By applying smart factory to its battery-making facilities, SK Innovation has successfully streamlined and upgraded its manufacturing processes ranging from packaging and quality checks to analyzing defects, according to the company a week ahead of the Manufacturing Tech Conference.Encouraged by the

In 2015, Samsung Electronics set up a task force to support suppliers and smaller companies in the eco-system with smart factory solutions. A year later, the tech giant helped 450 companies build smart factories.Since then, over a thousand SMEs have benefited in terms of sharing both technology and

“The semiconductor and display industries have achieved nearly 100% of automation in terms of process, and about 50% in terms of analysis,” said Samsung Display’s senior vice president Lee Jae-sun on Sept. 27, about a week ahead of the Oct. 8 Manufacturing Tech Conference to be co-hosted by The Elec

Samsung Display is planning to shut down additional production lines for LCDs to the middle of next year, according to industry sources on Sept. 26.The phase 2 line at its 8-1 Asan 1 Campus in South Chungcheong Province will most likely be the target, they said. The company has already halted the ph

Deeper-I, a deep-learning company founded by a CEO from Samsung Techwin, now Hanwha Techwin, is looking for a bigger piece of the AI vision recognition market based NPU technology.“Deeper-I has developed the original technology for AI edge computing, and we have no rivals here in Korea, outside of c

Leading South Korean semiconductor and display manufacturers, along with technology companies from both home and abroad will gather together to share insight on smart factory and digital innovation on Oct. 8 at L-Center in Southern Seoul.The conference, entitled Manufacturing Tech Conference 2019, w

On Sept. 25, LG Electronics unveiled a device for reinforcing the quality of its TVs in a move to refute Samsung’s latest criticism saying LG TVs are incapable of playing 8K images. The electronics maker also revealed a video supporting its claims and countering Samsung’s accusations.In the video, a

Samsung Display is expected to announce its plans to shift its LCD production lines to those for large-sized OLED displays in October involving 10 trillion won or more investment, according to industry sources on Sept. 24.The company is likely to place orders for related equipment after the announce

Samsung Electronics demanded for LG Electronics to stop with its negative campaigning, referring to a complaint that LG filed with South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission last week."(Such) exhaustive disputes are creating confusion among consumers and market players at a time when the business environme

Samsung Electronics will be adopting optical 5X zoom camera modules for its upcoming Galaxy smartphone tentatively named the Galaxy S11 scheduled for launch during the first half of 2020.Industry sources said last week that this marks the first time for Samsung to apply the modules to its Galaxy sma

South Korean battery maker LG Chem is planning to build production lines capable of producing batteries for both Electric Vehicles (EV) and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) in order to cope more flexibly with different demand situations.Industry sources recently said that LG Chem will most likely build

Top South Korean manufacturers of semiconductor and display equipment were found to be spending much less on R&D compared to their foreign counterparts, according to data compiled by The Elec on Sept. 19.The financial statements of the nation’s top 15 equipment makers for the first half of this year

US-based DuPont Electronics & Imaging has added a new plant just for manufacturing polyimide (PI) at South Korea’s Foreign Investment Zone in Cheongan, the company said on Sept. 18. Operations began following the completion of the facilities in June, DuPont added.The move is expected to give DuPont

LG Innotek is pushing back its plans to completely shut down its PCB manufacturing plant in Cheongju a month later to November according to industry sources on Sept. 19.The delay is being caused by LG Innotek’s foreign car clients that have yet to give their verification for the 4M checklist – Man,

LG Display had a demonstration comparing the 8K quantum dot LCDs with 4K OLED displays at the OLED Big Bang media day in Beijing on Sept. 19. The results showed the OLED panels being much more beneficial for eye health and energy efficiency."We believe the era of OLEDs has dawned in China after our

LG Display has laid out plans to streamline operations by receiving voluntary retirement for three weeks starting from Sept. 23. The announcement came a day the display maker named its new CEO, Chung Ho-young.The company also said it would be trimming down the organization in general to undergo a fa

LG Chem has begun to mass produce batteries for Tesla’s Model 3 electric vehicles from its Nanjing plant in China, according to industry sources Sept. 18.The US-based EV maker will be using LG Chem’ 21700 type batteries using NCM811 that boast a nickel proportion of 80% or more. The LG company previ

Samsung Electronics’ IM division appears to be torn between adopting more Original Development Manufacturing (ODM) smartphones to cut costs amid intensifying competition and trying to maintain the status quo.But with one of the key executives pushing for the idea, industry watchers say widening ODM

The top executives of LG Chem and SK Innovation were unable to strike a truce on the legal feud over electric vehicle batteries during a meeting on Sept. 16 that was hurriedly arranged on government urging.“LG Chem Vice Chairman Shin Hak-cheol met with SK Innovation CEO Kim Jun, but there were no re

LG Innotek will be supplying 3D Time of Flight (ToF) modules for Apple’s next generation iPads and iPhones in 2020, according to industry sources on Sept. 16.ToF is a camera technology that allows for 3D viewing that can be applied to VR, AR and 5G. ToF is to be applied to the iPad Pros to be launch