Samsung Display is planning to shut down additional production lines for LCDs to the middle of next year, according to industry sources on Sept. 26.The phase 2 line at its 8-1 Asan 1 Campus in South Chungcheong Province will most likely be the target, they said. The company has already halted the ph

Samsung Display is expected to announce its plans to shift its LCD production lines to those for large-sized OLED displays in October involving 10 trillion won or more investment, according to industry sources on Sept. 24.The company is likely to place orders for related equipment after the announce

Samsung Electronics demanded for LG Electronics to stop with its negative campaigning, referring to a complaint that LG filed with South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission last week."(Such) exhaustive disputes are creating confusion among consumers and market players at a time when the business environme

LG Display had a demonstration comparing the 8K quantum dot LCDs with 4K OLED displays at the OLED Big Bang media day in Beijing on Sept. 19. The results showed the OLED panels being much more beneficial for eye health and energy efficiency."We believe the era of OLEDs has dawned in China after our

LG Display has laid out plans to streamline operations by receiving voluntary retirement for three weeks starting from Sept. 23. The announcement came a day the display maker named its new CEO, Chung Ho-young.The company also said it would be trimming down the organization in general to undergo a fa

Samsung Electronics has raised its TV shipment target this year to 43 million this year, according to market research firm IHS Markit. The figure is bigger than the estimated shipment of 41.4 million for last year. Originally, Samsung had said it would ship up to 43 million.In October, Samsung shipp

Samsung Display has decided against developing OLED material sets exclusively for Apple smartphones, meaning next year’s iPhones would likely use the M10 sets, according to industry sources on Sept. 10.“The biggest reason for not developing exclusive sets anymore is due to the slow sales of the iPho

Germany-based pharmaceutical company Merck said it would join hands with South Korea to overcome the sluggish growth of the local and global display industry at a recent academic convention held in Gyeongju on Aug. 29.Merck Managing Director Glenn Young said during its 30 years in South Korea, Merck

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong said that the company shouldn’t give up on large displays despite the adversity it faces in the LCD panel business.On his fourth such onsite visit this month, Lee told executives at Samsung Display’s Asan plant in South Chungcheong Province on Aug. 26 t

HB Technology, a key South Korean supplier for display testing equipment failed to bag a 25 billion-won Chinese bid for supplying display repair equipment, according to China Bidding on Aug. 19.The bidding data portal said HB’s local rival Charm Engineering will be supplying the 61 units of repair e

Samsung Display has shut down the operations of some of its production lines for Gen-8 (2200㎜ x 2500㎜) LCDs, according to industry sources on Aug. 13.The move, they said, appears to be a part of the so-called ‘C Project,’ involving a gradual shift towards large-sized TV OLED panels. The purchase ord

Samsung SDI has successfully turned over a new leaf in its polarizing film (POL) business. Hit by sluggish operation rates and intensifying market competition, the Samsung affiliate had at one time considered undergoing restructuring.But thanks to a combo of positive factors, the firm is now expecte

LG Display is talking with major Chinese TV maker Skyworth on selling open cell OLED panels, according to industry sources.Market watchers had expected the display maker to begin celling open cell panels as it starts running the large-sized OLED plants in China’s Guangzhou. The plant is scheduled to

Samsung Display is on the verge of launching its so-called ‘Project C,’ which involves investing in large-sized OLED panels for televisions, according to industry sources on July 12.“Samsung Display could open its investment deliberation committee as soon as this month to reach a decision,” one of t

LG Electronics is in talks with BOE on buying smartphone OLED panels from the Chinese display maker, according to industry sources on July 1. This means there’s a good chance that the new smartphones from LG next year would be fitted with BOE’s OLED screens.For LG Display, this isn’t good news becau

LG Display’s second quarter operating losses are expected to deepen from the first quarter after failing to close a deal for supplying OLED panels to Huawei’s P30 Pro smartphones, according to financial sector sources on June 18.LG will have to shoulder most of the costs involved, they forecast, sin

LG Display has brought in TFT deposition equipment earlier than expected for 10.5th generation OLED lines at its P10 plant in Paju of Gyeonggi Province to help prep for mass production, sources close to the matter said on June 12.The equipment is mainly manufactured by US-based Applied Materials, wi

Samsung Display, the world’s largest OLED producer, is finding it difficult to develop large-sized OLED panels for next generation TVs, sources said on June 10."Samsung is apparently struggling with the product concept, and the designs for the materials deposition equipment is now undergoing change,

South Korea’s LG Display will supply the LCD panels for the Apple Pro Display XDR monitor launched at the annual WWDC 2019 earlier this week, according to sources close to the matter on June 5.The Pro Display XDR is the first monitor brand Apple released since it stopped manufacturing the Thunderbol

LG Display will be rolling out 48-inch OLED TVs in 2020, according to a top executive.“It’s a strategy to solidify our footing in the high-end TV market, while continuing to have presence in the standard and premium segments,” Oh Chang-ho, the South Korean display-maker’s vice president of the TV bu