Isu Petasys said on Friday that its subsidiary Isu Exaboard was ending its printed circuit board (PCB) business.Isu Petasys makes boards for telecom application while Exaboard had focused on flexible PCB and high density interconnectors for smartphones.TheElec was the first to report on the exit in

Solus Advanced Materials said on Monday that it will be supplying hole transport layer (HTL) to LG Display for use in OLED panels.OLED panels are comprised of layers for electric current movements and layers that emit light.HTL is one of the layers that electricity flows through and determines the l

LG InnoTek is entering the flip chip (FC)-ball grid array (BGA) market, TheElec has learned.The South Korean component maker is expected to make its investment plan into the high-value semiconductor substrate market public in the third quarter.LG InnoTek has already manufactured and supplied samples

OLED emission market will grow 9% a year on average from 2021 to 2025, market research firm UBI Research said.The market will be worth US$2.25 billion in 2025, it said.Despite Chinese panel makers expanding their OLED production line, the OLED emission material market will be led by their South Kore

SKC said on Tuesday that it will collaborate with Japan’s Kankyo Energy to covert plastic waste into energy.In the long run, the pair will not just conduct plastic pryolysis but convert plastic waste into reusable plastic, SKC said.The South Korean company will install pilot equipment this year and

The Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) and Chemtronics said on Tuesday that the pair will collaborate in the development of core technologies for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and wireless charging.Specifically, the pair will develop technologies that connect V2X with wireless charging.KETI

Apple is likely to procure optical image stabilization (OIS) actuators from South Korea’s Jahwa Electronics, a component supplier to Samsung, for new iPhones launching in 2022, TheElec has learned.Cupertino recently wrapped up the review of Jahwa’s OIS factory, people familiar with the matter said.T

Samsung Display will begin production of foldable OLED panels for customers Google, Vivo and Xiaomi in October, TheElec has learned.The three companies are planning to unveil their respective foldable phones in the fourth quarter this year.Google is preparing a foldable phone with a 7.6-inch in-fold

Samsung System LSI, the logic chip unit of Samsung Electronics, has begun development of three timing controller (T-Con) for quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels being developed by Samsung Display, TheElec has learned.Samsung Display is planning to send its prototypes of QD-OLED TVs and a monitor to potenti

Chip and display furnace firm YEST has acquired a majority stake in optical lens company JTWay.YEST said on Thursday that it has acquired an 80.8% stake in JTWay for 4.9 billion won.The lens firm recorded 2.3 billion won in sales and 900 million won in net loss last year.JTWay was the first South Ko

SK Nexilis has completed the construction of its fifth copper foil factory at Jeongeup on Wednesday.The new factory secures a total annual production capacity of 43,000 metric tonnes for the company.The fifth factory was finished a month ahead of schedule. The company had a capacity of 34,000 metric

Sales of middle to large sized OLED panels in the first quarter of 2021 surged 156% from a year prior, according to market research firm UBI Research.The firm calculated the sales of OLED panels sized 10-inch or larger used in TVs, monitors, notebooks and tablets.Sales for these panels reached US$1.

Smartphone camera module maker Biolog Device will acquire and invest in the display and semiconductor industries to become a large tech conglomerate, Company CEO Hwang Hoon said on Thursday.It will use its business network and all its resources to integrate new technologies and companies, the CEO sa

Flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) maker BH said on Wednesday that it will be spending 50 billion won to build new facilities to meet demand from lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars.The South Korean firm will expand its third factory, which manufactures FPCB for automobiles, in Vietnam un

Chinese smartphone makers are increasing their use of OLED panels despite the COVID-19 pandemic and US sanctions, market research firm UBI Research said on Tuesday.A total of 57 smartphones that use OLED was launched in China in the first quarter of 2021, the firm said.This was double the 27 models

Solus Advanced Materials will form a join venture with Toyota Tsusho in the US that will manufacture and sell elecfoils used in lithium-ion batteries.The pair will aim to secure a production capacity of 30,000 metric tonnes per year by 2024, Solus said.The South Korean firm said it will collaborate

LG InnoTek has sold its 1,968 patents related to LED technology registered in the US to a Chinese company called Suzhou LEKIN Semiconductor on May 20, according to filings made to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).Suzhou, China-based LEKIN Semiconductor was founded in on March 2

Chemtronics has pulled out of its plan to buy Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ Wi-Fi module business.Chemtronics’ subsidiary Witz was originally announced to be acquiring Samsung’s Wi-Fi module business for 105.5 billion won back in January.Chemtronics said it was canceling the deal due to the potential f

Two and a half years after Infintech placed orders to South Korean display equipment makers, the Chinese firm is yet to make the payment it promised.South Korean display equipment firm Top Engineering said on Friday that it has canceled its equipment supply contract with Infintech.This follows compa

Samsung Display and LG Display have begun the production of OLED panels for Apple’s new iPhone launching later this year, TheElec has learned.This is a month faster than for the iPhone 12 last year. Apple launched iPhone 12 later than usual due to problems with procuring components for the phones fr