The material industry is working on the physical company division, mergers, and reorganization. This is to find new growth opportunities through discovering and nurturing future markets and businesses.On the 1st, LG Chem reorganized into four new business divisions. It has reorganized its basic mate

LG Innotek's Cheongju factory, which produces the main PCBs, has plummeted to 51% last year. This is far lower than the 80% of the previous years. The pressure on the Substrate Material Segment's profitability is expected to increase further.According to the LG Innotek business report on the 2nd, th

China’s ATL and BYD have initiated the mass production of Samsung's new 'Galaxy A' series battery.According to the industry on the 29th, Samsung Electronics' Wireless Division plans to reveal The Galaxy A90, a low-end smartphone, on April 10th. It is the seventh release after the 'Galaxy A10 · 20 ·

Samsung Display has recently requested quotes from a display equipment maker DMS, with which it had not traded in the past few years, for LCD device cleaning equipment. It seems that Samsung Electronics has done so as SEMES, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, has begun to liquidate the LCD equipme

According to data from the US market research firm IC Insights, China Hisilicon and Uni-SoC were ranked among the top 10 global fabs based on 2017 sales. Hisilicon positioned itself at 7th on the list, and Uni-SoC (formerly Spreadtrum RDA) came out as 10th. Hisilicon is a subsidiary of Huawei, and U

It has been confirmed that Samsung Display and BOE in China are the major suppliers of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels for premium smartphone P30 series released by Huawei on the 26th. LG Display, which had been the main supplier of flexible OLED panels for Huawei smartphones, has been re

Hearing the news of passing the deliberation on the specifically requested site for the industrial complex for the construction of the Yongin semiconductor cluster in Gyeonggi-do, SK Hynix responded with a "win-win fund".SK Hynix announced on the 28th that it has confirmed plans to strengthen its wi

Interflex, a manufacturer of flexible printed circuit boards (FPCBs), has secured Sunny Optical and BOE as new customers. It will supply RFPCB for camera modules for Sunny Optical and organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays for BOE.According to the industry on the 27th, Interflex has secured Su

SK Hynix and others have passed the Government's deliberations on the special land area of ​​the industrial complex site applied to establish a large-scale semiconductor cluster in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do. SK Hynix has welcomed the news.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Ministry of Industry) s

Kim Hyung-Hwan, Director of SK Hynix's Process Base Technology, said, “We’re striving to improve productivity by applying machine learning techniques to our process lines. This is the task we’ve been focusing on recently” at the Semiconductor and Display Technology Roadmap Seminar held at El Tower i

Yoon Soo-Young, Director of Research Center (Executive Director) of LG Display, said, “Ultimately, display technology should advance toward being rollable. The key technologies required for rollable displays are metal foil replacement and transparent polyimide (PI)” at the ‘2019 Semiconductor Displa

Lee Keun-Taek, Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Research Center Equipment Technology Development Master, spoke about the "Next-generation semiconductor equipment prospect" at the seminar on semiconductor and display technology held at the El Tower, Yangjae-dong, Seoul on the 6th.Master Lee is an eq

The result of SKC KOLON PI's patent litigation with KANEKA Japan that has been going on for 10 years is expected in the first half of this year. If SKC KOLON PI loses in this lawsuit, both Kolon Industry and SKC must each pay half of the damages. KANEKA argues that SKC KOLON PI has infringed its pat

“Currently, the cover window material of foldable display is polyimide (PI). However, we’re also considering thin glass as the core material," said Kim Dong-Hwan, Executive Director of Samsung Display’s Products Research Team, at the ‘2019 Semiconductor Display Technology Roadmap Seminar’ held at Se

Kang Kyung-Sung, Director of Material Component Industry Division of Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Ministry of Industry), said, “A preliminary feasibility study on semiconductors (and its results) valued at 1.5 trillion won will be confirmed (announced) around next month” at the Semiconduc

The profitability of camera module maker MCNEX, which recorded an operating profit margin of 6% last year, is expected to improve once again. It is expected that the cost will be reduced by moving additional production lines to Vietnam.The plant in Vietnam produces mainly camera modules for smartpho

Can organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology become the mainstream in the field of lighting? It would be possible only if the price barriers can be overcome. "There is room for OLED technology achievements in display sector development based on large investments to be utilized in lighting," he

At the Sunic System shareholders' meeting, the first greetings of the CEO began with "I apologize." This was due to the company’s sluggish earnings and share price. This year, the OLED display market is expected to boom and the CEO promised to demonstrate the company’s capabilities.Park Jae-Gyu, CEO

The battery back-end equipment company PNE Solution forecasts that this year's results will be the largest since the year of the company's establishment. Sales and operating profits are both expected to grow at the same level as last year.Jeong Dae-Taek, the CEO of PNE Solution, met with reporters a

Nickel prices are surging at this time as the prices of cobalt, one of the core materials for electric vehicles (EV) batteries, have slowed. Ecopro and L & F, which are focusing on the expansion of high-nickel anode materials with high nickel content, are expected to be affected negatively.According