LG Display said on Wednesday that its OLED TV panel has received the Discomfort Glare Free approval from Underwriters Laboratories (UL).UL used CIE’s Unified Glare Rating for its test. UGR must be 22 points or below from the TV panel at light settings between 70lx to 300lx for approval.All of LG Dis

Battery equipment manufacturer Hana Technology is targeting over 100 billion won in sales in 2021.Company CEO Oh Tae-bong told TheElec on Wednesday at its shareholders’ meeting that it was winning overseas customers and its technology for used battery equipment and future displays were yielding resu

SK IE Technology said on Wednesday that it has passed the preliminary review for its listing on KOSPI.The subsidiary of SK Innovation is expected file its security report early next month. There will be a full review by Korea Exchange as well.The company is expected commence retail and institutional

South Korean chip giant SK Hynix on Wednesday has named a new co-CEO.SK Telecom vice chairman Park Jung-ho was newly named co-CEO by the board.Park will be in charge of building the corporate culture and drawing up long-term strategy to increase SK Hynix’ global competence, the company said.Current

Production at Samsung Electronics’ chip plant in Austin, Texas has normalized as of last week after cold weathers there halted production for six weeks.A Samsung spokesperson said operation was returning to levels prior to the halt.The company was forced to shutdown operation of its factory last mon

Mobase Electronics said on Tuesday that it has won an order worth 90.5 billion won to supply battery components to Samsung SDI.The company will supply its printed board assembly (PBA) to the Korean battery maker up to December 2027.PBA is a battery module. Mobase’s supply will be used for batteries

Solus Advanced Materials said on Tuesday said it has begin construction of a new OLED material factory at Changzhou, Jiangsu province in China.It is the Korean company’s first factory abroad and it will spend US$20.5 million in the plant.Solus will use its factory at Iksan, South Korea as a benchmar

SK Innovation said on Monday that its battery metal recycling technology has received verification in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) from Argonne National Laboratory, a research agency under the US Department of Energy.The laboratory said the company’s technology to extract materials from the battery c

Hanwha Corporation said on Monday that it has formed a committee for environment, society and governance (ESG).The committee will be under the board and over half of its members will be comprised of external directors, Hanwha said.The committee will supervise legal issues and whether the company’s m

South Korean battery cathode maker EcoPro BM said on Tuesday that it will develop cathode rich with manganese, or Mn-rich.Volkswagen recently announced in its Battery Day event that it will be developing LFP battery and Mn-rich battery.EcoPro BM is likely attempting to expand its market share throug

Samsung Electronics said on Monday that it reached a million unit sales in South Korea for its Galaxy S21 smartphones series.The milestone was reached 57 days after official sales in the country begin. The series also reached a million unit sales a month earlier than it predecessor, Galaxy S20 serie

Nain Tech will aim to have battery equipment account for over 60% of its sales in 2021, the company CEO told TheElec on Monday at its shareholders’ meeting.In 2020, battery equipment contributed around the same portion of sales to display equipment.Nain Tech’s main customer, LG Energy Solution, is e

Ultra-thin glass (UTG) will account for 80% of all over windows used in foldable panels going forward, according to market research firm UBI Research.Polyimide (PI) films will also continue to account for 20% of the total for the next five years, the research firm said.Samsung Display will only supp

LG Display has named executive vice president Shin Sang-moon as its first chief safety and environment officer (CSEO) on Monday.The company early this month announced the formation of the new CSEO post, following a fatal gas leak on January at its plant that killed one employee of a subcontractor.LG

SK Innovation has sent a petition to the International Trade Commission (ITC) asking for a grace period on the 10-year import ban it received from the commission, people familiar with the matter said.The move is considered a way for SK to buy time to prepare for the legal battle ahead with LG Energy

LG Energy Solution said on Friday that SK Innovation was "misleading the facts" and not accepting the ruling made by the International Trade Commission (ITC) on the pair's trade secret lawsuit.LG Energy Solution made a public proposal to SK Innovation for a joint review of the evidence listed on the

Solus Advanced Materials on Friday named former SK Hynix president Suh Kwang-pyuk as a new independent CEO at its shareholders’ meeting and board meeting.He will become the joint CEO to current CEO Chin Dae-jae. CEO Lee Yoon-seok, which oversaw the company along with Chin, will step down from his po

SK Innovation said on Friday at its shareholders’ meeting that it cannot accept demands made by LG Energy Solution in the pair’s settlement negotiations after the ruling made by the International Trade Commission (ITC).SK Innovation director Lee Myoung-young said it was impossible to accept demands

Dreamtech said on Friday that it will collaborate with MixComm to develop 5G mmWave system.MixComm will develop 28GHz 5G mmWave RF chip and antenna-in-package (AiP) solution.The US company was co-founded by professor Harish Krishnaswamy of Colombia University and ex-Qualcomm VP Frank Lane, who has o

Samsung has developed a 512GB DDR5 memory module and is collaborating with Intel in the transition to DDR5.The company said Thursday that its latest memory supports data transfer rate of up to 7,200Mbps, double that of DDR4. This means two 30GB UHD movie can be processed within a second, Samsung sai