JOLED, a joint venture of Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), JDI, Sony, and Panasonic that integrates Panasonics OLED panel business (Jay O Red, Tokyo Chiyoda) plans to invest 20 billion yen (US$161 million) for new OLED research facilities in Ishikawa Prefecture, according to a Nikkei.com article. Japan Display (JDI) …
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Pixelligent Technologies Adds Four New OLED Material Products
Pixelligent Technologies has added four new OLED lighting products to its PixClear® Zirconia nanocrystal family. The new products boast what the company describes as “revolutionary” efficiency for a wide range of application for OLED Lighting. “Our new family of high index products for OLED lighting expands upon Pixelligent’s leadership position …
Chinese Display Company BOE Proposes OLED Display Joint Venture with Samsung Display and LG Display
BOE, China’s largest display manufacturer, has proposed partnering with OLED display firms Samsung Display and LG Display in an OLED joint venture, according to an article in Korea Times. BOE plans to expand its sale of OLED displays and TVs, and requires a source for OLED panels. BOE said in …
LG Takes About 90 Percent of Rapidly Growing OLED TV Market
LG Electronics leads the world in OLED TV production, according to Business Korea, which cited DisplaySearch and the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion in Korea. Display Search predicts that some 400,000 OLED TVs will be produced this year. Of these, the firm predicts that about 90 percent will …
Fujifilm and imec Demonstrate Full-color OLEDs
Fujifilm Corporation and nano-electronics research institute, imec reported that they demonstrated full-color OLEDs. The full color-OLEDs employed their jointly-developed photoresist technology that enables submicron patterning of organic semiconductors. Fujifilm contends that the breakthrough result paves the way to producing high-resolution and large, organic Electroluminescent(EL) displays and establishing more economical manufacturing …
Merck Opens OLED Application Center in Korea
Last Thursday, the chemical and pharmaceutical giant Merck of Germany opened its OLED Application Center in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province Korea, according to a Korean Herald article. The opening is part of Merck’s strategy to expand its display business in Korea. The 7 million Euro ($7.6 million) new building features clean …
Ignis to Debut High Dynamic Range AMOLED Display for Smartphones
Ignis, a smartphone display maker, says that the drive to higher pixel’s per inch has become crazy with no real practical difference for consumers. However, the company says that other parameters such as high dynamic range (HDR) have been ignored for smartphones. Before the advent of AMOLED displays, the company …
KETI Development of Bendable OLED Electrode Material Promises Foldable Smartphones
The Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) reports having developed an extremely flexible and robust OLED electrode material for mobile devices, according to a BusinessKorea.com article. Unlike the traditional OLED materials that use ITO (indium tin oxide) which cracks when bent, the new material employs a silver nanowire combined with a …
Aixtron Increases Presence in OLED Sector with Acquisition of PlasmaSi
Aixtron SE, a leading manufacturers of deposition systems based in Munich, Germany, reported that the company has acquired privately owned Silicon Valley-based PlasmaSi, Inc. as of April 1, 2015. According to Aixtron, cash compensation for the acquisition may reach up to $16 million. PlasmaSi has a technology for depositing ultra-thin …
Philips to Sell OLED Lighting Division
Philips has decided to sell its OLED lighting division, according to electronics magazine Plastic and Electronics. IHS reported that Philips Lumiblade was the world’s largest producer of OLED panels in 2014. IHS cites several reasons for Philips’ withdrawal from the OLED lighting market. While IHS said that the choice to …
