LG Display is expected to start manufacturing Gen 8 OLED panels aimed at IT devices a year later than rival Samsung Display.Despite this, LG Display is expected to certainly win orders for its panels from Apple and begin supplying no later than 2026, Choong Hoon Yi, CEO of analyst firm UBI Research,

German-based Paul & Co is expanding its footprint in the fast-rising battery and electric vehicle markets.Founded in 1893, the company offers paper products such as cores, edge protectors, and core boards, and is part of the Kunert Group. Paul & Co Asia handles business in South Korea.The company’s

The EU parliament has passed new regulations with the aim to make batteries more durable, more sustainable, and better performing.EU Batteries and Waste Batteries Regulation covers the whole lifespans of batteries, from raw material to distribution with specific goals in the collection of used batte

Fab equipment maker Neosem’s Gen 5 solid-state drive (SSD) inspection equipment has passed the quality test of a South Korean chip maker, TheElec has learned.This means Neosem will be supplying the equipment to the South Korean chip maker for the first time. The equipment maker’s main customer so fa

Samsung has appointed new heads of development for foundry and DRAM, TheElec has learned.Samsung’s chip division, called Device Solution, recently commenced reorganization of its executive vice president-level officials.CTO of its Foundry Business has been named Gitae Jeong, who was previously the h

Samsung Display has filed a patent infringement lawsuit over OLED panels against BOE in the US.The South Korean display panel maker in its complaint filed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas late last month claimed its Chinese rival infringed on five of its patents

The CEO of fab equipment maker APTC said in a letter to shareholders that the company will give it its all to grow amid signs of the global chip industry is seemingly in the road to recovery.APTC CEO Choi Woo-hyung’s 60 pages long letter is the company’s first under the CEO's name.The letter detaile

For microdisplays used in augmented reality (AR) devices, liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) had an advantage over LED on silicon (LEDoS) in brightness, Raontech CEO Brian Kim told TheElec.LCoS changes the phase of the reflected light while LEDoS forms self-emitting LEDs on the silicon.Kim’s argument

Justem said on Monday that it has supplied roll-to-roll equipment used in lithium-ion battery production to a Japanese battery equipment maker.The South Korean company will supply its roll-to-roll equipment used in the electrode process.This was in addition to the aging equipment used in the formati

LG Innotek said on Monday that it will spend 1.3 trillion won at its facility in Haiphong, Vietnam to build an additional camera module production line.The funds will be spent up to December 2025. The City of Haiphong will install additional electrical substations and offer tax benefits to the facil

LG Chem said on Monday that it has started production of a high-nickel, single-crystal cathode that it says will increase the performance of electric vehicle batteries.Production has started at its facility in Cheongju and the first batch will be delivered to a customer starting next month.LG Chem s

Samsung has outlined its schedule to produce 2-nanometer (nm) chips as the competition between global foundries intensifies.The South Korean tech giant on Wednesday said during Samsung Foundry Forum 2023 that it plans to manufacture 2nm chips for mobile applications in 2025; those for high-performan

Samsung placed an order to LG Display to procure white-OLED panels earlier this month, TheElec has learned.The order is small and Samsung is planning to use the panels for the development of a W-OLED TV it will unveil later in the year, sources said.LG Display will deliver the panels to Samsung with

The global chip foundry market seems to have hit its lowest point during the first half of this year.TSMC and sources based in South Korea TheElec talked to believe the market will start seeing demand recovery again in the third quarter of this year.The main driver of this recovery seems to be ChatG

Xavis said on Friday that it has developed a new 3D CT inspection equipment for batteries.The company used AI technology to reduce the noise and offer cleaner images, CTO Byungseok Min at a press conference during InterBattery 2023 in Munich.Xavis is conducting sales activity for the equipment to ba

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos arrived in South Korea on Tuesday to partake in a press conference on Thursday, TheElec has learned.Sarandos will leave on Thursday after taking part in the conference where he will share the company’s investment plan in the country.Netflix is embroiled in a lawsuit with

Fab equipment maker APTC said on Wednesday that it has found that its shareholder list has been leaked by a securities firm.APTC, also known as Adaptive Plasma, said its shareholder list, shareholder addresses, how many shares they own, their phone numbers and nationality as of March 31 2022 was lea

Display production equipment maker Sunic System said on Tuesday that it will be supplying its deposition machine for OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) to Chinese display panel maker SeeYa.The deal is worth 32.2 billion won and the contract will last until June of 2024.OLEDoS is a microdisplay that is touted

Posco said on Wednesday that it will spend 1.5 trillion won with China’s CNGR to build nickel and precursor factories in Pohang, South Korea.Posco and CNGR will own 60% and 40% of the stock, respectively, of the nickel processing factory that will produce nickel sulfate.For the precursor factory, Po

Accelerator RedElec, which specializes in semiconductors, batteries, and displays, said on Thursday that it has formed its first venture investment association worth 2.5 billion won.The association, called RedElec Battery First Investment Association, will become the initial investor of promising st