Samsung Display, the world’s largest OLED producer, is finding it difficult to develop large-sized OLED panels for next generation TVs, sources said on June 10."Samsung is apparently struggling with the product concept, and the designs for the materials deposition equipment is now undergoing change,

South Korea’s LG Display will supply the LCD panels for the Apple Pro Display XDR monitor launched at the annual WWDC 2019 earlier this week, according to sources close to the matter on June 5.The Pro Display XDR is the first monitor brand Apple released since it stopped manufacturing the Thunderbol

LG Chem which once sued SK Innovation in an international patent lawsuit, has filed a lawsuit against a much smaller company in March this year, according to industry sources on June 5.The LG affiliate sued Innox Advanced Materials for infringing on patents involving encapsulation film technology fo

Semiconductor said on June 4 that it has sued European LED distributor Leuchtstark Vertriebs GmbH in a court in Dusseldorf of Germany for patent infringement.According to the South Korean chip maker, Leuchtstark Vertriebs infringed upon two patents concerning its MEGAMAN product. Semiconductor is al

LG Display will be rolling out 48-inch OLED TVs in 2020, according to a top executive.“It’s a strategy to solidify our footing in the high-end TV market, while continuing to have presence in the standard and premium segments,” Oh Chang-ho, the South Korean display-maker’s vice president of the TV bu

Lim Jung-Han, Director of the High-Performance Display Division of Corning, said, "We started mass production of ‘Astra’, a new glass substrate, in March of this year. In the second half of the year, TVs made with the display panel containing the substrate glass will be available." Director Lim also

YAS, the only deposition equipment maker mass-producing large OLEDs, expects to complete its new factory for the production of 10.5-generation (10.5G) equipment at the end of August. A formal order (PO) is expected at the time of completion of the factory. The 10.5G deposition equipment to be produc

LG Electronics will release an '8K resolution 88-inch OLED TV' in July or August at the latest. The '8K OLED TV' will be released first, and a ‘Rollable TV’ will be put on the market by the end of this year. LG Display's 10.5-generation factory in Paju is officially confirmed to start its operation

Chinese TV maker TCL said that claimed the No. 1 position in the US TV market in March this year, citing US market research firm NPD's data. The IHS market research, which is often mainly discussed in the industry, has not been released. In the last year's overall TV sales rank, TCL claimed the seco

President Moon Jae-In said, “Let’s maintain our position as number one in the world’s memory market and become the world’s major leader in the comprehensive semiconductor market by achieving the number one position in foundries by 2030 and the 10% fabless share," at the "System Semiconductor Vision

On the 25th, it was reported that development of Canon Tokki’s deposition equipment for large scaled OLED is in the final stage.Canon Tokki of Japan is producing the 8.5th generation deposition equipment. In the third quarter of this year, it is sheduled to be in stock at Korean customer’s domestic

LG Electronics plans to move its smartphone assembly factory to Vietnam. As the MC division of LG Electronics recorded an operating loss of 790.1 billion won last year, improving its profitability by increasing sales and reducing costs is the top priority.According to the industry on the 22nd, LG El

Sharp, which suddenly stopped its panel supply after being acquired by Foxconn in Taiwan, offered to resume supply of LCD panels for TV to Samsung Electronics earlier this year, only to be rejected.A former executive of the Samsung Electronics Visual Display (VD) Business Department officially comme

It has been confirmed on the 8th that Vice Chairman Young-Soo Kwon visited Japan in the middle of last February to have meetings with a high-level executive of Panasonic. At this meeting, the industry assumes that more advanced discussions on the supply of large OLED panels for TVs had been exchange

Chinese display maker BOE surpassed LG Display in the monthly market share of the large LCD panel market based on the surface size. The display industry has reacted to this change as "happening as expected but sooner than predicted."The IHS Markets reported on the 3rd that BOE topped LG Display to b

Display and semiconductor equipment maker YEST, which suffered a sharp decline following its rapid sales growth, conservatively announced its sales target for this year. It is expected to generate sales of 100 billion won, which sits between their 2017 sales (150.4 billion won) and last year's sales

Samsung executives were embarrassed by the protests of minority shareholders at the General Shareholders' Meeting.Samsung Electronics held its 50th General Shareholders' Meeting at the Multipurpose Hall on the 5th floor of its Seocho Building, Seoul, at 9:00 am on the 20th. On the day, more than 1,0

“The factory bathroom was made to the level of Hotel Silla.”These are the words of Young-Gwan Lee, President of Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. In a lecture titled “Success Story of Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc.” held at POSTECH in Pohang, Gyeongbuk Province on 13th, President Lee said, “W

'D Film, the Secret Weapon'Samsung's new premium TV has dramatically improved left and right viewing angle performance.Recently On the 14th, Samsung Electronics’ Video Display Business Division completed development of 'D film', special material for enhancing the marketability of premium QLED TVs. T

Wisol, a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter maker for mobile phones, will sell the Internet of Things (IoT) business. This is to focus on radio frequency (RF), the company’s core business, and new businesses by liquidating its business divisions in red.In its announcement on 11th Wisol said that it