Samsung confirmed today that they’ve promoted Kwon Oh-hyun, President of Samsung Semiconductor and Display division to Vice Chairman in their annual year-end management reshuffle.

Early this year, Samsung had merged its semiconductor and LCD panel division into one in order to offset the losses faced by the display division and Kwon managed to strengthen Samsung’s leadership in memory and expansion of the system LSI business.

Meanwhile, Samsung also announced another change with Jung Yeon-joo, who’ll now be the Vice Chairman and CEO of Samsung C&T Corp.

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Samsung Electronics’ LCD division has teamed up with Cheil Worldwide to install transparent LCDs at subway stations in South Korea. Samsung has installed 22-inch transparent LCDs and is the first time the LCDs will be shown to the normal public as opposed to the trade shows where it has been showcased previously.

The move currently, is in a test phase but will be expanded by next year by applying the same LCD tech at subways, bus stops and other public places.

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Samsung held a groundbreaking ceremony in Suzhou, China for a new 7.5 generation fabrication facility. The factory will be setup by Samsung Suzhou LCD (SSL) which is a joint venture between Samsung, Suzhou Industrial Park and TCL Corporation and will invest about US$3 billion.

The 600,000 sq. mtr fabrication line will start mass producing panels in first half of 2013 and will produce 100,000 glass substrates (1950x2250mm) per month. This will be China’s largest advanced LCD production cluster that includes materials, component suppliers, LCD panel and module production and distribution.

Samsung Suzhou LCD sets a new precedent as a strategic joint venture between China’s leading TV maker TCL, leading LCD manufacturer Samsung Electronics and the center of the Chinese IT industry Suzhou Industrial Park. Through this investment, Samsung Electronics LCD Business aims to contribute to the development of the LCD display industry

In addition to unveiling a 7-inch AMOLED display that will purportedly go in the next-gen Galaxy Tab tablet, Samsung’s showcase of a 10.1-inch Plastic LCD hints at a larger-sized Galaxy Tab. However, I don’t think this LCD will be integrated in a 10.1-inch Tab considering its mass production is slated within two or three years.

Anyways, coming back to the display, it is just 1.88mm thick and uses plastic, making it ultra-thin and unbreakable. The screen supports WSVGA (1024×600) resolution, brightness of 250cd/m2 and a contrast ratio of 1000:1.

Samsung also has plans to integrate this display in netbooks.

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Samsung has clinched another world’s first title with the development of a 70-inch LCD panel that uses Oxide Semiconductor technology and supports 3D Ultra Definition (UD) with 240Hz refresh rate.

The use of oxide semiconductor technology over the conventional silicon-based TFT tech allows the TV to support 8m pixels resolution (3840×2160), which is four times more than the full HD resolution.

Samsung says the next-generation display could support a refresh rate of 480Hz with improved 3D glasses.

The display will be on showcase at FPD International 2010.

Samsung has added another product to allow marketers effectively pitch their products. The Korean giant has created a 55-inch Digital Information Display (DID) LCD with the industry’s thinnest 5.7mm bezel.

Samsung says a display with thin bezel can be attached to multiple LCDs, thus making the image bigger without any obstruction from the bezel. Moreover, these displays support full HD resolution and have 700 nits of brightness.

Samsung will also selling a 46-inch DID LCD supporting HD playback but has a tad thicker bezel at 7.6mm.

Samsung will soon launch its flagship 9000 Series 3D LED TVs. It’s the slimmest 3D LED TV measuring just 7.98mm and boasts some interesting features. It comes with a built-in 3D processor, 240Hz refresh rate, a touchscreen remote control that allows viewing live TV while Blu-ray movie is played on the big screen, Wi-Fi, DLNA, Samsung Apps and USB 2.0 port to play various multimedia files directly from the flash drive or USB HDD.

Samsung will release the 55-inch TV in South Korea with a complete 3D package including 3D Blu-ray player, 3D glasses for around 9,900,000 won ($8,970).

US, Europe and other developed countries will get the TV in May.

Samsung just announced their 3D TVs in India, making them the first company to sell their 3-Dimensional devices in the country. The models launched are unknown at the moment but Tech2 says 10 models will be seen gracing the retail stores along with the latest line of 3D-enabled Blu-ray players by next week.

The bundled things are still the same like 2 pairs of active shutter 3D glasses and 3D copy of Monster vs Aliens DVD (Not sure about DVD part coz Samsung is bundling a Blu-ray copy elsewhere).

The prices of the LED/LCD/Plasma 3D TVs will range from Rs. 1,29,000 to 4,35,000 varying in sizes from 40- to 65-inches.

Samsung has launched a new LCD monitor range for those looking for a budget solution. As the name goes, the monitors emphasize a lot on the environment but without losing the aesthetic appeal. The monitors come in 15.6”, 18.5”, 20” and 21.5” screen sizes, glossy design with rear wave pattern and feature a one-touch power saving hot key that instantly drops the power consumption to 75 or even 50 percent. Additionally, the monitors consume only 0.3W of power during standby mode.

MystEco monitors also boast a dynamic ratio of 70000:1, HD ready, 16:9 aspect ratio, Magic Angle that maintains the same clarity when viewed from different angles and Magic Return that is applicable in dual monitor setup and allows to automatically move content from one monitor to another in case one of the monitors is switched off.

The prices of B1630N (15.6”), B1930N (18.5”), B2030N (20”) and B2230N (21.5”) monitors are Rs.6350, Rs. 8300, Rs. 8700 and Rs. 11000 respectively.

Out-of-home (OOH) advertising is getting bigger and to help marketers attract more eyeballs, Samsung has initiated mass producing a 43-inch LCD panel meant as Digital Information Displays (DIDs). Apt for stations, airports, malls etc., this display can show images in a panoramic ratio of 4:1 at HD ready resolution (1920×480).

Additionally, the display also has a unique ability to split the wide screen into three screens that will run at VGA resolution (640×480).

As per DisplaySearch, the DID panel market is expected to grow from the current 1.33m to 6.57m units by 2015 with 90 percent of the market accounting for LCDs.