SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display, one of the largest screen manufacturers in the world, has recognized an in-house union, ending its long-standing practice of operating without a bargaining unit made up of its employees, industry sources said Tuesday. The Federation of Korean Trade Unions and business insiders said an agreement was reached [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, said Wednesday it has brought in manufacturing equipment for its next-generation display as the company speeds up its migration from the liquid crystal display (LCD) business. Samsung Display said its production equipment for quantum-dot (QD) displays has been [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, dominated the global smartphone panel market in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday. Samsung Display, an affiliate of top smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co., grabbed a 52 percent share in the global smartphone display [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two major display makers are expected to suffer an operating loss for the first quarter of the year, analysts here said Tuesday, due to the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic. Samsung Display Co., the display manufacturing affiliate of Samsung Electronics Co., was projected to have posted [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, will halt the production of liquid crystal displays (LCD) next year and focus on ramping up its next-generation display business, the company said Tuesday. Samsung Display will speed up its transition to a quantum-dot (QD) display business in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A labor union will be established at Samsung Display Co., the third Samsung Group affiliate with a labor union following Samsung Electronics Co. and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Samsung Display’s new labor union, under the auspices of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU), announced its establishment [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co., an affiliate of Samsung Electronics Co., said Wednesday it has commercialized a glass cover for foldable devices. Samsung Display said its ultra thin glass (UTG) cover window that is about 30 micrometers thick can be mass-produced for various foldable devices. The flexible glass cover is already [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co., a major display panel maker here, said Thursday it will invest 13.1 trillion won (US$10.9 billion) by 2025, to upgrade its liquid crystal display (LCD) production facilities and produce more advanced displays amid a slump and increased competition. Panel makers here, including its large local rival [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Group is planning to announce a massive investment plan next month to upgrade its display panel production facilities in South Korea, industry sources said Tuesday, as the nation’s largest conglomerate seeks to enhance profitability in the large display business with its latest technologies. Samsung is expected to unveil [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong called on the company’s display unit Monday to redouble efforts to tide over its current crisis by developing new technologies. Lee, the de facto head of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, made the call during a visit to Samsung Display Co.’s factory [...]