Samsung Display will begin production of foldable OLED panels for customers Google, Vivo and Xiaomi in October, TheElec has learned.The three companies are planning to unveil their respective foldable phones in the fourth quarter this year.Google is preparing a foldable phone with a 7.6-inch in-fold

Samsung System LSI, the logic chip unit of Samsung Electronics, has begun development of three timing controller (T-Con) for quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels being developed by Samsung Display, TheElec has learned.Samsung Display is planning to send its prototypes of QD-OLED TVs and a monitor to potenti

Two and a half years after Infintech placed orders to South Korean display equipment makers, the Chinese firm is yet to make the payment it promised.South Korean display equipment firm Top Engineering said on Friday that it has canceled its equipment supply contract with Infintech.This follows compa

Samsung Display and LG Display have begun the production of OLED panels for Apple’s new iPhone launching later this year, TheElec has learned.This is a month faster than for the iPhone 12 last year. Apple launched iPhone 12 later than usual due to problems with procuring components for the phones fr

Samsung Display may extend its production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels up to the end of 2022, TheElec has learned.Samsung Display CEO Choi Joo-sun said the company was reviewing extending the production of large-sized LCD panels to the end of 2022, in an email sent to employees of its larg

Chinese display giant BOE will start the first stage operation of its B12 Gen 6 (1500mm x 1850mm) OLED line at Chongqing in October this year, TheElec has learned.The second and third stages will go live in March and October, respectively, of 2022.Capacity of 16,000 substrates per month will be adde

Corning has completed the construction of a glass factory at Wuhan, adjacent to BOE’s liquid crystal display (LCD) factory.This will likely boost the Chinese display panel maker’s production of large LCD TV panels larger than 65-inches.Corning’s Gen 10.5 (3370x2940mm) LCD glass factory was built nex

Samsung Display said on Wednesday that it has chosen to lead a national project to develop oxide thin-film transistor (TFT) technology for 1,000ppi OLED panels.The South Korean display panel maker will aim to develop the oxide TFT which will support electron movements ten times faster than it is cur

LG Display is planning to expand the production capacity of its TV OLED panel factory in Guangzhou, China, TheElec has learned.The factory, which makes panels based on 8.5th-generaetion (2200x2500mm) substrates, currently has a capacity of 60,000 substrates per month.This will be expanded to 90,000

Around 169 million units of iPhone OLED panels will be shipped this year, according to market research firm Omdia.This is 47.6% higher than the 114.5 million units shipped in 2020. The 169 million units includes legacy OLED iPhone models as well as those for new models launching later this year. App

Major display panel companies in South Korea and China are expected to see improved earnings in the first quarter.South Korean analysts expect Samsung Display and LG Display to see significant improvement in their performances for the quarter compared to a year prior.LG Display is expected record sa

Whether Samsung Display will commence its second stage spending on its quantum dot (QD)-OLED display panel this year as planned will be determined by the yield rate of its Q1 production line, according to market research firm Omdia.The company had planned to commence its second stage spending near t

The OLED materials market will grow 40% this year to be worth US$1.754 billion in 2021, according to market research firm Omdia.This is substantially higher than the 16% growth rate in 2020.Omdia’s data combines materials used for white OLED made by LG Display, quantum dot (QD)-OLED made by Samsung

Samsung Display is planning to produce a prototype of a TV that uses its quantum dot organic light emitting diode (QD-OLED) panel in June, TheElec has learned.The company is also planning to produce a QD-OLED monitor prototype as well. These prototypes will be sent to potential customers such as Sam

Display equipment maker JASTech said on Tuesday that it will start a new business for diagnosis kits.The new business is aimed at a post-pandemic era, the company said, as it expected demand for diagnosis kit to grow due to the increased interest in health.JASTech currently relies heavily on display

Display equipment maker Philoptics will aim to supply fab equipment for new growth, the company CEO said on Monday at its shareholders’ meeting.Philoptics CEO Han Ki-soo said the company was preparing to manufacture and supplying wafer bonding equipment and was aiming to win an order for them within

EO Technics CEO Sung Kyu-dong said on Friday that the uptick in the global semiconductor and printed circuit board (PCB) markets will help the company’s growth in 2021.The increase demand for chips will continue to help the company’s growth, the CEO said at its shareholders’ meeting.EO Technics was

Wonik IPS is always open to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and the company will need to secure additional processes to compete with world-class companies, a company executive told TheElec on Thursday.The executive, who was speaking after Wonik IPS’ shareholders’ meeting, said while it wasn’t reviewi

South Korean display equipment maker Hims is aiming to reduce its reliance on OLED equipment this year from sales in new areas.Hims CEO JH Kim said at its shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday that the company has been preparing to enter the semiconductor equipment and software businesses for the past

Samsung Display’s OLED panel shipment dropped 9% in January from the previous month to 45 million units, according to market research firm Omdia.Low sales of iPhone 12 Mini was the cause, the firm said.Apple launched four models in its iPhone 12 series last year. As a whole, the series recorded stro