A team of Korean researchers has developed a deep blue-emitting phosphorescent OLED which is four times more efficient than OLEDs that use fluorescent materials.The Korea Research Foundation announced on June 14 that a research team led by Jin Sung-ho, a professor at Busan National University, has d
A former CEO of Samsung Electronics who once ran the company’s’ Chinese operations has moved to a Chinese semiconductor company, causing concern about an outflow of the Korean semiconductor industry’s high-quality human resources.According to news reports, former Samsung president Jang Won-gi was re
LG Chem announced on June 10 that it has recently signed a conditional contract with China's chemical materials company Sansan to transfer its LCD polarizer business for US$1.1 billion.LG Chem said that some product groups such as LCD polarizers for automobiles will be excluded from this sale as
Samsung Display announced on June 4 that its OLED panels with 90 Hz and 120 Hz refresh rates recorded the industry’s highest level in terms of image drag length (Blur Length) and moving picture response time (MPRT), and were certified by SGS as "seamless displays."SGS is one of the world's best
LG Electronics announced on May 20 that it will relocate two of its six TV production lines in Gumi, South Korea, to Indonesia within this year to improve management efficiency.The company's move goes against the recent trend towards reshoring, but the company says the decision is inevitable to
Samsung Electronics and SK Group have thrown their hats into the ring for the acquisition of Doosan Solus.Samsung Electronics has recently received a teaser letter containing information on the sale of Doosan Solulus. SK Group and the POSCO Group are also moving to take over the Doosan Group affilia
As Samsung Display will stop producing liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panels this year and switch to quantum dot (QD) display panels, much attention is being paid to the TV strategy of its parent company, Samsung Electronics.As Samsung Display plans to mass-produce QD panels based on organic light-
LG Display's share of the global market for smartphone organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels has surpassed 10 percent for the first time.LG Display recorded a 10.8 percent share in the fourth quarter of 2019, global market research company IHS Markit said on March 12. The figure represented
South Korea was overtaken by Taiwan in TV panel market share last year, after it was outstripped by China in 2017.Samsung Display and LG Display produced 656 million units (9 percent) and 104.4 million units (14.3 percent) of OLED and LCD TV display panels, respectively, in the fourth quarter of 201
Korean electronics, display and battery companies resume the operation of their plants in China on Feb. 10 with the end of the Chinese New Year holidays, which were extended due to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.However, it will take some time for them to go into normal operation due to lingering un
Chinese TV makers are in hot pursuit of Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics. They are rapidly expanding their presences in the global TV market by narrowing their gap with Korean companies in premium technologies such as micro LEDs and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).Chinese TV companies su
Korean display producers are expected to take a breather as Chinese companies have begun to reduce their liquid crystal display (LCD) output to halt the relentless fall in LCD panel prices. However, they need to stay alert as Chinese companies are rapidly catching up with Samsung Electronics and LG
LG Electronics will reduce its investment for this year to cope with growing global uncertainties stemming from the U.S.-China trade dispute and other factors.LG Electronics plans to invest a total of 3.38 trillion won this year, according to LG Electronics' third-quarter business report. The fi
Patent trolls are jumping into the patent wars related with organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) as the global OELD display market is growing rapidly.The growth of the OLED market is being led by South Korean display companies. LG Display Co. announced in July a plan to make an additional investmen
LG Display Co. is accelerating its shift from liquid crystal display (LCD) panels to organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels as profitability of its LCD business is worsening due to a steady drop in LCD prices.The proportion of LG Display’s OLED sales in its total sales is expected to be only 17
The Korean display industry desperately needs technological breakthroughs to break out of the current difficult situation, Lee Dong-hoon, president of Samsung Display and chairman of the Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) said at the 10th Display Day held at JW Marriott Hotel in Seoul on Oct.
Chinese companies’ shipments of large LCD TV panels are expected to surpass 50 percent of the world’s total for the first time. Industry watchers say Chinese companies will soon threaten Korea in the organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel market.Chinese display makers' share of the world LCD
LG Display will implement a voluntary retirement program to downsize its workforce following the replacement of its CEO. The company has shifted into emergency mode due to deteriorating earnings and begun to implement a comprehensive restructuring plan.LG Display plans to hold a series of business e
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus will load QLED panels onto TVs to be released in India in September. As the proportion of low-priced products increases in the QLED TV market, the premium image of QLED TVs which Samsung Electronics has promoted might weaken, market watchers say.OnePlus recently twee
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