Electronics component maker SoluM said on Monday that it has supplied Galaxy SmartTag to Samsung Electronics.The recently launched Galaxy SmartTag uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology to connect with a smartphone. It is used as a smart tag on objects that allows for smartphone owners to find t

Seoul Semiconductor said on Monday that it is expecting sales between 310 billion won to 330 billion won in the first quarter of 2021.This will be a jump between 27% to 33% from the same time period a previous year.The LED maker said it has strengthened its global sales team and have differentiated

SK Global Chemical and Logisall on Monday said they will collaborate to reduce trash that accrues during packaging and delivery.SK Global Chemical president Na Kyung-soo and Logisall chairman Suh Byong-yoon attended an MOU signing ceremony for the collaboration on the same day.Logisall rents out pal

LG Display will invest US$750 million to expand its organic light emitting diode (OLED) module factory in Vietnam.The city of Haiphong approved the plan, Vietnam News Agency said. LG Display will began the expansion of OLED module assembly factory at the city next month.The new production equipment

LG Corp. said on Monday that it has developed a new graphic motif for its brand.The new motif has L on the top left corner and G in the bottom right corner.LG said the motif, when used with a message it wants to send, will show to the reader that it is a message from the company.The motif will be a

Two researchers at Samsung Display received jail terms on Friday for leaking the company’s technology related to organic light emitting diode (OLED).The Suwon District Court sentenced the two researchers, a 47-year-old and a 38-year old, to two years in prison for violating South Korea’s industry te

The South Korean government has approved Samsung Display’s sales of its liquid crystal display (LCD) factory at Suzhou, China to TCL (CSOT), TheElec has learned.Samsung and TCL agreed to the sales last year.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held a committee meeting on Thursday to approve th

Stretchable display is a fundamentally different technology to foldable and rollable displays and will be more difficult to realize, a South Korea professor says.Stretchable display will require elastic substrates and circuits, while it will also have to endure pressure from three axes, Soonchunhyan

SK Hynix has vowed to provide employees with stock ownership plan and improvement in its profit sharing plan on Thursday amid backlash by employees from low bonuses.The company has reached an agreement with labor union. SK Hynix offered three proposition and the union agreed. The three were: to use

Seoul Viosys said on Wednesday that it expects sales between 120 billion won to 130 billion won in the first quarter of 2021.This will be a rise of 38% to 50% from the same time period a year ago.The company said it expects sales from MiniLED and MicroLED in the first quarter.Seoul Viosys will also

South Korean battery cathode maker EcoPro BM plans to spend 240 billion won in capital expenditure this year, a rise of 20% from 2020.The company is also expecting sales to increase by 40% this year compared to last year’s 855.2 billion won, it said at its fourth quarter conference call on Wednesday

Silicon wafer shipment reached 12.47 billion meter-square in 2020, an increase of 5% from 2019, SEMI said on Wednesday.The increase was higher than the organization’s initial forecast of 2.4%.Silicon wafer sales meanwhile hit US$11.17 billion, level to that of 2019.Demand for 300mm wafer were strong

SoluM said on Wednesday that it has won 550 billion won worth of orders for electronic shelf labels (ESL) in the fourth quarter.The Korean electronics component maker said it expects its ESL business hit its highest sales ever in 2021.SoluM said it has signed three-year contracts for its Newton ESLs

LG Chem will collaborate with the city of Wuxi in China to build a tech center there , the company said Wednesday.Around 30 billion won will be spent on the center that will provide technological support to local customers and used for development.Construction will start in the first half of this ye

YEST has become the largest shareholder of its affiliate Yes Power Technix.YEST said Wednesday that it has bought shares worth 3 billion won of its affiliates.Previously, YEST CEO Jang Dong-bok was the largest shareholder of Yes Power Technix with 37.2% stake __ this has now declined to 31.7%. YEST’

OLED material maker P&H Tech’s share price for its KOSDAQ listing has been set at 18,000 won, the company said on Tuesday.The company held orders from institutional investors from January 28 to 29. It is offering 516,000 shares to them. The 18,000 share price exceeds that of P&H Tech’s asking price

LG Electronics said Tuesday it has selected 51 software experts within the company to help mentor employees in software development.These experts specialize in artificial intelligence, big data, coding, security and architect.AI and big data experts were part of collaborative projects with Seoul Nat

Schneider Electric expects demand for industrial PC in Asia Pacific region such as South Korea and Taiwan to grow steeply going forward.The high up-cycle for semiconductors from 5G and artificial intelligence demand will allow for this large growth, the company said at an online press event in South

Semiconductor board maker Simmtech has closed one of its factories in South Korea due to employees contracting COVID-19.The company has found seven cases among its employees from January 31 to February 2.One of the patients, who is in their 40s, was a worker at the company’s first Cheongju factory.

Samsung Display said on Tuesday that its latest OLED panel has received the Sunlight Visibility verification from Underwriters Laboratories (UL).The OLED panel was used on the Galaxy S21 Ultra smartphone that launched last month.UL’s test showed that the OLED panel scored 73% in DCI-P3 ambient color