Interests for virtual reality, augmented reality and extended reality __ which combines the two, know as XR __ remain strong.However, what direction XR will develop technologically remain uncertain. And despite some industrial applications, a mass market XR consumer devices seem far away from realit

Samsung Display was currently developing in-folding foldable OLED panels to supply to Oppo, Xiaomi and Google, TheElec has learned.Smartphones using these panels will launch within the year.The panel for Oppo folds from top to bottom __ it is an in-folding clamshell type. It is sized 7.7-inch unfold

3D cover glass manufacturer JNTC will begin production of cover glass for wearable in the first half of 2021, TheElec has learned.It will be the company’s first mass production of cover glass for wearable devices.JNTC’s third factory in Vietnam for the glasses is expected to be completed in April, w

BOE is planning to commercially launch a MicroOLED display in the second half of 2021, TheElec has learned.The panel will be applied to products that support augmented reality and virtual reality viewing.BOE had been developing MicroOLED since 2018 through Kunming BOE Display Technology, its joint v

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

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

Display equipment maker Meere Company will supply its edge grinder for Tianma’s Gen 6 OLED production line.According to chinabidding.com, the Korean company won an order for edge griners and edge inspection equipment from the Chinese display giant last week.Edge grinder uses a grinding wheel to make

Corning said it was expanding production at its Gen 10.5 (2,940x3,370) liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate factories in China.The company said demand from TV and IT products continues to be solid, with demand increases for large-sized TV remaining robust. Demand for 75-inch TV grew over 60%

China’s Everdisplay Optronics listed on Shanghai Stack Exchange Star Market on Monday, but the company will need to overcome its profitability problem.Everdisplay manufacturers small rigid and flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels. Its current mainstay is rigid OLED. The firm was the f

OLED material maker P&H Tech is aiming to double its production capacity this year, the company CEO said on Thursday.CEO Hyun Seo Yong said the company was aiming for 19.3 billion won in sales and return to profitability in 2021. Last year, the company posted 8.5 billion won in sales and operating l

LG Display has halted production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for iPhones, TheElec has learned.The factory that previously made the panels will be converted to making automobile display panels.LG Display halted iPhone LCD production at its AP3 line at Gumi in the third quarter. The line al

Chinese display panel giant will secure 20 billion yuan in funds to expand its Chongqing display line, known as B12, which produces OLED panels for smartphones, according to local media Yicai.The funds will also be used to secure additional shares of Wuhan BOE Optoelectronics __ its Gen 10.5 liquid

SoluM is aiming to surpass BOE in electronic shelf labels (ESL) within the next three years to become the world’s largest vendor, CEO Jun Sung Ho said on Wednesday.In 2019, BOE acquired France’s SES Imagotag, which is the world’s largest ESL maker. Ranked second is Sweden’s Pricer. SoluM is third.So

TCL’s plan to shift the liquid crystal display (LCD) factory it is buying from Samsung Display from TV panels to IT panels is likely to be delayed, TheElec has learned.This is due to the shortage of LCD TV panels, and customers are requesting TCL extend LCD TV panel production at Suzhou, people fami

Shindo ENG Lab was the exclusive supplier of laminator that attach the hinge frame and OLED panel in Samsung Electronics’ foldable phone, TheElec has learned.The company has supplied 28 laminators so far. Shindo supplied 15 units in the first half and 13 in the second half.Shindo was expecting lamin

Chinese display maker Tianma is aiming to ship 40 million OLED panels next year.Out of that total, 20 million units is aimed to be flexible OLED panels, the company said on Wednesday.The goal is half of BOE’s aim of shipping 40 million flexible OLED panels, which was announced in August.According to

Chinese display panel maker Visionox has begun operations of its flexible OLED factory at Guangzhou, according to local media Ijiwei.The company held a ceremony to mark the start of operations on Sunday. It previously said it will build two lines at the factory using China-made equipment and materia

Samsung Display is expected to see increased supply of OLED panels for iPhones next year as Apple is expected to ship the highest number of OLED-using iPhones in 2021.Apple is expected to ship between 160 million to 180 million units of iPhones that use OLED panels next year, sources within Samsung

Chinese OLED material company AG-RAY has started the largest OLED material project in China to localize supply of the materials, according to local media reports.The company is building a new OLED material factory at city of Meishan in Sichuan province where it is based in.The factory, once complete

Prices of OLED panels for smartphones will drop from extreme oversupply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and sanctions against Huawei, according to UBI Research.The global smartphone market slowed in the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to demand for OLED to fall. In the thi