SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemicals maker, said Tuesday that it has acquired a key technology and related assets from global high-tech chemical firm DuPont for next-generation soluble organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Under the deal, LG Chem acquired DuPont’s technologies and patents for soluble OLEDs as well as [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea’s tech titans launch their latest and greatest TVs, they are, once again, in fierce competition to promote their own cutting-edge screen technologies and expand their market presence. Consumers who want the best picture quality TVs available will look to OLED TVs by LG Electronics Inc. and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will push to put cameras and sensors beneath the screens of smartphones to create “perfect full-screen” devices. The South Korean tech giant said its Infinity-O Display, used in Galaxy S10, is a “milestone” for its display technology, although going forward it will showcase [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display took a jab at industry rival Samsung Electronics on Thursday by arguing in favor of the superiority of its OLED panel over LCD. Kang In-byeong, the company’s chief technology officer, emphasized the fundamental difference between organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and liquid crystal display (LCD) panels during a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics is estimated to have sold 1.08 million quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED) TVs last year that saw the premium segment outpace organic LED (OLED) sales, the latest market analysis showed Thursday. According to IHS Markit, 2.68 million QLED TVs were sold worldwide in 2018, more than the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — China edged out South Korea in the global liquid crystal display (LCD) television sector last year to be the world’s top manufacturing country of the products, data showed Sunday. According to the data compiled by industry tracker IHS Markit, China accounted for the largest share (31.9 percent) of the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co. said Thursday its unbreakable smartphone panel has been certified in the United States, claiming it can be applied on various devices from smartphones to military equipment. The display maker, under tech giant Samsung Electronics Co., said the unbreakable panel was approved by Underwriters Laboratories, an official [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co. said Tuesday it won approval to establish a joint venture to open up an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel plant in China, helping the company to speed up its business portfolio shift. The company said the Chinese government approved the joint venture to build the OLED [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top-two TV makers, are staging a pitched battle to clinch a bigger slice of the global high-end TV market, which has been fast growing in recent years, industry sources Thursday. In an extravagant showcase event in New York, global tech [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Monday the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs will take up around 20 percent of its combined TV sales this year. “LG Electronics has been posting two-fold annual growth in the premium TV market centering on OLED TVs,” said Kwon Bong-suk, the head of LG’s home [...]