Cryo vacuum pump company Cryo H&I said on Tuesday that it has developed an ultra-low temperature refrigerator that can test the compression and tensile characteristics of metals.The machine can offer temperatures at minus 253 Celsius and is aimed at companies that need to store liquid hydrogen and d

Samsung Display has acquired patents from German firm Cynora related to high-efficiency blue OLED, TheElec has learned.Multiple companies are currently working to develop blue OLED with high efficiency.Cynora is among them and it has been developing thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) bl

Chinese battery equipment maker Lead said on Tuesday that it will be supplying Volkswagen.The turn-key deal will see Lead supply kits for electrode, assembly and formation processes for a capacity of 20GWh.The equipment will be installed next year at the factory in Salzgitter, Germany. Lead will hav

Chinese smartphone makers had launched a total of 76 models of smartphones that use OLED panels up to May this year, analyst firm UBI Research said on Wednesday.In the month of May alone, 20 new models were launched, the firm said.Vivo was the top vendor in terms of OLED smartphones, having launched

Semiconductor testing solution firm ISC said on Monday that it has launched a new rubber socket for 3D chip packaging.The socket, called iSC-WiDER, is a successor to its socket aimed at CPU and GPU chips.The latest iteration can also be used to test microcontroller units and for 2.5D and 3D packagin

South Korean display equipment maker KPS has unveiled a new fine metal mask (FMM) for use in the production of 15.6-inch notebook OLED panel.The company said it used what it calls a hybrid method to manufacture the FMMs.The prototype was made by assembling cell-level hole masks into one larger mask.

LG Energy Solution said on Wednesday that it recorded 4.34 trillion won in revenue and 258.9 billion won in operating profit during the first quarter.Revenue increased 2.1% from a year prior but operating profit dropped 24.1% over the same time period.The company said it plans to spend 7 trillion wo

Chip and component reliability testing firm QRT was developing new chip testing equipment with the aim to make the business a major source of revenue by 2025, TheElec has learned.The company was aiming to sell its semiconductor soft error tester and 5G mmWave spectrum RF accelerated life tester, peo

Hana Technology said on Thursday that it has won a turn-key order worth 90.8 billion won from battery maker Britishvolt to supply them with back-end formation equipment.It is the second European customer the South Korean equipment maker has secured. Last year, Hana Technology garnered Norway’s Freyr

South Korean battery maker SK On said on Monday that it has collaborated with local fabless firm Autosilicon to develop its own battery management IC (BMIC).BMICs are used to increase the stability of battery cells in electric vehicles and energy storage systems by measuring the cells’ voltage and t

South Korean battery cathode maker EcoPro said on Wednesday that it has acquired a stake in GEM’s nickel operation in Indonesia.EcoPro will acquire a 9% stake in QMB, GEM’s subsidiary in Indonesia, which is planning to start producing nickel materials during the second half of the year with a capaci

AI inspection equipment maker Twim said on Friday that it has recorded 21.6 billion won in revenue and 1.2 billion won in operating profit in 2021.It marks the second year that the company has marked a profit.Twim said revenue from its AI inspection equipment was higher than its previous sources of

LG Energy Solution is planning to spend 6.5 trillion won in building two new battery factories in North America.Earlier this week, it had announced that it plans to build a battery factory in Ontario, Canada through its joint venture with automobile giant Stellantis.The South Korean battery maker is

Corning said on Tuesday that it has supplied its Astra Glass to Samsung Display for use in quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels.Each QD-OLED panel uses two sheets of the glasses: one for the thin-film transistor and another for the QD layer.Samsung Display’s QD-OLED panel will be used in TVs made by Samsung

Samsung SDI was reviewing building a separate battery plant in the US besides the one it is planning to build through a joint venture with Stellantis, the South Korean battery maker’s CEO said on Thursday.Samsung SDI CEO Yunho Choi told reporters after the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting that

Posco said on Monday that it has begun construction of a new solid electrolyte factory in South Korea.The factory, which will be run by the company’s joint venture with Jeong Kwang called Posco JK Solid Solution, will have a capacity of 24 metric tonnes per year and begin operations during the secon

Samsung SDI said on Monday that it will build a pilot production line for solid-state batteries at its lab in Suwon.The line will take up 6,500 meter-squares of space, the company said, and will use new equipment and production methods.Specifically, the company will use cell assembly equipment that

SK On said on Monday that it will form a joint venture with US car giant Ford and Turkish automaker Koc to build a battery production facility in Turkey.The plant will manufacture nickel, cobalt and manganese oxide batteries and start production around 2025, the South Korean battery maker said.It wi

Posco Chemical said on Monday that it will spend 600 billion won to build a new precursor factory at its plant in Gwangyang, South Korea, with an annual production capacity of 100,000 metric tonnes.The company said it was doing so to secure competence in raw material as it looks ahead to the growth

Battery equipment maker Nain Tech said on Friday that it plans to enter the e-mobility battery pack market.The firm said it has acquired a 60% stake in Talos, a firm specializing in battery and battery charging for military applications, on Thursday for this.The pair had signed a patent sharing agre