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 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co. has trimmed down production of liquid crystal displays (LCD) in response to worsening profits, seen as shifting its focus to a new type of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel, industry officials said Wednesday. The display making subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. has cut LCD production at [...]
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, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display has adopted a timer for meetings as a 52-hour work week is set to take effect at the company next month. The move comes as part of the company’s efforts to follow the country’s push towards a ‘work smart’ culture, and will see meetings end after one or [...]