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SKC Breaks Ground on a Clear PI Factory

South Korean chemical manufacturer, SKC Kolon, has revealed that it will build a facility for the production of transparent polyimide film for foldable display applications. The new line will be incorporated in to one of the company’s existing facilities in Jincheon, South Korea, with mass production scheduled to commence in October 2019. Back in December … Read more

Royole Quasi-G6 Mass Production Campus Begins Producing Fully Flexible Displays

Royole Corporation — a manufacturer of human-machine interface technologies and products such as flexible displays, flexible sensors and smart devices — has announced that its 102,200m² ‘quasi-6G’ campus in Shenzhen, China is up and running for mass production of fully flexible displays. The company says that the facility turned out its first production batch of … Read more

Asus ZenFone 5 Now Available for Pre-Order in the UK

Asus has announced that the ZenFone 5 is now available for pre-order on its UK eShop. Priced at £349.99 ($386 + tax), those pre-ordering from the eStore will receive £50 off until July 8th, with stock shipping from the 9th. The new handset features a 6.2″ LCD display with a 1080 × 2246 resolution, 402 … Read more

PMA Research May Tracking Reveals Strong Growth in U.S. Pro AV Channel for Large-Format Displays

PMA Research (PMA), the worldwide market information experts on large displays, has published their latest set of sell-through tracking reports on large-format (32” and larger) flat panel displays being sold by leading U.S. Pro AV Dealers and Systems Integrators who serve commercial markets. The May 2018 PMA Research Pro AV Flat Panel Tracking report showed … Read more

PMA Research: Strong Growth in US Pro AV Channel for Large-Format Displays

PMA Research has published its latest set of sell-through tracking reports on large-format (32” and larger) flat-panel displays being sold by US professional AV dealers and systems integrators who serve commercial markets. The report showed strong growth in the sales of professional models, with volumes and revenues both up by double-digits on a month-on-month and … Read more

Data Projections Adds Promethean To Already Impressive Lineup of Interactive Flat Panels

Data Projections, Inc. is pleased to announce a partnership with Promethean, a leading education solution for interactivity in the classroom. Promethean is a pioneer in the education space for its interactive technology and award-winning software. “We are proud to develop the partnership with Promethean as an industry leader and feel this allows us to offer … Read more

Data Projections Adds Promethean to Its Lineup of Interactive Flat Panels

US-based AV integrator Data Projections has partnered with Promethean, an education solution for interactivity in the classroom. According to Data Projections, the Promethean ActivPanel uses proprietary touch technology to provide a natural writing experience, available in any classroom today. The company says that a display computing module is also available, which adds whiteboard, annotation, third-party … Read more

Oculus Launches Free VR Television Viewing App

Oculus has launched a dedicated platform for watching 2D video in a VR environment, called Oculus TV. The virtual theatre features the equivalent of a 180″ flat screen, the company says, and provides access to content from several different streaming services, including Facebook Video, Pluto TV and Showtime. More content providers are planned for inclusion … Read more

Samsung Galaxy S10 to Feature Fingerprint-on-Display Authentication?

Samsung’s next flagship smartphone — tentatively called the “Galaxy S10” and codenamed “Beyond — will do away with iris recognition, previously seen in the S8 and S9, in favour of a fingerprint-on-display (FOD) authentication module, according to a report from Korean publication The Bell. Samsung’s Galaxy S9 could be the last of the company’s flagship … Read more

Flex Receives Second Lenovo Diamond Award

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Flex has announced that it has received Lenovo’s Diamond Award for its service and support. This is the second time Flex has received the award, with only a handful distributed each year among thousands of suppliers. Flex provides Lenovo with a range of services including “Sketch-to-Scale” solutions, build-to-order and configure-to-order operations, high-volume manufacturing, logistics and … Read more

LG to Launch OLED Material and Component Facility in China?

According to OLED Net, industry sources have revealed that LG is considering launching an OLED material technology centre in Chengdu, China, following in the footsteps of Merck, which announced its OLED Technology Centre in Shanghai last week. OLED Net writes: “This trend of OLED material makers is interpreted as aiming at the growing Chinese market. … Read more