Hyundai Motor Company is responding to growing demand for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) by producing HEVs at its U.S. electric vehicle factory, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA), which is scheduled to go live in the fourth quarter of 2024.“We will begin to run HMGMA in October,” said L
As POSCO Holdings announced its first quarterly earnings under new Chairman Jang In-hwa, control of business development speeds by business division has become a hot topic.The company has set an investment budget of about 10.8 trillion won for this year, but the amount is likely to be reduced. The p
Doosan Enerbility announced on April 25 that Romanian President Klaus Iohannis visited the company’s headquarters in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province on April 24 as Romania is promoting the construction of the world’s first small modular reactor (SMR) power plant at the government level.The visit
A cutting-edge CXL IP startup, Panmnesia, announced its participation as the main sponsor at the inaugural CXL Consortium Developer Conference 2024 (CXL DevCon 2024), set to take place in April in Santa Clara, California, USA. Panmnesia will showcase the Compute Express Link (CXL) interoperability o
On April 25, the Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology held a full council meeting at the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul, to discuss the three major technology initiatives aimed at propelling South Korea to a leading position in the global arena.The government has finalized it
The world’s largest foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturing) company, Taiwan’s TSMC, has ignited the competition in ultra-fine processes among Samsung Electronics and Intel by announcing plans for 1.6-nanometer (nm) mass production in 2026.According to industry sources and foreign media report
Samsung Electronics is zeroing in on the digital health market with new artificial intelligence (AI) wearables. The Galaxy Watch 7, set for release in the second half of this year, is expected to offer blood glucose monitoring in addition to its earlier capability to detect sleep apnea. When combine
SK hynix announced that it participated in the TSMC 2024 Technology Symposium held in Santa Clara, California, in the U.S. on April 24 (local time), where it showcased its leading high-bandwidth memory (HBM) technology.In addition, SK hynix revealed the current status of its collaboration with Taiwa
On April 24 (local time), Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, visited Silicon Valley in the U.S. to meet with Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia. The meeting is believed to have focused on cooperation concerning high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a key component in AI semiconductors.On April 25, Chey posted
Naver’s management control over Line, which it has developed into a global messaging service over the past 13 years, could be handed over to Japan due to pressure from the Japanese government. If control is transferred, Naver could lose a market of 200 million users in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand, p
Hanwha Solution’s Q CELLS division (Hanwha Q CELLS) announced on April 25 that it will cease solar module production and sales in China through its Chinese subsidiary to focus on the U.S. market.The suspension of operations by Hanwha Q CELLS’ Chinese subsidiary amounts to 531 billion won (US$386.18
After receiving a lackluster performance report for the first quarter of this year, POSCO Holdings has signaled changes in its core businesses such as steel and secondary battery materials.POSCO Holdings announced on April 25 that its consolidated operating profit for the first quarter of this year
Lotte Group has sold “Lotte World Adventure Shenyang” in China. It marks over seven years since construction was halted at the end of 2016 due to China’s retaliation over the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Lotte World Shenyang was envisioned as a large-scale pr
SK hynix achieved unexpectedly strong performance in the first quarter, surpassing market expectations.The company announced on April 25 that it recorded 12.43 trillion won (US$9.04 billion) in sales and 2.89 trillion won in operating profits, representing a 23 percent operating profit margin, and 1
Hanwha Aerospace has signed an additional executive contract with Polish Armaments Agency for supplying 72 more Chunmoo Multiple Rocket Launcher Systems (MRLS), preceded by the framework contract and first executive contract, both signed in 2022.Worth around 2.27 trillion KRW (1.6 B USD), the contra
Volvo Group Korea, a specialized excavator manufacturer, announced on April 24 that it has completed the construction of Asia’s first group battery pack production facility at its Changwon Plant in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.On April 23, Volvo Group Korea held a ceremony at the Changwon
With South Korea’s manufacturing investments shifting from the western to the eastern United States, there’s a growing need to establish logistics infrastructure like port terminals on the U.S. East Coast to mitigate logistics risks.According to the report titled “Changes in Import-Export Logistics
LG Energy Solution has declared war against technology theft, believing that patent infringement by overseas battery-related manufacturers in regions like China and Europe is severe. The company’s own investigation revealed 580 cases of confirmed patent infringement. They are ready to pursue legal a
Macrogen, a global genome analysis company, has officially started building the largest Global Genome Center in Asia.The Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority announced that Macrogen held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 24 at the Advanced Industry Cluster in Songdo International City, Zone 5, for
The upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, the first new gaming device from Japan’s Nintendo in eight years, is expected to incorporate a significant amount of technology from Samsung Electronics. It is predicted that a wide range of Samsung products, from displays to memory and foundry services, will be used,