South Korean battery equipment maker Mplus said on Wednesday that it has clinched an order worth 26 billion won for battery equipment from China’s Evergrande.The company’s contract with Yangzhou Evergrande Neoenrgy Technology Development will last until August 21 this year.Evergrande Group is planni

South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Wednesday ordered Hyundai Motor to voluntarily recall all its Kona EV units that use batteries manufactured by LG Energy Solution.In total, 26,699 units will be affected by the recall, including Ioniq electric SUV and electric buses.Bat

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday said it was launching its newest image sensor, Isocell GN2, which has upgraded autofocus features.The new sensor comes with Dual Pixel Pro technology, which splits some of the pixels diagonally instead of just vertically. Samsung said it was the first to apply this tec

Iljin Materials said on Tuesday that it has begun supplying 2 micrometers ultra thin copper foils to Samsung Electronics.They are used for semiconductor packaging.Japanese companies such as Mitsui previously dominated copper foils that are 2 micrometers-thin but Iljin began development of them in 20

Analog Devices and Volvo Cars said on Monday that Volvo XC40 Recharge pure electric SUV will feature Analog’s ICs that support battery management system (BMS) and Automotive Audio Bus (A2B).The ICs will traveling distance per a single charge, the pair said.It can be applied to hybrid and pure electr

Posco Chemical on Tuesday said it has commenced the fourth expansion of its cathode plant at Gwangyang.The company will spend 275.8 billion won to add 30,000 metric tonnes in annual production capacity.Construction will be completed in 2023 and the plant will manufacture high-nickel NCMA (nickel, co

LG Display said on Tuesday that is has developed large-sized oxide thin-film transistors (TFT) for digital X-ray detectors (DXD).It is the display panel maker’s first foray into medical X-ray market.TFT in DXD is used to convert the X-ray images into digital files to send to PCs. It is a core compon

SK Innovation said on Monday that it will sell shares of its subsidiary SK Global Chemical to a strategic investor.JP Morgan was overseeing the sales. SK Innovation currently has 100% ownership over SK Global Chemical. It is willing to sell up to 49% of its stake and will retain managerial rights ov

LG Electronics said on Monday that it has launched two new high resolution projectors aimed at businesses.The two models are part of the LG ProBeam series, aimed at the business market. LG CineBeam is aimed at consumers.The new models, BU60PST and BF60PST, supports 6,000 ANSI lumen brightness. The l

Hyundai Mobis has developed a rear lamp using flexible LED that can bend like thin-films.Called HLED, it is 5.5mm thick and can be designed into various patterns, the company said.The H in HLED stands for high performance, high definition and homogeneous, the firm said. The lamp can be bent so that

Samsung Display on Sunday said it has joined the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA).The membership will boost the company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) push, it said.RBA sets out and holds members accountable to RBA code of conduct based on a number of global standards to achieve a h

Hyundai Motor has delayed turning its recall plan for Kona EV to authorities in light of recent fires.Hyundai didn’t mention the reasoning behind its decision to delay turning in the plan to South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport People familiar with the matter said the delay i

SoluM said on Thursday that its operating income in 2020 increased 59.6% from 2019.The company posted sales of 745.7 billion won and operating income of 20 billion won. Net income was 10.2 billion won.Sales increased 18.2% year-on-year and net income 43.4%.SoluM said the sales growth was led by its

SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won on Friday stressed the collaboration between the industry and academia for innovation in battery technology.The chairman also said the collaboration is critical for the growth of the battery ecosystem.Chey credited the recent success in the battery industry to the coll

ON Semiconductor said it has offered its custom hybrid circuit for an ultra-small radio transmitter that was used to track hornets to prevent them from wiping out honeybee colonies.NanoPin, a radio transmitter developed by Canada-based telemetry technology company Lotek which uses ON Semiconductor’s

Samsung Electronics is planing to send technicians to its semiconductor plant in Austin, Texas which recently halted production to prepare for a quick restart when possible.Samsung will send company staff and those of partners to the plant within the week. Dozens are planning to travel to Austin aft

Meere Company said on Wednesday that it has launched a new 3D Time of Flight camera called S.Cube.S.Cube was made by applying Meere’s ASIC chip MR1000 to Samsung System LSI’s ToF image sensor. MR1000 has a distance calculating algorithm.Meere said the new S.Cube is smaller than previous ToF cameras

Coway said on Wednesday it posted sales of 3.23 trillion won and operating income of 606.4 billion won for the entire year of 2020, an increase of 7.2% and 32.3%, respectively from 2019.In the fourth quarter, the company recorded sales of 862.6 billion won and operating income of 129.8 billion won,

LG Energy Solution has topped the ranking in electric vehicle (EV) battery market, excluding China.SNE Research said total battery usage in battery excluding China was 81.2GWh in 2020.LG Energy Solution supplied 26.8GWh to top the ranking. It had a market share of 33.1%, up 9.4% from 2019.Panasonic

Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor plant in Austin has halted due to cold weather there, according to local media.The Austin American-Statesman reported that the chip plant halted operation on Tuesday. Local electric utility Austin Energy shut off the power due to the shortage caused by the color we