The market for display panels below 9-inches in size was worth US$13.41 billion in the second quarter this year, an increase of 15% year-on-year, according to analyst firm Omdia.Samsung Display saw sales increase to US4.34 billion during the quarter, an increase of 50% year-on-year.Omdia said the co

LG Display has begun development of its own under display camera technology (UDC), TheElec has learned.The South Korean display panel maker was also currently developing hole-in display technology, sources said.Hole-in display punches a hole on the top side of OLED panel so that the front camera mod

BOE is expected to supply over 15 million units of OLED panels to Apple for iPhones, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display giant is currently supplying OLED panels for iPhone 12 __ the company will likely receive the final approval from Apple to supply OLED panels for the recently launched iPhone

BOE, CSOT and Samsung Display were all developing the OLED panel that Samsung Electronics plans to use on its Galaxy A73 smartphone launching next year, TheElec has learned.The mobile business of Samsung Electronics will evaluate the OLED panels made by these three display panel makers and decide ho

Samsung Electronics was developing the technology to keep the distance between pixels to early-0.5mm for MicroLED TVs that are under 100-inch in size.This has allowed the company to reduce the distance between pixels by over 10% __ the distance between pixels for its 110-inch MicroLED TV was 0.63mm.

OLED material firm P&H Tech has signed a long-term contract with US’ Dupont to supply them with long life OLED materials.The deal is worth 7.1 billion won and lasts until 2028, the South Korean company said.It signed the deal with Dupont’s subsidiary in South Korea.P&H Tech will receive the 7.1 bill

LG Display has begun the development of 12.9-inch OLED iPad, TheElec has learned.As Samsung Display recently scrapped the development of a 10.86-inch OLED iPad it was proceeding with Apple, LG Display will likely be able to enter the IT OLED market at a level playing field with its South Korean comp

Apple and Samsung Display have canceled their joint project to develop a 10.86-inch OLED iPad, TheElec has learned.The tablet was originally slated to launch in 2022 and would have been Cupertino’s first iPad to sport an OLED panel.The project was stopped due to either the single stack structure of

Samsung Display will try out using vertical deposition of organic material for the production of Gen 8.5 IT OLED panels, TheElec has learned.The South Korean display maker was collaborating with Japan’s ULVAC in the development of the equipment needed for this process, sources said.IT OLED panels re

Apple has given BOE conditional approval to supply OLED panels for the iPhone 13 series, TheElec has learned.Cupertino has given the Chinese display giant a risk order, also known as conditional approval.It is usually given when a display supplier fails to meet 100% of its customer’s requirements.Th

Apple has requested a sample of fine metal mask (FMM) for application in virtual reality (VR) to APS Holdings, TheElec has learned.Cupertino has requested a sample of the South Korean company’s laser patterning FMM. Apple requested a resolution of 3000ppi (pixels per inch).The iPhone maker wanted th

Display equipment maker Olum Material said on Monday that it will start the development of fine metal mask (FMM) for Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) OLED panels.Currently, commercialized FMM is used in the production of small OLED panels made out of Gen 6 (1500x1850mm) substrates. These panels are mostly used

Samsung Display has approved the use of Wonik IPS’ dry etcher for use in the production of quantum dot (QD) displays, TheElec has learned.The etchers can’t be used right away in Samsung Display’s existing Q1 line, but will be used in future lines if the display maker decides to expand its QD display

The International Meeting on Information Display 2021 (IMID) kicked off on Wednesday at COEX in South Korea but showed lackluster turnout.The event was originally scheduled to take place last year but delayed from the COVID-19 pandemic.A total of 205 companies, including Samsung Display, LG Display

Display evaluation firm FlexiGO said on Tuesday that it has developed a new evaluation equipment for rollable and slidable panels.Like its previous evaluation equipment for foldable panel called Foldy, the new kits can evaluate the panel in high and constant temperatures as well in humid settings.Th

Near half of South Korean display equipment makers have recorded operating loss during the second quarter of the year.TheElec collected data of 30 related companies, with 13 of them reporting operating loss during the quarter.Meanwhile, nine of of the 30 companies that made a profit saw their earnin

LG Display said on Tuesday that it will spend 3.3 trillion won to expand its small- to mid-sized OLED production capacity.The company will expand its Gen 6 (1500x1850mm) Paju OLED plant from 30,000 substrates per month to 60,000 substrates per month by 2024.LG Display didn’t share the details of its

CSOT had supplied some of the OLED panels Samsung used for its low-end Galaxy M smartphones sold in India, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display panel maker supplied a small batch for 2020 model legacy M smartphone that is still being sold there.Smartphone makers conventionally start using new sup

Samsung Display’s OLED etcher suppliers have begun the development of their new dry etchers for Gen 8.5 OLED panels, TheElec has learned.Wonik IPS, ICD and Tokyo Electron will compete to win orders first from the South Korean display panel maker.Samsung Display is considering manufacturing OLED pane

Display glass processing firm Kglass will expand into the foldable ultra-thin glass (UTG) market in China, TheElec has learned.The company will enter the Chinese market via South Korean software firm Softcen.UTG is used as cover windows in foldable phones. More Chinese smartphone companies are begin