Samsung Electronic vice chairman Lee Jae-yong has visited the company’s home appliance business at Suwon, south of the capital Seoul, to discuss future strategies, the company said on Tuesday.It is third such visit in June alone for the de facto leader of Samsung Group. Lee met with senior executive

Merck and Guardian Glass has formed a strategic partnership to commission sales of evrise dynamic liquid crystal window, the companies said.Eyrise provides shading comfort by cutting solar glare without compromising on natural day light.There is also a privacy window variant that offers instant swit

LG Chem and Korea University will form a joint research center for next-generation batter materials at the university, the companies aid on Tuesday.The center will focus on developing new materials for cathode and anode as well as technology that can extend battery life, they said.The center will al

Chinese display giant BOE is aiming to win Apple’s order for display panels, for both of its OLED factory lines, people familiar with the matter told TheElec on Tuesday.The company operates two OLED lines __ the B11 line and B7 line __ at Sichuan, China. It is planning to use both lines for a potent

SK Innovation has launched a car management app, the company said on Monday.Called Muffin, the app, launched by SK Energy, the company’s subsidiary, allows users to register their refueling pattern, automobile plate numbers and payment method on it so that they can pay instantly at fueling stations.

Posco Chemical and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt will form a joint social fund to assist those living near their plants, the companies said.The two companies will each contribute US$20,000 annually. The funds will be used at each other’s countries every other year, they said.The first funding will go into

Huawei Korea and Korea Artificial Intelligence Association (KORAIA) will help promising local AI start-ups expand abroad, the companies said on Monday.They will also help the digitization of traditional industries and hold joint seminars and conferences on AI.Huawei was working to create an open AI

CEO of South Korean telco KT has shared the success model of the country’s prevention in COVID-19 pandemic with GSMA director general Mats Granryd, the telco said on Monday.KT CEO Koo Hyun-mo, in a conference call on Friday with Granryd, reportely talked about the test, trace and treatment method So

LG Electronics has launched a new LED signage that it says is convenient to install, on Monday.LG LED Signage (model name: LSAA) comes with 600mm x 337.5mm x 44.9mm cabinet modules that can be connected block by block.Clients can use the modules to make a signage in the size they want. Cable only ne

The leaders of Hyundai Motor Group and LG Group has met for the first time to discuss collaboration in batteries for electric vehicles (EV) on Monday.Chung Eui-son, executive vice chairman of Hyundai Motor, and LG Group chairman Koo Kwang-mo, met at LG Chem’s Ochang battery plant, accompanied by the

LG Display will supply miniLED panels to Apple for the new iPad Pro launching later in the year, sources within the company told TheElec on Monday.It will be the South Korean display panel maker’s first miniLED supply deal to its long-time client Apple.LG Display will supply 12.9-inch miniLED panels

Chinese semiconductor designer Unisoc will began mass production of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV)-based 6-nanometer (nm) application processor (AP) for 5G smartphones by the end of the year, the company said on Monday.The processor, dubbed T7520, will be used for 5G smartphones launching next year, t

UBI Research will hold a day-long seminar in organic light emitting diode (OLED) and quantum dot nanorod LED (QNED) next month, the research firm said on Friday.It will be held at COEX, Seoul on July 16. It will be available online as well, UBI Research said.Analysts at UBI Research will present the

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong has visited the conglomerate’s key semiconductor site and stressed the risk ahead for the business, Samsung said on Friday.Lee visited the semiconductor research lab at its Hwaseong plant and met with senior executives there.The vice chairman and the ex

South Korean component maker Optrontec and US 3D sensing company Viavi Solutions has agreed to a licensing agreement in 3D sensing filters, the companies said on Thursday.The agreement will likely end the two’s patent lawsuits which began in March last year in South Korea and the US.Optrontec, and i

Global plug-in vehicle delivers reached 2.26 million units in 2019, a 9% rise compared to 2018, according to market research firm EV Volumes.The Tesla Model 3 sold the most at 300,075 units, followed by BAIC EU Series’ 111,047 units and Nissan Leaf Pro’s 69,873 units. In other words, the electric ve

Cisco’s South Korean operation has launched its intent-based networking (IBN) solutions for the country, the company said Thursday.Scott Harrell, senior vice president of Cisco Enterprise Networking, said the company’s newly introduced IBN solutions will increase network efficiency and security.It w

Intel has launched an upgraded version of its RealSense camera, the company said on Thursday.Intel RealSense Depth Camera D455 achieves twice the range of previous generation model, the US chip giant said.The camera has an optimal range of 6 meters. It integrates an IMU to allow for refinement of it

Samsung Electronics will be supplying its 5G network equipment to Canadia telco Telus, the South Korean tech giant said on Friday.It is its fourth order outside of South Korea for the electronics giant __ it won one in Canada before back in December, at another in the US in February as well as one i

LG Chem and Hyundai Motor was in talks to form a joint venture that produces batteries for electric vehicles (EV), people familiar with the matter told TheElec on Friday.LG Chem will gain a steady demand line for the venture while Hyundai will secure batteries for its E-GMP platform, they said.Talks