BOE’s Decision to Invest 46.5 Billion Yuan in Flexible OLED Line
According to a radio and TV source of Mianyang in Sìchuan Province, BOE has decided to invest
46.5 billion yuan(about 7.8 trillion KRW) in Gen6 flexible AMOLED production line.
BOE plans to begin construction in December 2016 and produce the items from 2019, and its capacity is 48K per month. It is expected to be used for producing high-end smartphones. BOE is carrying out 45K investment in Gen6 flexible AMOLED in Chengdu, and as part of this extension it is scheduled to put additional investment.
The investment in OLED has accelerated recently. Chinese panel companies including Visonox and EDO as well as BOE have decided to put investment in the production line of Gen6 flexible AMOLED panel and establish more lines.
BOE’s Gen6 flexible AMOLED panel production line where the investment has been decided or is still ongoing accounts for 75% of 120k that is total capacity of A3 Line, Gen6 flexible AMOLED production line of Samsung Display. If other Chinese panel companies’ investment that has been already decided or is ongoing is combined together, the investment exceeds Korea’s flexible AMOLED panel production capacity, even allowing for Samsung Display and LG Display’s additional investment.
With China’s active investment in flexible AMOLED panel production line, Chinese AMOLED panel market is expected to grow rapidly.
