Schneider Electric Korea has turned its electronic overcurrent relay (EOCR) factory at Iksan, South Korea, into a smart factory, the company said on Sunday.The factory has been a traditional, labor intensive one for the past 30 years but Schneider applied an end-to-end solution based on its Internet

Shindo ENG Lab’s retail order for its initial public offering (IPO) marked a huge turnout with a competition rate of 955.01 to 1.Korea Investment & Securities, which is underwriting the IPO, said its received subscription orders of 248.301660 million shares for the 260,000 shares, or 20% of the shar

Samsung Electronics has shared its achievements in localizing its semiconductor component and material supply lines on Thursday.The South Korean tech giant vowed to continue to work with its subcontractors and academia as well as expand eco-friendly projects.Samsung said it has co-developed a laser

Wipam, a supplier of RF front end module to Samsung Electronics, has sent filings for an initial public offering (IPO) on KOSDAQ to the Financial Supervisory Service, the company said Wednesday.The company wasn’t limited to supplying goods to wireless handsets and had the potential to expand to dive

The world’s top ten semiconductor companies saw their revenues grow in the first quarter of 2020 from the previous quarter, research firm Omdia said.This is despite the COVID-19 pandemic as the virus actually helped these firm from increase in PC and server sales.From first place to tenth place, the

South Korean OLED equipment vendor Shindo ENG Lab has finalized its public offering share price ceiling at 16,000 won, the company said Wednesday.Korea Investment & Securities, who is underwriting the public offering, said 1381 institute partook in the demand forecast for 1.04 million shares, or 80%

A researcher at LG Display that led the company’s development of a rollable organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel have won the top prize in an event hosted by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the company said on Wednesday.Kim In-joo of LG Display won the King of Inventions award i

Samsung Electronics has globally launched its curved gaming monitor, the Odyssey G9, the company announced on Wednesday.The 49-inch G9, first unveiled at CES 2020, boasts a dual QHD (5120x144) resolution.The QLED monitor has a screen ratio of 32:9, a 1000R curvature, 1000nit peak brightness and a re

Global lighting company Signify has unveiled its research that validates its UV-C light sources ability to inactivate COVID-19, on Tuesday.The company and the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) at Boston University in the US have been conducting research to develop tools in t

Samsung Electronic vice chairman Lee Jae-yong has visited the company’s home appliance business at Suwon, south of the capital Seoul, to discuss future strategies, the company said on Tuesday.It is third such visit in June alone for the de facto leader of Samsung Group. Lee met with senior executive

Merck and Guardian Glass has formed a strategic partnership to commission sales of evrise dynamic liquid crystal window, the companies said.Eyrise provides shading comfort by cutting solar glare without compromising on natural day light.There is also a privacy window variant that offers instant swit

LG Chem and Korea University will form a joint research center for next-generation batter materials at the university, the companies aid on Tuesday.The center will focus on developing new materials for cathode and anode as well as technology that can extend battery life, they said.The center will al

SK Innovation has launched a car management app, the company said on Monday.Called Muffin, the app, launched by SK Energy, the company’s subsidiary, allows users to register their refueling pattern, automobile plate numbers and payment method on it so that they can pay instantly at fueling stations.

Posco Chemical and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt will form a joint social fund to assist those living near their plants, the companies said.The two companies will each contribute US$20,000 annually. The funds will be used at each other’s countries every other year, they said.The first funding will go into

LG Electronics has launched a new LED signage that it says is convenient to install, on Monday.LG LED Signage (model name: LSAA) comes with 600mm x 337.5mm x 44.9mm cabinet modules that can be connected block by block.Clients can use the modules to make a signage in the size they want. Cable only ne

The leaders of Hyundai Motor Group and LG Group has met for the first time to discuss collaboration in batteries for electric vehicles (EV) on Monday.Chung Eui-son, executive vice chairman of Hyundai Motor, and LG Group chairman Koo Kwang-mo, met at LG Chem’s Ochang battery plant, accompanied by the

UBI Research will hold a day-long seminar in organic light emitting diode (OLED) and quantum dot nanorod LED (QNED) next month, the research firm said on Friday.It will be held at COEX, Seoul on July 16. It will be available online as well, UBI Research said.Analysts at UBI Research will present the

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong has visited the conglomerate’s key semiconductor site and stressed the risk ahead for the business, Samsung said on Friday.Lee visited the semiconductor research lab at its Hwaseong plant and met with senior executives there.The vice chairman and the ex

Intel has launched an upgraded version of its RealSense camera, the company said on Thursday.Intel RealSense Depth Camera D455 achieves twice the range of previous generation model, the US chip giant said.The camera has an optimal range of 6 meters. It integrates an IMU to allow for refinement of it

Samsung Electronics will be supplying its 5G network equipment to Canadia telco Telus, the South Korean tech giant said on Friday.It is its fourth order outside of South Korea for the electronics giant __ it won one in Canada before back in December, at another in the US in February as well as one i