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

Display heat treatment equipment maker Viatron Technologies is looking to acquire companies in the semiconductor and battery equipment industry for new growth, the company said on Thursday.KOSDAQ-listed companies as well as startups were all potential candidates, a company spokesperson said.One of t

Display panel production equipment maker Avaco was developing equipment for use in semiconductor production, the company said.Development started last year and the new equipment will contribute to sales starting in the second half of 2021 at the earliest, a Avaco spokesperson said.The equipment will

Samsung Electronics has scrapped its plan to put in under display camera (UDC) on the Galaxy S21 smartphones series launching next year, TheElec has learned.The South Korean was postponing the application of the tech due to low production yield rate, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.S

Samsung Display has given up the rights of some of its patents in its employee invention lawsuit.The employee who first filed the lawsuit back in 2017 over the rights to oxide thin film transistors (TFT) used for 6th generation liquid crystal display (LCD) has claimed the company was attempting to l

Chinese display giant BOE aims to secure 40% market share in flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels by 2024, the company said.The company revealed the plan at local display event in Sichuan Province.The company said it has secured 20.3% market share in flexible OLED panels this year. Th

Samsung Display has stressed that its plan to produce QD (quantum dot) display panels next year was on schedule at an industry meeting on Wednesday.The company took part in the 27th business reorganization planning review meeting held at the Korea Institute for Advanced Technology (KITA) building Se

LG Display will start additional investments into its OLED factory dedicated to Apple in the first quarter of 2021, TheElec has learned.It will be to construct the new line, called E6-3, that is expected to begin operations in 2022.LG Display will place orders for the equipment needed in the line ar

Canada-based startup OTI Lumionics’s cathode patterning materials is expected to be applied to organic light emitting diode (OLED) under display camera (UDC) technology next year.OTI received Series A Plus funding from LG Technology Ventures earlier this year. UDC technology allows cameras to be und

Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) will help South Korean equipment and component companies enter the Chinese market.KDIA will form an export consortium to take part in C-Touch & Display tradeshow taking place between November 19 to 21 at Shenzhen, China. The consortium will be part of the Ko

Chinese display giant BOE will reattempt to supply Apple its OLED panels starting this month, TheElec has learned.If BOE succeeds, it will be able to supply OLED panels for refurbished iPhone 12 smartphones.The company failed to clinch a deal earlier this year due to low yield rates at its factories