO Woung-ki Park said the company had unrivaled technologies in banding equipment and dispensers for OLED production, at a press conference in

An ex-Samsung president will resign from his post at a Chinese tech firm due to the controversy surrounding the move, according to South Korea media Chosun Ilbo.Chang Won-ki, ex-president at Samsung China, drew South Korean media attention from his move to Chinese display driver IC maker Beijing Esw

Samsung Electronics has canceled the development of its low-tier Galaxy M41 smartphone, sources told TheElec on Tuesday.TheElec first reported that Samsung was planning to use CSOT’s OLED panels for the first time in the Galaxy M41.But following the report, sources within the company said Samsung ha

Samsung Electronics will use Chinese vendor CSOT’s organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel for its upcoming Galaxy M41 smartphone, TheElec confirmed on Monday.It will mark the first time that the South Korean tech giant uses OLED panels not produced by affliate Samsung Display for its Galaxy serie

An ex-Samsung Electronics executive has responded to concerns over his move to a Chinese semiconductor company, stressing that there won’t be any technology transfer or leak.Chang Won-ki, who was formerly the president and head of Samsung’s China operation, recently drew headlines in South Korean me

LG Display is aiming to supply up to 20 million units of mobile OLED display panels to Apple for the iPhone 12 series, sources within the company told TheElec.Cupertio is expected to order 75 million units for its upcoming smartphones launching later this year. Samsung Display is expected to supply