This file photo taken Aug. 23, 2021, shows Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 smartphones displayed at a store in Seoul. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co. has acquired German display startup Cynora GmbH for about US$300 million to advance technology for foldable smartphone screens, a report said Wednesday.
Bloomberg reported that the South Korean firm purchased Cynora’s “intellectual property and technology” on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels used in foldable smartphones. Cynora’s workforce was not included in the deal, the report said.
Samsung has worked to make its foldable smartphone series another “main column next to the Galaxy S series within our business,” according to Kim Sung-koo, vice president of Samsung’s mobile business.
“We are currently all hands on deck preparing the new foldable model scheduled for launch in the second half,” Kim said during the earnings conference in April.
Samsung is expected to launch its new foldable series in August, with Apple also being speculated to enter the foldable market in the coming years.
According to industry tracker Counterpoint Research, Samsung will dominate the market with a 75 percent market share until 2023.
Samsung Display could not be reached for comment on the deal.
(Yonhap)
