LG Display has developed an OLED on Silicon and color filter structure with high efficiency, a company researcher said.The thin film encapsulant, which protects OLED from water and oxygen, is made 2.5 micrometers thick, which is enough for the light not to leak out and prevents different colors of l

Ford chairman Bill Ford will visit South Korea this month to meet with the leadership of battery makers LG Energy Solution and SK On, TheElec has learned.The visit is likely being made to find a solution to the US Inflation Act, which means electric vehicles with South Korean batteries won’t be able

South Korean battery material firm EcoPro will form a joint venture with its Chinese counterpart GEM that focuses on producing material needed in batteries, TheElec has learned.The pair already operates a joint venture called EcoPro Materials, which makes cathode precursors and recycle batteries.The

Samsung said on Thursday that it has joined the RE100 initiative and will target reaching net zero carbon emission by 2025.RE100 stands for Renewable Energy 100% and its aim is to have companies use 100% renewable energy by 2025.Samsung said it uses the most energy among ICT manufacturers __ it used

LG Energy Solution has recently canceled the development of prismatic batteries, TheElec has learned.Earlier this year, the company started a review of the product on whether it will be viable but recently concluded that it was not feasible business-wise.Prismatic batteries put in the materials in c

K Siltron is planning to form a joint venture with RFHIC and Yes Power Technix that will develop technologies related to silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors, TheElec has learned.The plan awaiting approval from SK Corporation, the holding company of the SK business group.SK

Samsung Display is expected to gain more orders for the low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) OLED panels used in the top-tier iPhone 14 models, TheElec has learned.The South Korean display maker’s rivals have had a low yield rate for the premium LTPO OLED panels, sources said.Due to this, Sa

SK On is expected to place separate orders for tab welders and packaging equipment used in battery production at factories run by Blue Oval SK, its joint venture with Ford, which will give increased chances to suppliers to win orders.The South Korean battery maker had previously ordered both kits as

Samsung on Wednesday started mass production of NAND flash chips at its P3 line at its Pyeongtaek facility.P3 is the company’s largest semiconductor production facility to date and started construction back in late 2020.The fab is designed to manufacture NAND flash, DRAM and logic chips for Samsung’

Chinese battery equipment firm Lead Intelligent has hired an ex-LG Energy Solution executive as head of its South Korean operation, TheElec has learned.The Chinese firm hired Kwon Tae-joon, who previously worked at LG Chem’s petrochemical business and LG Energy Solution’s energy storage system busin

SK Hynix said on Tuesday that it will begin building a new fab with 15 trillion won in South Korea in October.M15X will be added to its existing facility in Cheongju, right next to fab M15.The new fab will have a multi-story structure, which means based on the surface area it will be larger than SK

Samsung SDI is planning to finalize the specification of its battery that will have a diameter of 46mm, the company’s China head said.Tesla s planning to use 4680 batteries, batteries with a diameter of 46mm and length of 80mm, for its electric vehicles.Samsung SDI has been developing batteries in t

Samsung Display is planning to manufacture single stack OLED first at its first Gen 8 OLED production line, TheElec has learned.The company is planning to build a Gen 8 (2200x2500mm) substrate OLED production line.The larger substrate used in the line compared to Gen 6, which mostly makes panels for

An LG Display executive had said the company believes that OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) will be the main display used in future metaverse devices.LG Display vice president Yang Joon-young said during TheElec Metaverse Conference held in Seoul on Friday that technology around OLED has improved in recent

DS Techopia was planning to start producing electrolytes used in batteries and was contacting LG Energy Solution and SK On to secure them as customers, TheElec has learned.The company formed a subsidiary dedicated to the business called DS Electra back in March.The subsidiary is planning to spend US

LG Energy Solution had adopted a complete inspection process that includes battery modules for the first time to increase the reliability and safety of its batteries, TheElec has learned.The new system had been applied to its factory in Wroclaw, Poland during the second quarter. The factory manufact

LSI, previously the fab equipment business of Mujin Electronics, is expected to supply 30 units of wafer cleaners to SK Hynix this year, TheElec has learned.The company is in talks with the South Korean memory to supply over 60 units in 2023, sources said.LSI was formed by chip and display material

Samsung Display had transferred its patents in the US related to liquid crystal display (LCD) to CSOT back in June, TheElec has learned.It also transferred its patents in South Korea to the Chinese company last month, sources said.A total of 577 patents in the US were given to CSOT, which bought Sam

Apple is expected to use ‘hybrid’ OLED panels in its first OLED iPad that it will launch a few years from now, TheElec has learned.Hybrid OLED panels refer to OLED panels that use both rigid OLED panel and flexible OLED panel technologies.Rigid OLED panels use glass as substrates while flexible OLED

Fab equipment maker Jusung Engineering has hired a well-known executive who previously worked at SK Hynix as its head of sales.Lee Sang-sun, who was previously vice president at SK Hynix, has been named vice chairman of sales of the fab equipment maker.Lee, 61, held key positions in the South Korean