Iljin Display is hoping to return to profitability from notebook and MiniLED markets.The company announced that it will offer shares to secure 20 billion won in funding. 10 billion won will be spent on facilities related to notebook components, the company said.Out of the 10 billion won, 60 billion

NEG’s liquid crystal display (LCD) glass factory in Takatsuki, Japan has suffered a five hour blackout, according to local media Nikkei.Production is expected return to normal after the first quarter of 2021.The factory was halted from the blackout on December 10.NEG produces glass substrates for us

LG Display was considering converting its E5 production line at its Gumi factory to produce OLED panels for iPhones, TheElec has learned.E5 currently produces OLED panels for automobile and wearable applications.Currently, LG Display uses its E6 line at its factory in Paju to produce OLED panels for

Samsung Display is expected to see increased supply of OLED panels for iPhones next year as Apple is expected to ship the highest number of OLED-using iPhones in 2021.Apple is expected to ship between 160 million to 180 million units of iPhones that use OLED panels next year, sources within Samsung

Chinese OLED material company AG-RAY has started the largest OLED material project in China to localize supply of the materials, according to local media reports.The company is building a new OLED material factory at city of Meishan in Sichuan province where it is based in.The factory, once complete

Companies involved in a national project run the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy are turning in their research results in the development of fine metal mask (FMM) used in OLED panel production.APS Holdings, Philoptics, Poongwon Precision and Olum Materials have turned in their one-year result

Samsung Display’s sales of its liquid crystal display (LCD) factory in Suzhou, China is facing delays, Chinese media Ijiwei reports.This is from delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for the South Korean government to approval the deal.LCD is designated a national core technology by the South Korea

Prices of OLED panels for smartphones will drop from extreme oversupply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and sanctions against Huawei, according to UBI Research.The global smartphone market slowed in the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to demand for OLED to fall. In the thi

Talks between Wonik IPS and Semes for the former to buy the latter’s display equipment business is being stifled by disagreements between the pair on employee transfer and compensation.Semes have been unable to come up with a proper compensation plan for its employees, TheElec has learned.There are

Samsung Display will begin trail runs of its production line for Quantum Dot (QD) displays next month, TheElec has learned.The line, dubbed Q1, at its factory in Asan, was designed to produce QD-OLED(organic light emitting diode) panels. QD-OLED will be the first iteration of Samsung Display’s so-ca

Samsung Display has been ordered by a court in Seoul on Friday to compensate its former employee for their invetion.The employee, who have requested compensation of 150 billion won, had said they will appeal. The dispute between the pair is expected to continue to the appeals court.Samsung Display w

Chinese display giant BOE has yet again failed to clinch a supply order from Apple for OLED panels, TheElec has learned.The display maker will now have to try again in the first half of 2021 __ which means next year’s iPhone series will likely use panels made by Samsung Display and LG Display again.

China’s display industry will have level market share with South Korea this year, according to Omdia.China’s panel sales will reach US$42.5 billion this year with a market share of 36.3%%, the research firm said.South Korea, meanwhile, is expected to post sales of US$43.6 billion this year for a mar

LG Display will expand the production rate of its organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel factory lines dedicated to Apple, TheElec has learned.The company will expand its E6-1 and E6-2 factory lines at Paju, South Korea. LG Display is planning to put in low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LPTO

Half of new flexible OLED smartphones launching in 2021 will be produced by Apple, according to data from research firm Stone Partners.According to the research firm, 315 million smartphones launching next year will use a flexible OLED panel.This is 52% higher than this year’s expected shipment of 2

Semiconductor and display panel equipment company LAT is aiming to grow by a 100% next year.It will need to enter Samsung Display’s supply chain for organic light emitting diode (OLED) production.Samsung Display and LG Display will also need to expand their investment into OLED panels.LAT CEO Park K

Display panel inspection equipment maker Dong A Eltek is aiming to supply more OLED-related kits to Chinese display panel maker Visionox.Last month, the South Korean company singed a 20.7 billion won contract with the Chinese company for demura systems, people familiar with the matter told TheElec.V

Samsung Corning Advanced Glass has filed almost no patents for the past seven years, TheElec has learned.The company filed patents actively after being founded but this has dropped and is acting more as a production-focused entity.This contrast with Corning Precision Materials, formerly called Samsu

Chinese display panel makers are expected to shift some of their liquid crystal display (LCD) TV lines for those of monitors, according to market research firm TrendForce.This was due to their 10.5-generation TV LCD lines increasing in operations __ the previous 8.5 and 8.6-generation TV LCD lines w

Apple’s iPhone 12 series is the first in the series to use OLED screens for all models.Samsung Display and LG Display, which supplied OLED panels last year, saw shipment grow for 2020 thanks to Apple’s OLED push.Cupertino is offering four models for the iPhone 12 __ 5.4-inch iPhone Mini, 6.1-inch iP