“Merck will help accelerate customer innovation by more closely combining our optical capabilities with our semiconductor device knowledge and materials suite to drive new business opportunities, such as virtual reality optical coatings and optics-on-chip, and enable the next generation of computing.”

Kim Woo-kyu, CEO of Merck Korea, said in an interview with our newspaper at the '2025 Korea Display Industry Exhibition (K-Display 2025)' held at COEX on the 7th that based on solid material technology, the company will provide more comprehensive and integrated solutions to customers in a wide range of fields ranging from displays to semiconductors and new business opportunities such as AR and VR.

To this end, CEO Woo-Kyu Kim mentioned that at this exhibition booth, he introduced a product portfolio that allows customers to experience business expansion beyond displays into optronics, as slogan "Merck realizes light" suggests.

In particular, Merck's materials intelligence solution utilizing AI can predict various characteristics of each material, enabling efficient development of customized materials. This technology will be used in this exhibition.In addition to the exhibition, Merck will share insights into future technologies through eight sessions of Merck Science Connect at IMID 2025, focusing on the future of visual technology.

Regarding the strategic significance of the recently acquired Unity-SC, CEO Woo-Kyu Kim said, “Through this acquisition, Merck can now cover all areas of light-matter interaction: creating, controlling, guiding, and analyzing,” and “We will be able to provide customers with more comprehensive and integrated solutions in a wide range of fields, from displays to semiconductors and new business opportunities such as AR and VR.”

He continued, “The integration of Unity SC’s layering and inspection solutions into our Optronics business unit will contribute to improving the quality, yield and manufacturing costs of heterogeneous integrated chip systems used in AI, high-performance computing, high-bandwidth memory and related applications. This will directly help our customers produce more efficient and reliable next-generation chips and devices.”

“By more closely combining our optical capabilities with our semiconductor device knowledge and materials sets, Merck will help accelerate our customers’ innovation by driving new business opportunities such as virtual reality optical coatings and optics-on-chip, and enabling next-generation computing,” said Woo-Kyu Kim, CEO of Merck. “This vertical integration strategy will deliver unprecedented value to our customers and enable customized solutions across industries.”

Meanwhile, at this year's 'K-Display' exhibition, Yong-Guk Yoon, head of Merck Optronics Solutions Korea Business Division, received the 'K-Display Honor Award' in recognition of his contribution to the sustainable development of display technology.r />
Regarding this, Business Division Manager Yong-Guk Yoon said in his acceptance speech, “Merck has provided various materials and technology solutions for customers’ product innovation, and I sincerely thank them for recognizing our contributions.”