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

Derkwoo Electronics is expected to post record profits this year thanks to its supply deal with Apple.The South Korean component maker will supply brackets and stiffeners for the camera modules on the iPhone 12 series launching in the second half of the year, people familiar with the matter told The

Samsung Electronics has changed one of its suppliers for digitizers that will go into its Galaxy Note series, TheElec confirmed on Thursday.SI Flex has failed to meet the cut while BH has been chosen as a new supplier. BH will be the secondary supplier of digitizer along with main supplier Interflex

Samsung Electronics is planning to expand applying wireless power charging to more models in its Galaxy A series of smartphones, people familiar with the matter told TheElec Monday.The feature was mostly reserved for flagship smartphones such as Galaxy S and Galaxy Note smartphones up until then.The

Camera module maker Partron will see its sales decline by up to 20% this year, according to South Korean analysts.The company is expected to post revenues of 980 billion won to 1.11 trillion won this year due to lackluster smartphone sales from its main client Samsung Electronics.Partron posted sale

Philoptics will take part in the national project to develop production technology for fine metal mask (FMM) used in organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels, the company said Wednesday.The company will take part in developing 6th to 8th-generation FMM production technology for high-resolution OLE

Radio frequency component maker Wisol is selling its subsidiary Wimas, TheElec confirmed Wednesday.Wisol, an affiliate of Daeduck business group, owns an 80% stake in material maker Wimas. It is selling the subsidiary for an unspecified amount, but it is thought be in the billions of wons.The decisi

Daeduck Electronics has ended production of high density interconnection (HDI) boards, TheElec has confirmed Tuesday.Daeduck’s exit follows those of Samsung Electro-Mechanics and LG InnoTek made last year __ the, now former, three top companies in HDI in the local market.Production ended in April, p

Jahwa Electronics will ends its smartphone camera module operation after only a year due to low profitability, people familiar with the matter told TheElec Monday.Those in the business will be shifted to other operations within the first half of the year, they said.The company started the operation

Printed circuit board (PCB) maker YP Electronics' hope to supply its rigid flexible PCB (RFPCB) for Apple’s iPhone 12 is being dashed from Cupertino’s recent change in OLED component, people familiar with the matter told TheElec.Apple has has divided the flexible PCB (FPCB) it plans to connect with

Simmtech Graphics has turned a profit in the first quarter thanks to its focus on GDDR6.The Japan-based subsidiary of Korean printed circuit board (PCB) maker Simmtech posted 200 million won operating profits and 38.3 billion won in revenue in the first quarter, according to its filings to the Finan

South Korean component suppliers to Samsung Electronics are expecting poor scorecards for their second quarter earnings due to drastic decline in the production of smartphones by the tech behemoth.It was a “life or death” situation for some companies, people with direct knowledge of the matter told

South Korean vendors who supply smartphone camera components to Samsung Electronics saw mixed results in the first quarter, according to data from the country’s fiance watchdog collected by The Elec.Those that supplied camera modules to Samsung saw huge sales growth in the quarter, but those that pr

South Korean printed circuit board (PCB) companies have posted mixed results for the first quarter for 2020, with those relying on smartphones seeing their earnings tank.However, those supplying PCB for semiconductors saw their earnings increase, which will likely carry over to the second quarter.LG

A South Korean company has developed laser technology that can be used to cut the utlra-thin glass used as cover for display screens on foldable smartphones.ITI said the technology was dubbed “Cool” can used to cut the glasses smoothly without damaging them.The company, which specializes in laser te

Samsung Electro-Mechanic has said it won’t be readily rolling out MLCC units this year as its new plant in Tianjin of China will unlikely be ready to go by the latter half of this year as planned, while its operations in Southeast Asia have also been crippled.In a conference call on its first quarte

LG Innotek is going to discontinue BLU(Backlight Unit) LED business, with Wooree E&L and Seoul Semiconductor grabbing the BLU LED sales opportunities, according to industry sources on April 21.BLU LED are necessary light sources for LCD panels. They are used in LCD TVs, laptops, monitors and others.

South Korea’s MCNEX will be expanding its production lines for camera modules supplied to Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra in a bid to respond to the growing demand for the high-end smartphones, according to industry sources on April 6.The Galaxy S20 series itself – launched in March 2020 – is showing lac

Advanced optical zoom cameras are expected to set premium smartphones apart, with Samsung Electronics and Huawei Technologies vying for the lead, according to industry sources on Mar. 5.Both tech companies will be adding more models embedded with such cameras that allow for longer focal distances wi

Samsung Electronics is planning to ship up to 8 million QLED TVs this year, up nearly 50% from last year’s 5.3 million in a bid to widen its gap with key rival LG Electronics in the high-end TV market, according to industry sources on Feb. 27.Samsung’s market share in the global QLED market was arou