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

PI Advanced Materials and SK Nexilis are supplying materials used for chip on film (CoF) in Samsung’s Galaxy A smartphones, TheElec has learned.PI Advanced Materials is supplying the polyimide film for the CoF, while SK Nexilis is providing flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL).It marks the first tim

LG InnoTek had sold 123 patents registered in the US related to wireless charging to an Ireland-based non-practicing entity (NPE) in February, TheElec has learned.The decision was likely made in line with parent company LG Electronics’ decision to exit its smartphone business, announced on Monday th

LG InnoTek will manufacture and supply chip on film (CoF) for Samsung’s Galaxy A52 and A72 smartphones, TheElec has learned.It is the South Korean component maker’s first CoF supply in the tens of millions range for Samsung phones.LG InnoTek is the exclusive supplier of CoF for Galaxy A52. It will j

South Korean camera module maker Partron’s aim to reduce its reliance to Samsung Electronics will be tested this year.The company is planning to expand into automotive components due to powered profitability in the smart camera module sector.Last year, Partron became a tier-1 camera module supplier

Display equipment manufacturer Avaco on Thursday said it was conducting a reliability review on its semiconductor packaging sputter with a semiconductor company.The company is hoping sales from the supply of the sputters will occur this yearAvaco is pushing metal layer deposition sputter, used for w

The global printed circuit board (PCB) market grew 4.4% in 2020, led by higher-than-expected growth in semiconductor packages, according to data from electronics industry consulting firm Prismark.The global PCB market was worth US$64 billion in 2020. Prismark has earlier estimated that the global PC

Samsung Electro-Mechanics was named the leading camera module developer for the Galaxy A22 smartphone by Samsung Electronics, TheElec has learned.It secured the position in Samsung Mobile’s bidding process for the low-tier smartphone. As a leading camera module developer, Samsung Electro-Mechanics w

Daeduck Electronics will invest 70 billion won to expand its production capacity of flip chip ball grid array (FC-BGA), TheElec has learned.It follows the company’s 90 billion won investment into the business last year. With the additional investment, Daeduck will have spend 160 billion won in FC-BG

Printed circuit board (PCB) market was still a blue ocean, with South Korean companies strong in areas such as semiconductors, the chairman of Korea Printed Circuit Association (KPCA) said.KPCA chairman Baek Tae-il said he was shocked to learn that there was a general perception in South Korea that

Neontech was the exclusive supplier of cutting equipment for multi layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) to Samsung Electro-Mechanics new factory in Tianjin, China, TheElec has learned.The factory began trial production in September last year. Samsung’s potential additional investment to expand the factory

Iljin Diamond has been sued in the US for patent infringement.Industrial diamond firm US Synthetic has filed two lawsuits against Iljin Diamond and Iljin Holdings __ one on November last year to the southern district court of Texas and another in December to the International Trade Commission.US Syn

The global TV market grew slightly in 2020, but LG Electronics saw its sales and shipment decline.Market research firm Omdia said on Wednesday that 225.35 million TVs were shipped last year, a rise of 1.1% from 2019.The COVID-19 pandemic affected sales in the first half but the market recovered in t

Hansol Technics said on Thursday that it was expanding its second factory at Vietnam due to large increases in orders for liquid crystal display (LCD) modules and power boards.The company will give 27.6 billion won in guaranteed loans to Hansol Electronics Vietnam Hochiminhcity, its factory subsidia

Solus Advanced Materials will expand supply of materials for OLED TVs as well as other materials besides those that emit light, the company said in its fourth quarter conference call.The OLED TV likely refers to Samsung Display’s quantum dot (QD)-OLED display panels. Solus is currently developing ad