Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have swept the top spots in a U.S. consumer satisfaction survey.Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics received the highest points in all nine categories in the J.D. Power 2019 Kitchen and Laundry Appliance Satisfaction Studies, which was released on Aug. 4.Sam
Samsung Electronics' share in the North American smartphone market fell sharply in the second quarter of this year after soaring above 30 percent in the first quarter.Samsung Electronics ranked second with a 23.8 percent share in the North American smartphone market in the second quarter of this
Japan’s Sharp will eventually withdraw from the business of manufacturing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels for smartphones. The company lost the competition with Korean and Chinese display makers.Sharp shipped a total of 60,000 smartphone OLED panels in the second quarter, according to dat
South Korea’s major manufacturing companies saw a significant drop in profitability. The country’s top 100 firms made a mere 59 won (US$0.05) in operating profit on every 1,000 won (US$0.84) sold in the first half of this year. Their profitability was cut in half in a year.The ratio of operating gai
Samsung Electronics Co. has suggested that it may partially adjust its output of memory semiconductors such as DRAM and NAND flash. Previously, the company made it clear that it would not artificially cut production. The company is expected to convert some memory production lines to non-memory ones,
Samsung Electronics announced on Aug. 1 that it will launch its premium tablet Galaxy Tab S6 in the global market beginning the end of August.The Galaxy Tab S6 is loaded with a 10.5-inch Super AMOLED display. It features an upgraded S Pen and Samsung Note that can maximize tablet usability, and dual
The semiconductor industry association has formed a separate team to deal with Japan’s toughened regulation of key semiconductor material exports to Korea.Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) vice president Mike Russo recently posted a message titled “SEMI Urges Restraint by Ja
Japan’s export restrictions cover photoresists, hydrogen fluoride and fluorine polyimide. Among them, hydrogen fluoride or etching gas from Japan accounts for 43.9 percent of South Korea’s total hydrogen fluoride imports, and South Korea’s dependence on Japan is close to 100 percent when it comes to
Concerns are growing that Japan's economic retaliation against Korea, which started in the semiconductor and display sectors, may expand and hit the Korean industry as a whole.As Japan is expected to remove South Korea from a "whitelist" of trusted importers, Korean companies that import the 1,1
The Japanese government announced on July 1 that it would start to restrict the export of semiconductor and display materials to South Korea from July 4, causing many South Korean companies to be nervous.“Japanese companies now must obtain a permission from the Japanese government to export resist,
SK Telecom has been selected as a 5G communication leader in Asia.Moor Insights & Strategy, a leading high-tech analyst firm in the United States, recently announced companies that lead 5G in categories such as global telecom operators, smartphone makers and equipment companies.SK Telecom was select
Samsung BioLogics announced on July 31 that it has signed a CMO contract with UCB, a global pharmaceutical company. The deal was initially announced on May 17 without disclosing the name of UCB, but both companies decided to disclose the name of the client and release a revised disclosure.The minimu
DRAM prices have plummeted by two digits once again, dropping to the level three years ago. Instead, NAND flash prices rebounded for the first time in two years, kindling a hope for earnings growth of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.Contract prices of DDR4 8 Gb DRAMs mainly used in PCs fell 11.2 pe
SK Innovation is considering supplying electric vehicle (EV) battery separators to its Korean competitors. If Japan's export restrictions on EV battery separators become a reality, it will deal a serious blow to Korean companies that are developing EVs."Although we are competing with domestic co
South Korean companies reduced stock issuance sharply while increasing bond offerings in the first half of this year.The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced on July 31 that stock issuance shrank 61 percent on year to 2.22 trillion won (US$1.87 billion) in the first six months.By type, init
Samsung Electronics has made it clear that it would not cut production of memory semiconductors such as DRAMs. In addition, the global semiconductor giant said it is difficult to assess the impact of Japan's export curbs on its semiconductor business, pledging it would minimize damage through va
Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphone business saw its operating profit slide to 1.56 trillion won (US$1.32 billion) in the second quarter of this year. The figure fell below the 2 trillion won (US$1.69 billion) mark in two quarters since the fourth quarter of last year when it posted 1.51 trillion w
The operating profit of Samsung Electronics Co. in the semiconductor business stood at 3.40 trillion won (US$2.87 billion) in the second quarter of this year, the lowest in three years after recording 3.37 trillion won in the third quarter of 2016. The company’s operating margin fell to 21.13 percen
Samsung Display has obtained a design patent for a triple-screen smartphone.According to LetsGoDigital, a Dutch online magazine specializing in IT, Samsung Display submitted a patent application for a smartphone with three extendable screens to the Korean Intellectual Property Office in August 2018
Standard & Poor's (S&P) announced on July 30 that it has maintained its credit rating on Samsung Electronics Co. at "AA-" and its rating outlook at “stable.”"We expect that Samsung Electronics will maintain its solid financial statement over the next two years despite the slowdown in the memory