Vietnam orders 44 Samsung Display employees be quarantined following COVID-19 case

Authorities in northern Vietnam have ordered people the employees of Samsung Display to be quarantined following a worker testing positive for the coronavirus. According to a statement released on Monday, a 25-year-old worker of the EQC-SI unit of Samsung Display factory in Bac Ninh province tested positive on Sunday. Confirming the case, Samsung Electronics Co…

Samsung Display working to exempt engineers from Vietnam’s 14-day quarantine program

South Korea’s Samsung Display, a supplier for Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc, has requested Vietnam to exempt 700 South Korean engineers from its mandatory quarantine requirement saying they are needed to prepare for the production of screens for new smartphones. South Korea is Vietnam’s biggest foreign investor. In an effort to contain the outbreak of…

Samsung Display to invest $11 billion on facilities and R&D by 2025

Of the 13.1 trillion won, Samsung Display aims to spend 10 trillion won on facilities and the balance on research and development. On Thursday, South Korea’s presidential office issued a statement saying, Samsung Display plans on investing $11.0 billion (13.1 trillion won) on facilities and research by 2025. Samsung Display is a unit of Samsung…

South Korean prosecutors indict 9 for leaking Samsung Display’s OLED 3D lamination technology to China

South Korea’s Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office has concluded that Samsung Display 150 billion 3D lamination technology was sold by the CEO and 8 employees of Toptec Co Ltd for $13.85 million to China. In a development that goes to corroborate much of the narrative coming out of the United States and which underscores one of…

Samsung Display gets U.S. certification for its transparent, bendable, unbreakable screen

The development has given rise to expectations that Samsung Electronics can now launch its foldable screen which its mobile chief had hinted was in development; there’s every probability that Samsung could launch this device during the holiday shopping season. On Friday, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s subsidiary Samsung Display stated, its unbreakable, bendable screen has passed…

Samsung Electronics slashes OLED output in response to weak iPhone X demand

Samsung Display has cut the production of its OLED panels by around 50%. Japanese business daily Nikkei has reported Samsung Electronics Co will slash its output of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels in response to Apple Inc’s decision to cut production of iPhone X midst weak demand. Apple Inc is Samsung Electronic’s customer. Samsung Electronic’s…