LG Electronics has launched the LG Nanocell AI ThinQ TV, model name NANO87, in South Korea, the company said.The TV received level 1 in energy efficiency, which makes it eligible of up to 10% rebate of the purchasing price capped at 300,000 won from the Korea Energy Agency. It is the company’s secon

Samsung Display has put in the equipment necessary to produce Quantum Dot (QD) displays at its factory in South Korea.The company held a ceremony on Wednesday commemorating putting the equipment in at its plant in Asan.Last year in October, Samsung Display announced that it was exiting the Liquid Cr

China’s polarizer market will be controlled by local companies that will have a combined market share of 80% next year, market research firm Omdia says.This is mostly from Chinese material firm Shanshan’s planned acquisition of LG Chem’s Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) polarizer business.The deal will

Shindo ENG Lab’s retail order for its initial public offering (IPO) marked a huge turnout with a competition rate of 955.01 to 1.Korea Investment & Securities, which is underwriting the IPO, said its received subscription orders of 248.301660 million shares for the 260,000 shares, or 20% of the shar

South Korean OLED equipment vendor Shindo ENG Lab has finalized its public offering share price ceiling at 16,000 won, the company said Wednesday.Korea Investment & Securities, who is underwriting the public offering, said 1381 institute partook in the demand forecast for 1.04 million shares, or 80%

LG Display will supply miniLED panels to Apple for the new iPad Pro launching later in the year, sources within the company told TheElec on Monday.It will be the South Korean display panel maker’s first miniLED supply deal to its long-time client Apple.LG Display will supply 12.9-inch miniLED panels

UBI Research will hold a day-long seminar in organic light emitting diode (OLED) and quantum dot nanorod LED (QNED) next month, the research firm said on Friday.It will be held at COEX, Seoul on July 16. It will be available online as well, UBI Research said.Analysts at UBI Research will present the

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

LG Display has changed its company goal for the first time in eight years, the South Korean display panel maker said on Tuesday.The new goal will “The Best Display Solution Company”. LG said it reflected the company’s desire to provide customers with the best service, process, system and talent.The

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 Chem will sell its Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) polarizer business to Chinese counterpart Shanshan, the South Korean company said Wednesday.The business will be sold for US$1.1 billion, while some products such as LCD polarizer for automobiles will be excluded from the deal and remain with LG Che

Samsung and LG have withdrawn their complaints filed to the South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) as of Friday, which stemmed from their squabbles over their respective TV advertisements last year.The FTC said it will no longer proceed with the case as both parties have withdrawn. LG withdrew on

South Korean display equipment vendor Leading Edge Technology (LET) is gearing up to go public.LET CEO Lee Hong-geun said the company will become an equipment vendor that handle front- to back-end display production, at its KOSDAQ IPO conference at Yeouido, on Thursday.LET was formed in 2001 by ex-L

Worldwide TV market will contract 9% this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) said Thursday.Total shipment in 2020 will be 233 million units, down 9.2% from 2019, the research firm said.LCD TV will drop 9.6% from a year ago to 229.4 million units, while OLED TV

Printed circuit board (PCB) maker YP Electronics' hope to supply its rigid flexible PCB (RFPCB) for Apple’s iPhone 12 is being dashed from Cupertino’s recent change in OLED component, people familiar with the matter told TheElec.Apple has has divided the flexible PCB (FPCB) it plans to connect with

OLED equipment vendor Shindo ENG Lab has sent registration statement to the Financial Services Commission Thursday, in preparation for an IPO in July.Shindo was founded in 2000 and supplies equipment for LCD and OLED production.Its main product is its 3D laminator that comes with its proprietary tec