Hyundai Motors is equipping its luxury brand Genesis with LG Display’s Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) display. As Hyundai Motor Group partners with LG Group, evaluations suggest that the “Korean Future Car Alliance” is becoming more robust.According to the automobile industry on July 3, Genesi
Competition between Samsung, LG, and Sony is intensifying over the development of Micro Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs). The relevant market is forecast to grow rapidly as Apple adopts Micro OLED for the display of its Mixed Reality (MR) headset.According to the display industry on July 3, App
On July 1 (local time), the U.S. Humira biosimilar market, worth 24 trillion won a year, opened. In the first week alone, six Korean and foreign companies plan to launch their products.According to sources in the biotech industry on July 2, Samsung Bioepis launched Hadlima, a Humira biosimilar, in t
Global customers have been lining up to buy Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs), but tight supply has sent prices soaring. GPUs are the brains of generative artificial intelligence (AI) programs like ChatGPT. Nvidia commands more than 90 percent of the global GPU market for AI.The recent rapid
Global semiconductor companies expanding their investments in South Korea have rolled up their sleeves to attract the country’s semiconductor talent. As the United States tightens its technology controls on China, global semiconductor companies have significantly increased their investments in South
LX Semicon, a fabless company under LX Group, a conglomerate which was previously part of the LG group, is currently considering delegating the production of next-generation display driver ICs (DDIs) to the Samsung Electronics Foundry semiconductor contract manufacturing division. The collaboration
Samsung Display has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. against Chinese display manufacturer BOE. As technology infringement from China intensifies, spreading to appliances, smartphones, and now displays, Samsung Display has decided to take a firm stand.According to the industry on July
Samsung SDI announced on June 30 that it had obtained a carbon footprint certification from Carbon Trust.The Carbon Trust is an accreditation body established by the U.K. government in 2001 to address climate change and carbon reduction. It evaluates the greenhouse gas emissions produced throughout
The standings of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, which have been leading the global semiconductor market, are wavering amid the “memory cold snap.” Samsung Electronics has been pushed down to the second spot by Intel in the global semiconductor market for the first quarter, and SK hynix, which use
Samsung SDI plans to unveil a prototype of a “dream battery,” also known as an all-solid-state battery, in the second half of this year.Samsung SDI President Choi Yoon-ho, at the company's 53rd anniversary ceremony held at its Giheung headquarters in Gyeonggi Province on June 29, revealed, “The
The author is an analyst for Shinhan Securities. He can be reached at ym.ko@shinhan.com -- Ed.Two points lend support to growing hopes for imminent market upturnOur previous reports highlighted expectations for an earlier turnaround in market conditions and share prices than initially anticipated fo
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at minwoo.ju@nhqv.com -- Ed.Despite sluggish sales to some clients, we expect Samsung SDI to book overall solid earnings for 2Q23 thanks to solid sales of premium models at key customers. We view expectations toward gradual t
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at kyuha.lee@nhqv.com -- Ed.In May, global handset sales continued to fall, led by the US and EU. We note that Apple sales are solid. Demand is unlikely to improve until September. Companies that can benefit from the iPhone 1
Kim Jin-yong, chief of the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority (IFEZA), emphasized on June 29 at the annual conference hosted by Urban Land Institute (ULI) Korea, “We will foster the Songdo Bio Cluster into a global bio hub, establishing it as a future growth engine for the Incheon Free Economic Zo
As the Korean insurance industry’s performances have improved this year, shareholders have much anticipation for an increase in dividends but insurers are hesitant to specify their dividend policies. This is because the introduction of the new accounting standard, IFRS17, and the new employee benefi
Shipments of foldable organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays are expected to grow at an annual growth rate of 29 percent through 2027, according to a market research firm.According to UBI Research on June 28, shipments of foldable OLED displays will reach 22 million units this year. The figure
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at minjae.lee@nhqv.com -- Ed.The US and Eastern European countries are shaping up cooperation related to NPPs. They are planning both to expand large NPPs and install SMRs—it is expected that large NPPs will be contracted fir
With the enforcement of the European version of the Chips Act, and TSMC and Intel’s large-scale investment lineup continuing, the European Union (EU) has actively wooed domestic semiconductor companies that are hesitant about entering Europe. The focus is now on EU Internal Market Commissioner Thier
Samsung Electronics has announced it will surpass TSMC, the world's leading semiconductor foundry company, through the mass production of cutting-edge 2-nm processes. Samsung Electronics revealed its confidence in leading the paradigm shift in artificial intelligence (AI) technology through its
After 17 years at the top of the TV market, Samsung Electronics is now feeling a growing sense of crisis. This is because Chinese companies have been in hot pursuit of the Korean TV giant by waging a price war.Global TV shipments reached 46.63 million units in the second quarter of this year, up 7.5