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 [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Display Co. said Wednesday it plans to ask the government to judge whether its workplace assessment report on its production line contains information that needs protection from disclosure. The move came after Samsung Electronics Co. also made a similar request following the government’s plan to disclose the tech giant’s workplace report, which may potentially include sensitive information on proprietary technology. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Global sales of flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels have surged amid strong market demand for premium mobile devices, industry watchers said Monday. According to business insiders here that checked data provided by IHS Markit, release of the newest smartphones that make use of curved screens is fueling recent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The worldwide market for mobile phone displays is expected to overtake that of TVs screens for the first time ever this year, brought on by the change in consumer demand, industry trackers said Sunday. According to IHS Markit, growth of mobile panels averaged 17 percent annually in the past [...]