SK Nexilis has completed the construction of its fifth copper foil factory at Jeongeup on Wednesday.The new factory secures a total annual production capacity of 43,000 metric tonnes for the company.The fifth factory was finished a month ahead of schedule. The company had a capacity of 34,000 metric

Flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) maker BH said on Wednesday that it will be spending 50 billion won to build new facilities to meet demand from lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars.The South Korean firm will expand its third factory, which manufactures FPCB for automobiles, in Vietnam un

LG InnoTek has sold its 1,968 patents related to LED technology registered in the US to a Chinese company called Suzhou LEKIN Semiconductor on May 20, according to filings made to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).Suzhou, China-based LEKIN Semiconductor was founded in on March 2

South Korean component suppliers to Samsung’s smartphone business recorded lackluster performances in the first quarter 2021.Sales from the recently launched Galaxy S21 series has already been reflected on their fourth quarter earnings due the models' earlier than usual launch.Smartphone companies s

LG InnoTek has sold another 78 patents related to wireless charging patents to Ireland-based non-practicing entity Scramoge Technology.The South Korean component maker transferred the ownership of the Korean patents to the NPE on May 17.In February, LG had sold 128 US patents related to wireless cha

OLED emission material companies recorded high first quarter earnings that beat market expectations.Apple’s iPhone 12 sales, Samsung’s earlier than usual launch of Galaxy S21 smartphones, expanded application of OLED panels in notebooks and mid-tier phones, and Chinese panel makers expanding their O

Display equipment maker Invenia has developed an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) dry etcher for use in Gen 10.5 (2940x3370) substrates.The company said the etcher can be used in Gen 10.5 OLED and liquid crystal display (LCD) production lines.The firm has previously offered etchers for Gen 8.5 (2200

Intel has made an offer to Samsung Electro-Mechanic to invest in flip chip (FC)-ball grid array (BGA) substrate, TheElec has learned.Under the deal, the US chip giant will put in its own money first for the South Korea component maker to expand its FC-BGA substrate production capacity.Intel made the

LG InnoTek will sell its patents and equipment related to its LED business to a Chinese LED company, TheElec has learned.The South Korean component maker will clean out equipment related to LED at its Paju plant within the month, people familiar with the matter said.LG InnoTek will handover some 10,

Samsung Electronics has been sued in the US by non-practicing entity (NPE) which has earlier purchase patents related to wireless charging technology from LG InnoTek.Ireland-based Scramoge Technology had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electronics America

Samsung Electro-Mechanics will be supplying its rigid flexible printed circuit boards (RFPCB) to Apple for the upcoming iPhone 13, TheElec has learned.RFPCB is used to connect the OLED panel with the main baord.Samsung Electro-Mechanics had considered exiting the RFPCB business last year, with iPhon

AT&S Korea said on Friday that it will begin operation of its second factory at Ansan in May.The factory was completed in the last week of March, AT&S Korea president Song In-wook said. Once the second factory start operation, the company’s production capacity for flexible printed circuit board (FPC

South Korean equipment maker IsMedia will supply its camera module inspection equipment to Sharp, the company said.The pair signed a 2 billion won supply deal for the kits, IsMedia said.The inspection equipment will be supplied to Sharp’s factory in Vietnam.They will likely be used for cameras that

South Korean printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer Isu Petasys is exiting its high density interconnect (HDI) board and flexible PCB (FPCB) business, TheElec has learned.The company notified its customers, which includes Samsung Electronics, and its employees of the exit, people familiar with the

Apple was suffering setbacks in its production of the new Mini LED iPad Pro due to problems in surface mount technology (SMT) process, TheElec has learned.This was due to the low production yield rate of Taiwan’s TSMT, one of the SMT suppliers for the newly unveiled devices, people familiar with the

Chinese camera module firm O’Film Group has been kicked out of Samsung Electronics’ supply chain for smartphones, TheElec has learned.The company was kicked out of Apple’s supply chain last year year. In July, the US Department of Commerce had included O’Film Group among a list of eleven Chinese com

Seoul Semiconductor has entered Samsung Electronics’ supply chain for MiniLED, TheElec has learned.The volume is yet small, but could lead to bigger collaboration between the pair in MiniLED and MicroLED in the future.Seoul Semiconductor has supplied its MiniLED to Samsung for use in Neo QLED TVs, w

South Korean flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) maker SI Flex is planning to move its headquarters to Suwon in June, the company said on Thursday.The company is currently based in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province but it will move to Yeongtong county in Suwon city.It sold its existing factory at Ansan. A

South Korean cover glass company JNTC will be supplying cover glass for the display on a new electric vehicle by Mercedes-Benz that will launch in the second half of the year, TheElec has learned.The firm will be the exclusive supplier of the cover glasses used for the user experience hyperscreen (M

Poongwon Precision is aiming to list on KOSDAQ this year, TheElec has learned.The company is also aiming to supply its fine metal mask (FMM) for OLED within the year, people familiar with the matter said.FMM is used to deposit organic material, during the production of OLED.In February, Poongwon was