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Samsung Beats Apple to Flagship Punch

by Tom Allen

Skipping its normal IFA unveiling, Samsung held its Galaxy Unpacked event in mid-August to show off its newest flagship smartphones. It is thought that the earlier announcement was to ‘steal a march’ on Apple’s …

Flexible OLED Manufacturing Ramps Up

by Ken Werner

In late July, LG Display announced it will invest KRW 1.05 trillion (USD 902 million) in a Gen 6 line for manufacturing flexible OLEDs (LGD to Invest $906 Million in G6 OLED Fab – …

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LG Display Result 23/07/2015

by Helen Vince

LG Display (LGD) reported a 4% sequential drop in turnover in the second quarter to KRW6.7 trillion ($5.7 billion), though this was 12% higher than last year’s Q2 turnover of KRW5.9 trillion ($5 billion). …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 30

LGD to Invest $906 Million in G6 OLED Fab

by Helen Vince

LG Display (LGD) is to invest KRW1 trillion ($906 million) in a 6G flexible OLED production line at its Gumi Plant in Gyeongbuk Province, Korea. The new line will produce 7,500 input sheets per …

Tags:Investment| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 30

BOE Reaches Out to Korea for OLED JV

by Tom Allen

Sources have told the Korea Times that BOE has proposed the establishment of an OLED joint venture with LG Display and Samsung Display. One source said that “an affiliate” of BOE had reached out …

China to Overtake Korean LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Sources in Asia say that Chinese makers’ LCD capacity will pass Koreans’ in 2016, due to new and expanded G8 production. Meanwhile, Korean companies are increasingly looking to AMOLED. The sources said that Samsung …

Rumour: LGD Aims at 12 Million 4k OLED TVs by 2020

by Tom Allen

ET News, from Korea, has posted a chart that it claims shows LG Display’s own UltraHD OLED TV production forecast.

LGD Cuts Laptop Size and Weight

by Tom Allen

LG Display has announced a new range of LCD notebook panels, which it says are thinner and lighter than any before. The ‘Advanced In-Cell Touch’ (AIT) panels feature embedded touch sensors, and are available …

LGD Plans $800 Million OLED Investment

by Tom Allen

According to Korea’s Donga Ilbo newspaper, LG Display will build a new small- and medium-sized OLED display plant in its home country. The company will invest up to KRW900 billion ($800 million) in the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Is Flexible OLED Possible for Apple’s iPhone?

by Tom Allen

UBI Research, of Korea, writes that flexible AMOLED displays are the newest form of smartphone differentiation. Now that hardware performance has improved ‘as much as possible’, Samsung and LG are using flexible screens to …

Rumour: Apple Scraps Multi-Vendor Strategy

by Tom Allen

MK News, of Korea, claims that LG Display could become the exclusive display supplier of the second-generation Apple Watch. Sources told MK News that Apple will (or has) discarded its multi-vendor supplier strategy for …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 25

LG Pushes OLED TV Yields to 65%

by Tom Allen

LG Display has raised yield rates for its large OLED TV panels to 65%, and plans to pass 80% this year. LGD will soon demonstrate a pilot inkjet printing line at its M2 line …