South Korean fabless companies have performed strongly in the first quarter, backed by large volumes of order from Chinese clients, their filings to the local finance watchdog showed Friday.However, uncertainty remains high for the second quarter from the US-China trade war and lackluster performanc

Samsung Electronics has set quotation requests for OLED display panels to Chinese giant BOE for use in its Galaxy S series planned for next year, sources within the company told TheElec Wednesday.The South Korean tech behemoth recently sent request for quotation, or RFQ, to BOE, the first step for a

Chinese display giant BOE will supply OLED display panels to Apple for the upcoming iPhone 12 series, a market research firm said.Cupertino will use panels supplied by BOE and LG Display for the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Max, Ross Young, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), said in his most rece

LIS will supply equipment used in producing OLED to Chinese display giant BOE, the company announced.The Korean laser equipment company will supply 48 billion won worth of equipment.The size of the deal is 33.05% of LIS’s annual sale of 2019 and a huge win for the firm.The supply deal will last from

Samsung Display will be increasing its shipment of LCD monitor panels by up to 40% on-year despite shutting down most of its LCD panel lines, according to industry sources and market research firm Omdia on May 14.The decision comes based on market research showing a spike in demand for monitors for

South Korea’s Sunic System has signed a deal worth KRW 28 billion worth ($22.6 million) with Chinese display maker BOE, according to Sunic’s disclosure on May 4. The amount would account for around 31.6% of Sunic’s total revenues in 2019.The deal is to supply deposition equipment for the mass produc

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics will be supplied once again by Sharp Corp. with large-sized LCD panels, according to publications Nikkei and Sankei on May 2.This would mark the fourth time for Sharp to supply Samsung. The panels are to be shipped to Samsung by the end of this year. Following its a

Chinese display maker BOE shipped seven times as many OLED panels in 2019 compared to the year earlier in an indication of the company’s robust entry into the market, according to market research firm Omdia on April 17.Last year, BOE shipped 39.1 million OLED panels. Among them, 22.1 million were ri

China’s Everdisplay Optronics is expanding its territory in the rigid OLED panel market for laptops and tablets. In particular, the company is directly competing against Samsung Display over supplying laptops and tablet PCs for Huawei Technologies, according to industry sources on April 7.The panel

In 2020, shipment of OLED panels for smartphones is expected to grow 9% on-year to reach around 513 million handsets, according to market research firm Omdia on April 9.This comes despite projections that the total volume of global shipments of smartphones will fall by up to 13% on-year amid the cor

Chinese display makers CEC Panda and HKC may be placed on the selling block on account of mounting financial difficulties triggered by a glut of LCD panels and declining prices, according to industry sources on April 9.The two firms may be acquired by other Chinese panel makers such as CSOT and BOE

Samsung Display will be shuttering its LCD business for good before the year is out, according to industry sources on April 1.Some of the lines, such as the Gen-7 here in Korea will be refurbished to produce OLED and QD panels. Since 2019, the display maker has been switching its LCD L8 line in Sout

Samsung Display and BOE supplied OLED panels for the Black Shark 3, the world’s first 5G-based gaming phone, according to industry sources on April 2.Released in China on March 3, the Black Shark 3 series consists of a standard 6.6-inch screen model and a 7.1-inch Pro model. The standard model was f

Huawei Technologies has applied flexible OLED displays to its entire lineup of flagship smartphones in an apparent bid to step up competition against Samsung.Industry sources said on April 1 that Huawei has applied the panels to all three of its P40 series that it launched last week. This marks the

Flanked by the heads of key affiliates, Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong toured the display panel production lines at Samsung Display’s Asan facilities on Mar. 19, taking a closer look at the next generation Quantum Dot (QD) display samples. The lines are now readying for mass production.“We are facing une

LG Display is expected begin mass production from its Guangzhou plant in China manufacturing large-sized OLED panels in May this year, according to industry sources on Mar. 16.This is about 3 months behind schedule, largely triggered by the spread of the coronavirus that put plant facilities on hold

The global shipment of mobile phone displays tumbled 26% in January from the previous month to 158 million units on the spreading coronavirus combined with seasonal factors, according to industry sources on Mar. 10.The figure reflected a 20% on-year decline. It was compiled from the display shipment

Competition in the global handset display driver IC (DDI) for OLED panels, which had more or less been dominated by Samsung Electronics’ System LSI Division, is intensifying as more Chinese and Taiwanese companies are entering the race.In 2019, Samsung had more than a 60% share of the world’s OLED D

Korea’s largest maker of display manufacturing equipment SFA has made great strides in China’s lamination market, including bagging an order for cover glass lamination-making equipment from China’s largest display maker BOE.Industry sources said on Feb. 19 that SFA signed a KRW 129.1 billion deal wi

Korea’s JNTC said on Feb. 20 that mass production of cover glass has begun from BNJ – its joint venture with China’s largest display maker BOE.The products will be purchased by BOE, which is projected to supply curved OLED panels to Huawei’s premium smartphone, the P40 Pro, scheduled to be released