JDI decided to sell LCD production equipment to a foreign client for 200 million dollars.

JDI announced that it has agreed to sell production equipment at its plant in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, to a foreign client for 200 million dollars. The Hakusan plant was JDI's mainstay factory, producing LCD panels for Apple. The plant was halted in July last year due to sluggish demand. JDI plans to clean up excess facilities that have caused poor performance.
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Foldable OLED UTG market expected to grow rapidly

As Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Z Flip continues to be sold out in the market, Samsung Display's foldable OLED cover window UTG (ultra thin glass) market is expected to grow rapidly. According to UBI Research's first quarter 2020 parts and materials market track, the UTG market is expected to grow to $ 160 million this year and to $ 640 million in 2023.
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Samsung Display, LG Display, and OLED sales depend on the operation of the Vietnamese module factory

Samsung Display and LG Display, whose business trip to Vietnam was blocked by the Corona virus, are trying to prevent delays in OLED production by launching charter.
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The OLED emitting material market will grow to $ 1.9 billion by 2020

UBI Research(www.ubiresearch.com), a company specializing in…
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2020 OLED Manufacturing Equipment Market Forecast

According to UBI Research's annual equipment market track for 2020, the OLED manufacturing equipment market is expected to reach $ 9.51 billion in 2020. This is an increase of $ 0.03 billion compared to $ 9.48 billion in 2019.
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The impact of the corona virus on the OLED market in 2020

Dark clouds are approaching Korean industry by the corona virus that has been blown since the beginning of the year. Wuhan, the birthplace of the corona virus, is badly affecting the Chinese display industry because it is a key place where Chinese display makers are building large production bases.
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Galaxy S20 series, Korea's first day of opening about 70,000 units

The opening volume of Samsung's new smartphone Galaxy S20 series on the first day in Korea is half that of last year's Galaxy S10. According to the Korean telecommunications industry on February 28, the opening volume of the Galaxy S20 series is estimated at about 70,800 units. This figure is about 50% lower than the 140,000 units of the Galaxy S10, which was released in March last year.
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IPhone shipments may drop sharply in 1Q

The impact of China's corona virus is expected to reduce iPhone production by 50% year-on-year. Foxconn's iPhone plants are located in Zhangzhou and Shenzhen, China, where 90% of the iPhone is manufactured.
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Estimated OLED shipments by 2020 will be 662 million units

According to UBI Research's “2020 OLED Annual Report”, OLED sales in 2020 are expected to be $ 38.5 billion, an increase of 17.5% from the sales of $ 32.8 billion in 2019.
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Foldable Phone Cover Window Material Competition To Heat up.

Ahead of Samsung Electronics' unpacking event, interest in the foldable phone cover window material is hot. There was a concerned surprise that the Galaxy Fold, which was scheduled to be released in the first half of last year, was delayed for several months due to the tearing issue of the protective film. This year’s concern is whether Ultrathin Glass (UTG), which has emerged as a substitute for Colorless Polyimide (CPI), can be mass-produced without major issues.
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JDI at Japan signed a $1 billion investment contract and focused on automobile LCDs and finger sensors rather than OLEDs.

Japan Display (JDI) announced on the Jan. 31st that they have…
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Rigid OLEDs dominate shipments of the OLED market for smartphones

According to UBI Research's 4th quarter OLED display market track, rigid OLED is still the main product in the OLED market for smartphones, with 79.2% of the total OLED market in 2019. As a result of counting and analyzing shipments up to the third quarter of 2019, rigid OLED accounted for 237 million units of the total shipment of 338 million units.
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