SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean exports and output of organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panels are expected to rise next year, thanks to a strong demand for smartphones and high-definition televisions, a report showed Monday. Citing data from market researcher IHS, the report by the Institute for Information & Communications Technology [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Display Co. plans to supply advanced organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays to Mercedes-Benz, industry sources said Wednesday, marking the first time for a carmaker to adopt the advanced screen. The South Korean display maker said it will supply the 12.3-inch P-OLED display to the New E-Class produced by the German carmaker. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean panel maker LG Display Co. regained its status as the top seller of Ultra HD panels in the fourth quarter of 2015, industry data showed Thursday, amid the booming popularity of high-end TVs. LG Display shipped 3.98 million units of UHD TV panels in the October-December period, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean panel giant LG Display Co. outpaced its archrival Samsung Display Co. in TV panel shipments last year on the back of increased sales in the Chinese market, data showed Monday. LG Display sold 55.3 million TV panels in 2015, up 6.4 percent from 51.9 million units sold [...]
SEOUL, Dec.21 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics and LG Display announced that they have installed an OLED (organic light-emitting diode) structure on the first, second and fourth floors of Namsan’s N Tower. A total of 248 55-inch OLED panels were used in the installation. Taking advantage of their advanced OLED technology and light, thin high [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean panel maker LG Display Co. said Friday it plans to invest 1.8 trillion won (US$1.56 billion) in a facility to tap deeper into the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) segment. Under the plan, the South Korean panel maker will build a new factory in Paju, north of Seoul, which [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s LG Display Co. maintained its top position in the large-sized panel market for the sixth consecutive year, data showed Tuesday, coming in far above other South Korean and Taiwanese rivals. LG shipped 39.4 million units of display panels 9 inches or higher in the July-September period with [...]
BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co., a South Korean maker of flat panels used in televisions and other products, said Wednesday that it will forge cooperation with Chinese TV makers to expand sales of larger organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panels. Eddie Yeo, president of LG Display’s OLED business division, made the [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies are rushing to step up their emergency response efforts to better protect their employees from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which is showing signs of a wide spread in South Korea. South Korea remains gripped by the potentially deadly disease that has claimed six lives so far [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The ultra high-definition (UHD) TV panel market is forecast to grow more than twofold this year, with South Korean TV panel makers expected to take up a majority share, a report showed Friday. The UHD TV panel market, also known as the 4K market, will likely grow to a size [...]