Photoresist is a mixed liquid that is sensitive to light. Classified by downstream applications, it can be divided into semiconductor photoresist, panel photoresist and PCB photoresist. In 2020, panel display is still the world’s largest application field of photoresist products; the semiconductor photoresist market has reached 1.8 billion US dollars.… Read More »Snapshot on photoresist market
Due to the explosion of AGC Fine Techno Korea in Gumi, Gyeongbuk last week, it is predicted that the rise in LCD panel prices will continue in the second quarter. This is due to concerns that this accident affects the supply and demand situation of glass substrates for LCD panels… Read More »LCD panel prices continue to rise
J&T Corporation, a curved 3D cover glass maker, will begin mass production of wearable cover glass in the first half of the year. This is the first time in full-scale production of cover glass for wearable devices. According to the industry on the 17th, J&T is planning to complete the… Read More »First mass produced 3D cover glass for wearables
The government approved the overseas sale of Samsung Display’s liquid crystal display (LCD) plant in Suzhou, China. Last year, Samsung Display signed a contract to sell its Suzhou LCD plant to TCL (CSOT) in China. According to the industry on the 5th, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held… Read More »Sale of high-tech LCD plant to China approved by South Korean government
LG Display was selected as a leading company in the national project for the development of stretchable displays promoted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in June last year. LG Display plans to introduce a product that applies a 20% display increase rate (elongation) technology by 2024 Professor… Read More »Stretchable – not foldable displays might be the future
Two Samsung Display researchers who handed over the company’s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology to small and medium-sized businesses were sentenced to prison sentences. On the 5th, Suwon District Court criminal 15-only court (Judge Lee Hye-rin) imprisoned Samsung Display’s chief researcher A (47) and lead researcher B (38), who were… Read More »Two Samsung’s Displays ex-researchers imprisoned for leaking secrets
SK Nexilis announced that the completion date of the 5th Dongbak factory in Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea could be completed by one month ahead of schedule. The 5th plant in Jeongeup was initially targeted for production in January next year, but it is expected to be available within this year.… Read More »SK Nexilis close to completion of new copper foil factory
The world’s No. 1 polyimide (PI) film producer – PI advanced material (formerly SKC Kolon PI) has set out to achieve the highest sales this year. Predicted in mid-range of 300 billion won ($271.1 million), far exceeding the record of 260 billion won last year. It is expected to record… Read More »PI Advanced Materials to register the highest sales on the record
BOE plans to commercialize micro OLED display panels in the second half of this year. The product is expected to be applied to products that support augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) content like Google Glass. In 2018, BOE created ‘Kunming BOE Display Technology’, a joint venture with the… Read More »China’s BOE moves forward with micro OLED display
Organosilicon is a kind of synthetic high molecular polymer with silicon and oxygen atoms as the main chain. Because the silicon-oxygen structure of the main chain has a strong chemical bond, the molecules of silicone polymers are much more stable to heat and oxygen than general organic polymers. Although the… Read More »Organic silicon – market & industry