Wonik IPS, which is merging Wonik Terasemicon, is becoming a large equipment company that provides a ‘total solution’ for the semiconductor display field. Their goal is to become a top 10 global equipment company through active R&D, diversified equipment portfolio, and a diversified customer base.Wo

The global semiconductor packaging materials market is expected to reach $ 17.8 billion (about 19.8 trillion won) by 2021, a slight increase from $ 16.7 billion in 2017 (about 18.6 trillion won). Continuous pressure for cost reduction and slowed consumption of materials, combined with the rapid grow

Kang, Chang-jin, vice president of Samsung Electronics, took over as the new and 9th CEO of Semes on the 2nd.In 1993, he joined Samsung Electronics' Memory R&D process development team. He was the head of the process development team of the memory business division, the planning support team leader

Nexstin, a specialist in semiconductor inspection and measurement equipment, will try to achieve the Technology Special Listing in the second half of this year.Park, Tae-hoon, the CEO of Nexstin, said, "Last year, I applied for a designation audit for the KOSDAQ Association for the Technology Specia

Kim Yong-gil, CEO of ASM Korea (ASMK), said, "We completed the R&D and manufacturing plant in Dongtan, Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province last October." He added, “As a foreign equipment company for the first time, we have established the base for providing research, manufacturing, and service all together

Saint-Gobain Korea will attempt to differentiate itself through injection molding starting in 2019. Injection molding technology is being introduced to valves used in semiconductors and display equipment. It plans to provide proper functions for the high-tech industry such as ultra-high purity (UHP)

It is expected that Chinese semiconductor front-end production facilities will account for 20 percent of the global market between 2020 and 2021. It will be a significant jump from the current market share of 16%. It will be the result of the Chinese government's policy of launching semiconductors.

In 2018, the world semiconductor equipment market sales were at a record high as they were in 2017. In 2019, the semiconductor market is expected to decline due to a decrease in investment in major semiconductor companies. But by 2020, the scale is expected to once again increase.The world semicondu

SK Innovation has been speeding up their high-tech materials business. It has entered the transparent polyimide (PI) business, which plays a key role in implementing foldable displays. Transparent PI can replace glass, which is a conventional cover window. Sumitomo Chemical, Kolon Industries, LG Che

Entegris, a semiconductor material and process solutions company, has set a double-digit growth target in 2019. It will continue to invest in facilities such as constructing new buildings on vacant land in Jangan factory in Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province. Its workforce continues to increase. In or

The korean government is trying to limit the export of organic light emitting diode (OLED) production equipment to China. It seems to be a follow-up to the recent "Toptec Incident."According to the industry on December 27th, the Ministry of Industry recently held a meeting with top display equipment

Prof. Yoo Jae-Soo of Chung-Ang Univ. (Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science) has been named as the next president of the Korea Information Display Society (KIDS).Prof. Yoo has been elected as the 12th president at an extraordinary general meeting which took place on the 20th. Prof

The year 2019 is expected to be a year that has significant meaning in the history of South Korea’s semiconductor industry. This is because it will be the first year that South Korea will apply a brand new technology to start mass-production, beating all competitors. This ‘new technology’ is the EUV

Samsung Electronics has set up a new business team to catch up with Sony (Japan), the world’s #1 company in the CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) industry.According to industry sources, Samsung Electronics Device Solution (DS) sector had recently set up a new ‘Sensor Business Team’ within the System LSI Busin

Telechips announced on the 20th that they have signed a strategic partnership with the world’s largest CAS (Conditional Access System) Company SIGMA MEDIA.In addition, they have added that their new set-top box chipset, Lion, is planning to obtain SIGMA MEDIA 4K CAS certification.‘Lion’ was produced

The development proposal of a 3nm Fab(a semiconductor production factory) from Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s #1 company in the foundry industry, had passed the environmental impact assessment on the 19th. The Taiwan Economic Daily stated that “the world semiconductor industry is heading into a new era.

On the 11th, Chinese display maker Tianma announced through the investor exchange platform of Shenzhen Stock Exchange that it has been producing a "hole display" and that "Consumer products will be released soon." It replied to the question of investors asking for facts and supply with "In talks of

SK Hynix, on 19th, held a groundbreaking ceremony at its headquarters in Icheon city, Gyeonggi-do, for its new semiconductor factory(M16) with 200 attendees including Tae-won Choi, Chairman of SK Group, Jae-won Choi, Vice Chairman of SK Group, Sung-wook Park, former SK Hynix CEO and Chairman of SK g

The supply shortage for Silicon wafer, a raw material for semiconductors, has been eased. This is thanks to the active expansion of the industry since 2017.The Japan Sankyo Times reported on the 18th that the wafer market was once thought to be in short supply due to the International Semiconductor

Between the large organic light emitting diode (OLED) based on quantum dot (QD) color filter (CF) that is being prepared by Samsung Display and LG Display's white OLED (WOLED) panel, which has a superior competitive advantage?The analysts say Samsung will take the lead if it achieves the yield of ov