New players are entering Samsung’s supply chain for smartphone camera module rigid flexible printed circuit boards (RFPCB) as previously dominant companies are existing or reducing their related businesses.Samsung Electro-Mechanics had exited the sector last year, while Daeduck Electronics is reduci

Samsung will unveil new TV models that use LG Display’s white(W)-OLED panels in June at the earliest, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant initially planned to launch the TVs in May.But after the year-end reshuffle last year, Samsung had decided to reevaluate the contract it has signed wi

Samsung Display will need an order of substantial volume from Apple to expand its Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) IT OLED panels this year.The South Korean display panel maker’s development of a vertical deposition machine, in collaboration with Japan’s Ulvac, for use in Gen 8.5 IT OLED panel that started las

Semiconductor board companies in South Korea have started spending on flip-chip ball grid arrays (FC-BGA) in earnest due to high demand.But sources in the industry told TheElec that despite this, it is very unlikely that these companies will be able to narrow the gap with leading companies in Japan,

Semiconductor deposition and etching equipment firm TES’ gas-phase etching equipment (GPE) has passed Samsung Electronics’ quality test, TheElec has learned.It is highly like that the fab equipment maker will supply the GPE equipment to Samsung Foundry within the year.GPE equipment is a dry etching

BOE has recently converted the layout of parts of its B12 OLED panel factory so that it can manufacture OLED panels for IT products and automobiles besides just smartphones, TheElec has learned.The phase 3 production line at B12 in Chongqing, China will be able to manufacture OLED panels for smartph

LG Energy Solution is planning to apply the Z-stacking method into its battery productions, TheElec has learned.Stacking during battery production is when the cathode, anode, separator and other material materials are stacked on top of each other. It is part of the assembly process in battery produc

LG Electronics’ TV boss said on Tuesday that the company would “welcome” Samsung joining the OLED TV market.Park Hyoung-sei, head of home entertainment at LG Electronics, said if Samsung Electronics joins the OLED TV market, it will impact the expansion of the ecosystem "positively."Park also stress

SKC is aiming to supply semiconductor package boards to tech giants such as Intel, Nvidia and AMD, TheElec has learned.Its chip package glass subsidiary Absolics will aim to supply the boards, sources said, which will begin production in 2023.In October, SKC had said it plans to commercialize semico

Yunsung F&C has won a turn-key order to supply mixing equipment from Ultium Cells, the battery making joint venture between LG Energy Solution and General Motors, TheElec has learned.The South Korean equipment had previously won an order to supply one unit of mixing equipment.But Yunsung F&C now won

Samsung Electronics and LG Display’s negotiations over the price of TV OLED panels that the latter will supply are hitting a snag due to the parties failing to agree on an appropriate unit price, TheElec has learned.According to sources, LG Display has offered to supply the panels at a price lower t

LG Energy Solution has formed a digital office under the direct supervision of new CEO Kwon Young-soo, TheElec has learned.It is also remodeling the CEO office and employee lounge to better communicate between employees, sources said.LG Energy Solution is yet to name a new chief digital officer (CDO

LG Display is planning to apply its new technology on its OLED panels for TV to increase their luminance by 30% during the second quarter next year, when mass production will begin, the company said at a press conference on Wednesday.The technology, called OLED.EX, uses deuterium, one of two stable

SK On, the battery making subsidiary of SK Innovation, has formed a new research center that will focus on the development of next-generation batteries, TheElec has learned.The new Emerging Energy Research Center is located inside its main research hub at Daejeon.It is SK On’s first research center

Printed circuit board firm Korea Circuit is considering entering the battery market, TheElec has learned.Since early 2021, the company had held talks with multiple startups in the battery sector to potentially invest in them.It had held talks with a battery separator company and a battery anode comp

Samsung Electro-Mechanics held a board meeting on Thursday to approve spending US$850 million, or 1.1 trillion won, in equipment and infrastructure to manufacture flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) at Vietnam.The company will spend the amount up to 2023 to build the new FC-BGA production line.TheEle

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) equipment will account for over 60% of the lithography equipment used in wafer fabrication by 2025, according to an executive of fab equipment firm ASML.Speaking at the 2021 Semiconductor EUV Ecosystem Big Trend Relay Conference hosted by TheElec and the Korea Semiconductor

Smartphone glass firm Ryuk-Il C&S said on Tuesday that it has acquired chemical firm C&A for 1.8 billion won.Ryuk-Il C&S has been looking for new business opportunities since its customer LG Electronics’ exit of their smartphones business in April.LG Electronics had accounted for 80% of Ryuk-Il C&S’

The patent infringement legal battle between LG Innotek and Corephotonics in South Korea is expected to extend to 2022.Earlier this month, Corephotnics had made a filing to the Supreme Court, citing its reasons for appeals against a decision made in the Patent Court of Korea. LG Innotek filed its ow

New Samsung Electro-Mechanics CEO Chang Duck-hyun visited the company’s facility in Busan, his first official move as CEO of the component arm of Samsung.The facility and Busan manufacture multi layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) and flip-chip ball grid arrays (FC-BGA), two key products for the company