HB Technology, a key South Korean supplier for display testing equipment failed to bag a 25 billion-won Chinese bid for supplying display repair equipment, according to China Bidding on Aug. 19.The bidding data portal said HB’s local rival Charm Engineering will be supplying the 61 units of repair e

Samsung Display has shut down the operations of some of its production lines for Gen-8 (2200㎜ x 2500㎜) LCDs, according to industry sources on Aug. 13.The move, they said, appears to be a part of the so-called ‘C Project,’ involving a gradual shift towards large-sized TV OLED panels. The purchase ord

As Apple has apparently decided to go with the same M9 OLED panel material set used in Samsung’s Galaxy series smartphones for its upcoming new iPhone, Samsung SDI won’t be supplying related materials to the California-based company any longer.Samsung SDI had been supplying green host materials (PGH

Samsung SDI has successfully turned over a new leaf in its polarizing film (POL) business. Hit by sluggish operation rates and intensifying market competition, the Samsung affiliate had at one time considered undergoing restructuring.But thanks to a combo of positive factors, the firm is now expecte

Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 10 was fitted with the M9 OLED screen, which was the same as the Galaxy S10 revealed in the first of this year.The South Korean tech giant launched the Note 10 and the Galaxy Note 10+ on Aug. 7, US time. This means there is no big difference in terms of optical specs

LG Display is talking with major Chinese TV maker Skyworth on selling open cell OLED panels, according to industry sources.Market watchers had expected the display maker to begin celling open cell panels as it starts running the large-sized OLED plants in China’s Guangzhou. The plant is scheduled to

Samsung Display has signed Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA) with several major equipment makers to run production lines for large-sized OLED panels later this month.Industry sources said on July 30 that the Samsung unit appears to be wanting to keep things under wraps ahead of an official PO involvin

LG Display said in its board meeting on July 22 that it would invest an addition 3 trillion won ($2.5 billion) into the Gen 10.5 OLED production lines at its P10 plant in Paju of Gyeonggi Province.The display maker said most of the funds would be used to ramp up the monthly production capacity to 45

Samsung Display is on the verge of launching its so-called ‘Project C,’ which involves investing in large-sized OLED panels for televisions, according to industry sources on July 12.“Samsung Display could open its investment deliberation committee as soon as this month to reach a decision,” one of t

South Korean semiconductor and display equipment maker Semes is having a tough time trying to sell off its underperforming display equipment business, industry sources said on July 8.The Samsung Electronics’ affiliate has been seeking to unload the underperforming unit to companies like FNS Tech and

California-based Apple reportedly paid around 900 billion won ($765.5 million) to Samsung Display in the second quarter of this year for failing to take on an agreed volume of flexible OLED panels for its smartphones.On July 5, Samsung said in its earnings guidance that its second quarter earnings i

LG Electronics is in talks with BOE on buying smartphone OLED panels from the Chinese display maker, according to industry sources on July 1. This means there’s a good chance that the new smartphones from LG next year would be fitted with BOE’s OLED screens.For LG Display, this isn’t good news becau

Pressed to develop large-sized OLED panels for TVs, Samsung Display has made an unprecedented move to partner with a key supplier for its crosstown rival LG Display.Industry sources told The Elec on June 20 that the Samsung unit is in talks with Yas for a technological partnership."We are in practic

LG Display’s second quarter operating losses are expected to deepen from the first quarter after failing to close a deal for supplying OLED panels to Huawei’s P30 Pro smartphones, according to financial sector sources on June 18.LG will have to shoulder most of the costs involved, they forecast, sin

Samsung Display Vice President Kim Seong-cheol said on June 18 that the firm is “on standby” to roll out panels for the upcoming launch of the delayed Galaxy Fold.At the Korean Information Display Society forum held in Seoul, he also said that the phone now appears ready to hit the market.Samsung’s

South Korean manufacturer Innox Advanced Materials (IAM) will begin to supply the back plate film for Samsung Display’s flexible OLED panels, according to industry sources on June 14.Back plate film is an adhesive attached to the rear surface of a flexible display to serve as a reinforcement plate.

LG Display has brought in TFT deposition equipment earlier than expected for 10.5th generation OLED lines at its P10 plant in Paju of Gyeonggi Province to help prep for mass production, sources close to the matter said on June 12.The equipment is mainly manufactured by US-based Applied Materials, wi

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

Samsung Display failed to run a booth at this year’s Display Week conference organized by Society of Information Display(SID) in San Jose earlier this month. Some say the display-maker may forgo the event next year as well.Booth location was the main cause for Samsung’s reticence, they noted.“Until