Daeduck Electronics has expanded its production of flip chip–ball grid array (FC-BGA) for semiconductors as of last month, the company said on Wednesday.FC-BGA is a semiconductor package board without a wire. It sens electric signal between the chip and the main board. It is used in PC CPUs.FC-BGA,

EcoPro BM will spend 200 billion won in expanding its battery material producing facilities next year, the company said on Wednesday.This is more than double its expected CAPEX of 80 billion won to 100 billion won for 2020. EcoPro BM is transferring its CAM5 line to produce new cathode for SK Innova

Applied Materials and BE Semiconductor Industries (Besi) will collaborate in developing die-based hybrid boding equipment solution, the companies aid.The two will collaborate in developing the co-development program as well as a Center of Excellence (COE) for the program.The pair will each offer the

SK Nexilis’ fifth factory at Jeongeup will began production in January, 2022, the company CEO said.Company CEO Kim Young-tae said at the company’s third quarter conference call that the factory will wrap up process change notification with its customer by the end of 2021, and begun selling copper fo

Alpha Holdings signed an 8-nanometer (nm) multiproject wafer design service contract with subsidiary Alpha Solutions.The contract is to certify HDMI2.1 and DP PHY IP in development by Alpha Solutions for 8nm.Alpha Solutions will be able to gain a foothold in 8nm semiconductor IP market through the c

Semiconductor component and material firm Mecaro said on Monday it will acquire semiconductor special valve maker KVTS.KVTS was founded in 2016 and has grown an average 18.8% per year up to 2019. It produces semiconductor valves, RTP lamp housing and HOT N2 and supply them to global semiconductor an

Cosmo AM&T has succeeded in turning a profit in the third quarter of 2020.This is thanks to expanded supply for cathode materials for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.The company posted 3.3 billion won in operating income and 46 billion won in sales in the third quarter.It was a slight decline in sal

Simulation solution company Ansys said it achieved new certifications of its suite of semiconductor design solutions for all Samsung Foundry FinFET orocess nodes.Samsung added Ansys RedHawk-SC to the certified suite. It will help the development of efficient and highly reliable chips for use in 5G m

SK Innovation said no Friday that it posted 29 billion won in operating loss for the third quarter of 2020.It is the company’s third consecutive quarters of loss __ South Korean analysts expected a return to profit for the quarter.The energy company posted sales of 8.41 trillion won, however, an inc

SK Innovation will expand its battery separator production, the company said on Thursday.SK IE Technology, its subsidiary that makes separators, will expand its annual production capacity to 1.87 billion meter-square by 2023 from the current 530 million meter-square, the company said.Additional fact

DA Technology has won its first order for its laser notching equipment used in electric vehicle (EV) battery production.The company said it was supplying the kit to a global battery company based in South Korea.DA didn’t mention the company’s name but it is likely LG Chem, which is already its major

Merck will invest 20 million euros at Pyeongtaek City and the adjacent Gyeonggi Province to expand its organic light emitting diode (OLED) material facitlies there.Merck will expand its sublimation purification facility at its OLED material factory in Pyeongtaek.Purification of OLED materials is a c

LG Chem on Friday finalized its plan to split-off its battery business.The company held a shareholders’ meeting to vote for the move. Out of its total shareholders, 77.5% attended the meeting __ 82.3% of those attending the meeting voted for the split-off. This amounted to 63.7% of issued shares wit

Seoul Viosys, like its parent company Seoul Semiconductor, has posted record sales in the third quarter of 2020.Seoul Viosys posted 9.5 billion won in operating profit and 120.7 billion won in sales in the quarter, an increase of 256% and 33%, respectively.Operating margin rate stood at 7.9%.Seoul V

South Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) said on Thursday that it has developed software technology for 28GHz mmWave 5G small cells.The software is based on Qualcomm hardware, ETRI said.It will later be applied to small cell equipment manufactured by South Korean sm

The Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) said on Wednesday that it will form a consortium of companies to help them with exporting equipment, components and materials related to display panels to China.The consortium will hold online talks with Chinese panel companies in Wuhan, Chengdu and Shen

The National Pension Service (NPS) said on Wednesday that it will oppose LG Chem’s plan to split-off its battery business.NPS has a 10.2% stake in the South Korean battery maker and is its second largest share holder.The board of NPS are currently filled with pro-government officials. NPS’s oppositi

Semiconductor testing company Nepes Ark was in the process of expanding its factory at Cheongan, the company said on Tuesday.This was thanks to it securing a large customer, the company said.Nepes Ark was planning to go public on KOSDAQ in November. It said 46.1 billion won out of the total fund it

Samsung SDI posted 267.4 billion won in operating income and 3.08 trillion won in sales in the third quarter.It is a rise of 61.6% and 20.2%, respectively, year over year.The company saw demand rise for both circular and prismatic batteries.Its electronics material business also posted strong growth

Samsung Display has received licence the US Department of Commerce to export some OLED panels to Huawei, TheElec has learned.The company is the first to receive the licence for a South Korean firm.US sanctions against Huawei went into effect on September 15.LG Display, Samsung Electronics and SK Hyn