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LG Stalled on Rollable Phone and Sells only 10 Rollable TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An unconfirmed report in the Korea JoongAng Daily said that LG has only sold ten 65″ rollable OLED TVs in Korea in the last quarter of 2020. The sets, in the …

Tags:Foldable Devices| Korea| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs

LET’s profit in 2021 to hinge on Samsung foldable phone success

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Elec reports that South Korean display equipment manufacturer Leading Edge Technology (LET) in 2021 will rely for its profits on how many foldable smartphones Samsung can ship. The site reports …

Tags:Financial Data| Korea| Production Equipment

Seoul Semi & Viosys Present Micro Clean LEDs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Seoul Semiconductor and Seoul Viosys presented information on a new microLED technology that it calls Micro Clean at the recent CES show. The MC04 device is based on an RGB module …

Tags:Korea| MicroLED

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SoLuM Claims #3 Spot for ESLs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that SoLuM, a Korean vendor with production facilities in China and Vietnam, had won orders for electronic shelf labels (ESLs) to the value of 550 billion won ($497 …

Tags:E Ink| Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Korea| Market Data

AGC Glass Tank Accident Impact May Extend Glass Tightness

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC said in its blog that AGC had suffered a small accident in its plant in Korea that may add to lengh of the tightness of supply in glass following problems …

Tags:Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Glass| Korea| Large LCD Supply| Pricing

Hyundai to Use Samsung OLEDs in Rear View Mirrors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Business Korea reported that Hyundai would use OLEDs from Samsung Display in their rear view camera system (an optional extra) in its Ioniq 5 EV which is due to be released …

Tags:Automotive| Korea| OLEDs| Samsung

LG & Samsung Boost OLED Material Patents

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reported on patents for OLED materials filed in South Korea. LG companies lodged 939 patent filings from 2015 to 2019. Samsung was second with 442 filings and Doosan …

Tags:Korea| OLED Materials| Patents

Mercedes Korea Adds A/R to Navigation System

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reported on the latest Mercedes E Class, said to be the best selling imported car in Korea, and highlighted that it has a new Augmented Reality navigation system. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Korea

Wonik IPS’ talks to buy Semes display kit business in trouble

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that Wonik IPS is trying to buy the display equipment business of Semes, but the companies are struggling because Semes employees are paid substantially more than …

Tags:InkJet Deposition| Korea| Mergers & Acquisitions| Production Equipment

China close to South Korea in display panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports data from Omdia that panel sales from China will reach 36.3% of the market this year at $42.5 billion close to the 37.3%/$42.5 billion of panel shipments from …

Tags:China| Korea| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| OLED Fabs