Samsung Electronics and LG Display’s negotiations over the price of TV OLED panels that the latter will supply are hitting a snag due to the parties failing to agree on an appropriate unit price, TheElec has learned.According to sources, LG Display has offered to supply the panels at a price lower t

LG Display is planning to apply its new technology on its OLED panels for TV to increase their luminance by 30% during the second quarter next year, when mass production will begin, the company said at a press conference on Wednesday.The technology, called OLED.EX, uses deuterium, one of two stable

Printed circuit board maker Simmtech is planning to start operations of its new factory in Malaysia between May or June next year, TheElec has learned.The factory will manufacture memory module PCBs __ which mounts multiple memory chips on a single board. Such PCBs are used in PC, server and solid-s

APS Holdings is planning to use most of the funds it secured recently through share offering and sales in its OLED fine metal mask (FMM) business, TheElec has learned.The company had secured around 60 billion won in fresh funds in the past two months.Last month, it issued convertible bonds for 18.6

Printed circuit board firm Korea Circuit is considering entering the battery market, TheElec has learned.Since early 2021, the company had held talks with multiple startups in the battery sector to potentially invest in them.It had held talks with a battery separator company and a battery anode comp

Samsung Electro-Mechanics held a board meeting on Thursday to approve spending US$850 million, or 1.1 trillion won, in equipment and infrastructure to manufacture flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) at Vietnam.The company will spend the amount up to 2023 to build the new FC-BGA production line.TheEle

LG Display will be supplying low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) thin-film transistor (TFT) OLED panels for Apple’s iPhones launching next year, TheElec has learned.Winning the order for LTPO TFT OLED from Cupertino, despite the volume being small, is critical for the South Korean panel mak

FST will begin producing its first extreme ultraviolet (EUV) pellicles in 2023, a company executive said on Wednesday.FST executive vice president Choi Jae-hyouk also said during the 2021 Semiconductor EUV Ecosystem Big Trend Relay Conference hosted by TheElec that the fab equipment and material mak

Smartphone glass firm Ryuk-Il C&S said on Tuesday that it has acquired chemical firm C&A for 1.8 billion won.Ryuk-Il C&S has been looking for new business opportunities since its customer LG Electronics’ exit of their smartphones business in April.LG Electronics had accounted for 80% of Ryuk-Il C&S’

Samsung is planning to manufacture 200 units of 110-inch MicroLED TV aimed at homes in January, TheElec has learned.This amount is unusually high for a single month as only hundreds of MicroLED TVs had been sold a year so far, with the company usually manufacturing a dozen of them per month.Samsung

The patent infringement legal battle between LG Innotek and Corephotonics in South Korea is expected to extend to 2022.Earlier this month, Corephotnics had made a filing to the Supreme Court, citing its reasons for appeals against a decision made in the Patent Court of Korea. LG Innotek filed its ow

New Samsung Electro-Mechanics CEO Chang Duck-hyun visited the company’s facility in Busan, his first official move as CEO of the component arm of Samsung.The facility and Busan manufacture multi layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) and flip-chip ball grid arrays (FC-BGA), two key products for the company

South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor was supplying its Wicop LED product to car manufacturers such as Changan Automobile, SAIC-GM-Wuling and Nio, analyst firm TrendForce said.The South Korean company had reached a 10% market share in the global automotive headlight market this year, the analys

Camera module maker Powerlogics, a supplier to Samsung, is planning to enter the optical image stabilization (OIS) market, TheElec has learned.The move is expected to intensify the competition between the camera suppliers of the South Korean tech giant to win more orders for cameras in smartphones.S

AP Systems said that its accumulated sales up to the third quarter this year from fab equipment increased 60% year-on-year.The South Korean display kit maker said it has recorded 55.9 billion won in sales from fab equipment up to the third quarter, or 16% of its total.The latest figure is its highes

Taiwan’s Asus was the largest vendor for OLED notebooks this year, according to analyst firm Sigmaintell.The Taiwanese firm controlled 36% market share in the sector this year, the firm said.This was followed by Samsung and Lenovo, which held market shares of 20% and 16%, respectively, Sigmaintell s

The market for OLED materials used in mobile and TV products is expected to be worth US$1.74 billion this year, according to analyst firm UBI Research.This market will grow 9% per year on average up to 2025 when it will be worth US$2.29 billion, the firm said.OLED materials used in tablets and noteb

Oppo’s first foldable phone Find N which will be unveiled on Wednesday will use Samsung Display’s foldable OLED panel, TheElec has learned.The South Korean display panel maker has supplied the 7.1-inch folding OLED panel to the Chinese smartphone maker, sources said.The external 5.45-inch flat OLED

Camera module and system chip firm Coasia is considering entering the optical image stabilization (OIS) actuator market, TheElec has learned.The actuators are used in camera modules of smartphones.Coasia is considering the move as customer Samsung, which buys its camera modules, is expanding applyin

Samsung’s premium TV lineup for 2022 will consist of 8K MiniLED, 4K OLED and 4K MiniLED technologies, TheElec has learned.The 8K (7680x4320) MiniLED TV, which will carry the Neo QLED TV brand, will be the highest tier out of three technologies, sources said.Samsung’s MicroLED TVs are still the highe