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Korea Invests in Public Displays

by Isaac Oburu

The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technologies (KEIT) will invest as much as $6.67 million in public information displays, according to Korea-based ET News. Most of the displays will be sized 40- to 50-inch, …

Tags:Digital Signage| Investment| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Zytronic Raises Ultra-Large Capacity

by Tom Allen

UK-based touch specialist, Zytronic has invested £1 million ($1.5 million) to raise its manufacturing capacity, with a focus on ultra large format touch senses for digital signage, tablet surfaces and similar applications. A 25% …

Samsung to Boost OLED Production

by Bob Raikes

The ET Times of Korea has reported that Samsung will invest $7.4 billion in new OLED production capacity to support a switch by Apple from LTPS to flexible OLEDs. The paper said that the …

eMagin Seeks to Raise Funds for Manufacturing Upgrade

by Tom Allen

According to OLED-Info, eMagin will raise around $6 million in a registered direct offering of shares and warrants. The new capital will be used to upgrade the company’s manufacturing equipment, balance its production line …

VR Investees Rise in 2015

by Tom Allen

More and more investment is taking place in the virtual reality space, triggered by Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR for $2 billion. In total, $800 million was invested in VR last year – $540 …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Thomson Agrees Sale to Harmonic

by Tom Allen

Harmonic has presented a binding offer to Thomson Video Networks, for a 100% acquisition of the company. Thomson has accepted the offer, which is worth $75 million. Harmonic is backed up by Edmond de …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 49

LG Display Makes Major Investment in Next-generation OLED Panels

by Isaac Oburu

LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, announced today that it will invest KRW1.84 trillion to begin building a new panel plant in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, with production expected to commence …

Tags:Investment| Korea| LG Displays (LGD)

Merck To Develop OLEDs in Korea

by Tom Allen

Merck also unveiled a new logo, which will be used worldwide (excluding the USA and Canada)Michael Grund, MD of Merck Korea, has said Merck plans to make additional investments in Korea, focusing on OLED …

QD Vision Closes New Funding Round Adding Tsing Capital and BASF Venture Capital as Investors

by Isaac Oburu

QD Vision, the leader in quantum dot technology for QLED displays, today announced a new round of investment led by Tsing Capital and BASF Venture Capital, prominent venture capital entities in Europe and China …

Tags:Investment| QLED

INCJ Would Invest in Sharp

by Tom Allen

A Japanese government-backed fund is open to discussing an investment in Sharp, if the company asks for it. Mikihide Katsumata, president of the Innovation Network Corp of Japan (INCJ), told Reuters that it would …

Inventec to Raise Joint Venture Stake

by Tom Allen

Inventec has raised its stake in AIO PC manufacturer TPV-Inventa to 90%. TPV-Inventa is a joint venture with TPV, which originally held a 51% stake in the company. Since early September, Inventec has spent …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| TPV (TP Vision)| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Jaunt VR Raises Capital in Series C

by Tom Allen

Sky and Disney have increased their investment in Jaunt VR, a cinematic virtual reality firm in the USA. Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has also joined as an investor. The new Series C funding, which was led …