SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health from prevention to cure, announced today that the company broke ground on a major expansion of its vaccine manufacturing plant, L HOUSE, located in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South. The groundbreaking c
The conflict over wage negotiations between Samsung Electronics and its labor union has escalated as the two sides failed to reach an agreement in the first mediation meeting, sparking heightened interest in the possibility of a strike materializing.According to industry sources on March 6, Samsung
Naver Team announced on March 5 that it signed a partnership with Aramco Digital, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, to foster digital innovation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including Saudi Arabia.Through this agreement, both parties aim to establish a sovereign cloud and super app
Samsung Biologics announced on March 6 that it has entered into a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) production agreement valued at 381.9 billion won (US$287.0 million) with UCB, which is headquartered in Belgium. This agreement is an increase to the contract signed in 2017 with the company,
Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on March 6 that it is set to supply a high-voltage power grid worth approximately US$38 million to the global infrastructure group Balfour Beatty.This project involves the construction of a new 132 kV high-voltage power grid in the northern region of the U.K. It
The Korean government will launch the Top 10 Promising Markets Trade Mission, which will lead strategic market exploration to help the country achieve US$700 billion, the largest ever, in exports this year,.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced on Mar. 5 that it will send the
Last quarter, the global semiconductor industry witnessed a nearly 30% increase in DRAM revenue compared to the previous quarter. According to TrendForce, a market research firm based in Taiwan, on March 5, global DRAM revenue reached US$17.46 billion in the fourth quarter, marking a 29.6% growth fr
Samsung Electronics is set to make a groundbreaking reveal at an Nvidia event, showcasing a physical High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) 3E 12-tier (H), which is slated for mass production in the first half of this year.As Nvidia, a key customer of HBM, prepares to launch its next-generation artificial inte
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced this year it will invest a total of 1.141 trillion won in research and development (R&D) for materials and components technology, focusing on creating a significant lead in advanced industries, stabilizing supply chains, and achieving carbon neutr
The battery industry is set to unveil a bunch of new technologies at Interbattery 2024, Korea’s largest secondary battery industry show.LG Energy Solution will take the wraps off its cell to pack (CTP) product at InterBattery 2024 which will run from Feb. 6 to 8 at COEX in Seoul.Cell-to-pack technol
The Optionally Piloted Personal Air Vehicle (OPPAV) recently developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has logged a top speed of 240 kilometers per hour. The model is a single-seat Korean urban air mobility (UAM) aircraft.On Feb. 28, the OPPAV was busy taking flight tests at the Nat
Following last year’s memory semiconductor downturn, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are aggressively increasing their focus on DRAM through the expansion of advanced processing. This move is anticipated due to the expected rise in orders for High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5
SK on, a battery subsidiary of SK Innovation, a leading global battery manufacturer, announced today it will showcase battery cells highlighting advanced fast-charging solutions along with various products demonstrating its latest R&D achievements at the upcoming battery exhibition in Seoul.The Adva
Naver and Samsung C&T are joining forces to expand their future business ecosystems by leveraging each other’s capabilities. On Feb. 28, Naver Cloud and Naver Labs, along with the Construction Division of Samsung C&T, announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Naver 1
The government has come up with a detailed blueprint at the inter-ministerial level, encompassing export targets for key items such as semiconductors, automobiles, and plants, to achieve this year’s export goal of US$700 billion. It includes the largest-ever support measures to accelerate progress,
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at junsup@nhqv.com -- Ed.From now forward, we believe that the key to determining the value of financial sector plays is to be the existence of specific shareholder return policies and the market's level of trust in them.Boos
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at youngryu@nhqv.com -- Ed.Micron begins mass production of HBM3EMicron has kicked off full-scale production of HBM3E (24GB 8-high) to be used for Nvidia’s H200, which is scheduled to be shipped from 2Q24. The company has als
Incheon Metropolitan City announced on Feb. 27 that European global investment firms had delivered letters of intent to Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok, expressing their intention to invest a total of US$6 billion in the city.On Feb. 26, Mayor Yoo received letters of intent for investments in Paris, France, fro
Samsung Electronics has thrown a decisive move to overturn the market dynamics of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), a key component of Artificial Intelligence semiconductors, by being the first in the industry to mass-produce the 5th generation HBM, known as “HBM3E” with 12 layers, in the first half of t
With the Korean government’s decision to help domestic companies participate in the reconstruction of Iraq, a new city development project won by the E&C Division of Hanwha Corporation has restarted in the Middle Eastern country.The Bismayah New City Project in Iraq partially resumed after a year an