From 2017 to 2019, revenues from Japanese display equipment makers took up half of the market, according to market research firm IHS Markit on Dec. 13. South Korean equipment makers, on the other hand, accounted for just 25%.During these three years, the display equipment market was worth KRW 63.6 t

Samsung Display is reportedly in last-minute talks with Chinese display maker HKC to sell its Gen-8 LCD production line, according to industry sources on Dec. 5.Called the 8-1 Line Phase 1 or the 8A line, its operations were halted in the middle of this year. Previously, it used to churn out a month

LG Display won’t be able to mass produce OLED panels for TVs from its Gen-8.5 plant in Guangzhou of China until January next year, according to industry sources on Dec. 6.”A trial ahead of the mass production has begun,” said an official of a company that supplied equipment to the OLED production li

LG Display plans to nearly halve the production of its LCD panels for TVs in 2020 to switch to OLED panels in the face of falling LCD prices, according to industry source on Nov. 27.At the same time, the sales of OLED panels for TVs are expected to take up 60% of its total TV panel sales. This year,

Samsung Display will be selecting the ink-jet printing equipment provider for the world’s first QD display color filter in December, according to industry sources on Nov. 26The top two competitors are US-based Kateeva that is a leading the market for small-sized OLED TFE ink-jet printing equipment a

Global corporate investment into LCD displays is expected to become obscure beginning in 2022, triggering forecasts that suppliers producing LCD-related equipment will quickly have to switch their main area of business.According to market research firm IHS Markit, the final investment into the secto

LG Display’s LCD factory in Gumi of North Gyeongsang Province tasked with supplying Apple’s iPhones are showing higher operation ratios than expected after a recent disruption in Apple’s Japanese supplier JDI’s production lines.LG Display mass produces LCDs for Apple’s iPhones from its AP3 Gen-6 LTP

Samsung Display appears to have resumed construction of its A5 plant in Asan of South Chungcheong Province, marking a year since the construction was halted due to slow demand.As evidence, industry sources said on Nov. 13 that a cargo crane entered the grounds of the second industrial cluster in Asa

South Korean supplier Avaco is making bigger foray into China by signing a deal to provide equipment to Chinese display maker HKC, with which it first began to do business just this year, the company said in a disclosure on Nov. 7.The deal is worth 16 billion won, and it’s with one of HKC’s local co

The shipment of OLED panels surpassed that of LTPS LCDs for the first time for smartphone displays in the third quarter of this year, according to market research firm IHS Markit this month.In total, 147 million OLED panels were shipped. The volume for LTPS LCDs were just over 100 million. Samsung D

LG affiliate Silicon Works is upping the portion of China in its portfolio in a bid to survive amid hardcore restructuring at LG Display’s LCD business, according to industry sources on Oct. 6.Silicon Works’ primary cash cow so far has been selling display driver ICs (DDI) for large-sized LCD panels

The Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) is actively discussing with suppliers on taking a collective stand against Foxconn’s delay in payment for the equipment at its Gen-10.5 LCD production lines in Guangzhou, according to industry sources on Nov. 6.“Unlike with Chinese display industry playe

South Korea's LG Electronics said on Nov. 5 that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Chinese TV maker Hisense at a court in California, US.“We decided to go ahead with the lawsuit after Hisense ignored both our warnings and requests to stop the violation and come to the table,” said a

The general manager of BOE’s innovative application division said on Oct. 30 that the Chinese display maker is searching for Korean partners for creating next-generation micro OLED-panel-based products.The Chinese executive was speaking at the Tech Inside Show – a high-tech materials and technology

South Korean equipment maker Top Engineering said on Oct. 24 that it has signed a 5.3 billion-won deal with China’s Henan China Top Opto to supply it with LCD equipment. This marks the first time for Top Engineering to partner with the Chinese firm.The equipment supplied by the Korean supplier are L

LG Display is looking to supply LCD panels for next-generation budget iPhones from Apple scheduled to be released early next year. Industry sources said on Oct. 21 that the panels are undergoing last-minute quality checks.The new phones are the successor to the iPhone SE released in 2016 and discont

Struggling display maker LG Display has sent home up to 20 executives – or around 17% of its executive work force – in its latest restructuring aimed to streamline its organization as it looks to move from LCDs to OLEDs in earnest.The executives who were let go included the chief of the Guangzhou-ba

Samsung Display signed MOUs with 9 equipment makers, 5 suppliers and 6 material manufacturers to join forces to create next generation displays, sources close to the matter told The Elec on Oct. 13.A few days earlier on Oct. 10, the Korean display maker held a ceremony announcing its plans to invest

Korea's Samsung Display will invest up to 13.1 trillion won to set up mass production lines and technology development for large-sized QD displays by 2025, the company said on Oct. 10.The display maker made the announcement at its Asan 2 Campus, where President Moon Jae-in and Samsung Electronics Vi

Struggling South Korean display maker LG Display underwent some heavy-duty reorganization on Oct. 4 involving moves to let go of one-fourth of the executive staff as a part of its plans to minimize the LCD business in favor of the OLED panel division.There are currently 118 executives on the LG Disp