DOE Selects 4 OLED Projects for 2015 SSL R&D Lighting Awards
For 2015 Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Program awards 9 projects were selected and of these 4 were OLED projects.
100x100mm OLED Lighting Panel Production Cost, US$ 2.5 Also Possible
As environmental issues are becoming a global concern, countries around the world are introducing environmental policies.
[Analyst Column] Green Light Lit for Korean Display Industry?
After the weak showing of 5 quarters, Korea’s display panel industry is distinctively showing trend of growth. According to Samsung Electronics and LG Display’s 1Q 2015 performance announcements, the total sales of Korean display of 1Q is approximately US$ 12,900,000,000.
Samsung Display’s Deep Investment Concern for A2 and A3 Lines
Due to the shortage in supply of Galaxy S6 Edge from its higher than expected demand, Samsung Display’s worry regarding flexible AMOLED line investment is deepening.
OLEDWorks to Acquire Parts of Philips’ OLED Business
Philips and OLEDWorks signed an agreement that is expected to have significant effect on future direction for the OLED sector of the Philips. On April 28, OLEDWorks announced that they will acquire key parts of Philips’ OLED lighting business.
LG Electronics, Not Selling OLED TV? Or Can’t Sell?
OLED TV business that LG Electronics ambitiously prepared for is remaining at a standstill for more than 2 years. Korean media is reporting that the OLED TV sales in Korea reached 3,000 units per month, but this figure is too weak.
LG Electronics Actively Release 55 inch UHD OLED TV, Begins Intense Competition with UHD LCD
LG Electronics’ 55 inch UHD curved OLED TV, soon to be released, have been revealed on USA’s Amazon.com (www.amazon.com) in the 3rd week of April.
LG Display Reports Performance, Focus on Structure Differentiation Through OLED TV
On April 22, LG Display reported their first quarter of 2015 performance announcing their success in OLED TV market entrance with balanced results in mass production yield rate, timing, and management.
[Euroluce 2015] Kaneka Exhibits OLED Lighting Panel with 50 Thousand Hours of Lifetime
Marketing activities in Europe by Kaneka is attracting attention. In Euroluce 2015, Kaneka exhibited OLED lighting panel with 50K hrs of lifetime with 1.05mm thickness.
[Analyst Column] The Reason Samsung Must Undertake OLED TV and Technology Course Analysis
In 2014, as the revenue and business profit fluctuated greatly per quarter, Samsung Display carried out management evaluation with BCG. One of the conclusions is known to be Gen10 LCD investment together with large area OLED for TV investment.
[Euroluce 2015] Enter OLED Lighting Cheaper Than LED
An area has emerged where OLED lighting can exceed LED’s price competitiveness.
In LG Chem’s booth in Euroluce 2015 (April 14-19, 2015) a British company Mackwell’s OLED lighting applied emergency system was exhibited.
[Euroluce 2015] LG Chem, Business Acceleration through Lighting Solution
In Euroluce 2015 (April 14-19, 2015) being held in Milan, Italy, LG Chem started enthusiastic European lighting market promotion with their largest booth of the exhibitions they have participated so far.
By showing the solution for OLED lighting and not an exhibition centering on existing panel and luminaire, LG Chem began active customer creation by supplying OLED panel, module and OLED lighting solution.
White OLED Display Market to Grow Rapidly to 150 Million Units Production in 2020
Large size OLED TV production is one of the hot issues within the display market. Although OLED has long been a focus for the next generation display, the market share of OLED display is still low. According to UBI Research…
[Finetech Japan 2015] Mobile Display up to 700 ppi. How about OLED?
At Finetech Japan 2015 (April 6-8), vice president of LG Display, Yoon Sooyoung, forecast the display resolution would evolve to 700ppi UHD for differentiation in technology. Japan Display’s CBO Yoshiyuki Tsukizaki also disclosed that a person can perceive up to 700ppi and estimated that mobile display resolution would therefore develop up to 700ppi.
[Finetech Japan 2015] The Third Display Revolution, to be Accomplished by OLED?
Speaking in a keynote session in Finetech Japan 2015 which opened on April 8, LG Display’s vice president Yoon Sooyoung reported that “the first revolution in TV market was transformation to color from black and white, the second revolution was from CRT to flat panel display such as PDP and LCD, and the third revolution will be accomplished by OLED”.