Samsung Display is planning to apply new materials in its production of foldable OLED panels to reduce cost, TheElec has learned.It is planning to use optically clear resin (OCR), which is a liquid, over optically clear adhesive (OCA), which is a film form, to attach the cover window on the OLED pan

South Korean chemical firm SungEel HiTech had won LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI as customers for its battery recycling service, TheElec has learned.The chemical first was founded in 2000 and specializes in extracting materials for batteries from various products from electric vehicles to consum

Samsung had nearly 50 million units of smartphones in distributor stocks, TheElec has learned.Its mid-tier Galaxy A series took up a huge portion of smartphones in inventory being read to be sold, sources said.They said Samsung is aiming to ship around 270 million units of smartphones this year and

Apple will start evaluating BOE’s samples of OLED panels aimed for the upcoming iPhone 14 this week, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display panel maker is hoping to receive approval from the iPhone maker within the month, sources said.If Apple gives the approval, BOE will start mass production of t

APS Holdings was forming a research line for ultra high resolution fine metal mask (FMM) for application in augmented and virtual reality (AR, VR) MicroOLED displays, TheElec has learned.Its subsidiary APS Materials was building the line at Cheonan.The aim is to make an FMM that can allow for 3000pp

Many of the battery equipment suppliers to Samsung SDI were taking part in the building of a pilot line being built by Norway’s Morrow Batteries, TheElec has learned.Morrow Batteries’ investors include Agdel Energy Venture, the subsidiary of Norway’s electric utility Statkraft, and Denmark’s pension

Wafer dicing saw machine maker SR will focus on expanding its core business going forward, its CEO said.SR CEO Lee Jang-hee said the company was behind in technology and staff to industry leader Disco of Japan.Still, the South Korean company will focus on developing products, reacting to customers a

Samsung’s share based on shipment in premium TVs in China has dropped substantially over two years, analyst firm Display Supply Chain Consultant (DSCC) says.Samsung’s late-20% share in 2019 dropped to late-10% in 2021, the firm said.It dipped below 20% for the first time during the fourth quarter of

LG Energy Solution said on Monday that it will spend 730 billion won at its Ochang facility to expand its cylinder battery production capacity.Out of the total, 580 billion won will be spent on its second factory at the facility for an additional annual capacity of 9GWh for 4680 (46mm diameters, 80m

Battery maker Samsung SDI has applied an upgraded production method at its second factory for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in Goed, Hungary to increase efficiency.It is now applying in-line technology for its prismatic battery production __ which means the notching equipment and stacking equipmen

DI had acquired image processing inspection equipment firm Protech Corporation in March this year, TheElec has learned.The purchase follows the one it made in November when it bought machine vision battery inspection equipment maker Vtensystem for 6 billion won.Protech was founded in 2000 and develo

Samsung and SK Hynix are diversifying there supply chain for coolants used in semiconductor production following 3M’s shutdown of its related factory in Belgium.Coolants are used in the etching process during wafer fabrication. They are spread through chillers to control the temperature during the p

Battery production equipment makers Mplus and Lead were competing to win the latest order for assembly equipment by battery maker Northvolt, TheElec has learned.Jeil M&S is supplying Northvolt with mixing equipment, while electrode equipment is provided by CIS and Hirano Tecseed.Sejong Technology is

LG Display is expected to order a deposition equipment to make MicroOLED from Sunic System, TheElec has learned.The move is aimed at developing and manufacturing a MicroOLED panel to supply to Apple for their mixed reality (MR) device, sources said.Cupertino is expected to use Sony’s MicroOLED panel

Outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) firm LB Semicon is planning to offer fan-out wafer-level package (FOWLP) service next year at the earliest, TheElec has learned.The company completed the development of relevant technologies earlier this year and has been testing them with an analog

Display revenue in 2022 is expected to drop 15% year-on-year to US$133.18 billion, according to analyst firm Omdia.The drip follows year-on-year increases in 2021 and 2020, which were 26% and 14%, respectively, due to increased demand for liquid crystal display (LCD) panels from the Covid-19 pandemi

Key Foundry said on Thursday that it has launched a new foundry service for power management ICs (PMIC) that doesn’t use an epitaxial layer on the wafer.The company said its new 0.18-micron 30V NON-EPI BCD (bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) process offers the same performance as similar processes that do use epita

Some of the employees at Hanwha Corp had been sued by their former employer over alleged technology leak, TheElec has learned.Around ten employees of the Hanwha’s battery equipment business unit had been sued for allegedly leaking design drawings that they took from their former company, people fami

Overlay equipment maker Auros Technology was developing a critical dimension (CD) measurement equipment for use in the packaging process during chip production.The equipment, called CD meter, was being tested by backend process companies and is being aimed to be commercialized this year.CD measureme

Samsung is planning to use batteries made by LG Energy Solution for its Galaxy A and M series of smartphones, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant has been using batteries made by its compatriot since 2019.It used them for the now discontinued Galaxy Note series and currently uses them fo