PMOLED and Micro OLED Stand Out In the Wearable Device Market
At the 4th wearable expo being held from January 17th in TOKYO BIG SIGHT -Tokyo International Exhibition Center, many companies attracted the attention of participants by exhibiting OLED wearable devices and OLED panels. Particularly, at this exhibition, many wearable devices with PMOLED and micro OLED were displayed, which proved once again infinite possibilities of OLED.
[CES 2018] OLED TV in 17 Types to be Displayed Compared to 2017, and OLED Manufacturers to be Expanded Further
The number of OLED TVs exhibited at CES 2018 increased to 31, which was a significant increase of 17 from CES 2017. The number of OLED TV companies that exhibited at CES 2018 were 7 including LG Electronics, Sony, Panasonic and Skyworth.
UBI Research, ‘2018 OLED KOREA Conference’ will be held on 7th to 8th of March
OLED Korea Conference, the global OLED conference, will be held on 7th(Wed) to 8th(Thu) of March.
The 4th OLED Korea Conference will be held on the theme of 'OLED with opportunity & adding value to your business' at the Novotel Ambassador Hotel in Seoul, Korea for two days. It is expected to provide a platform for various information and exchange of opinions regarding presentation of each theme.
The 4th OLED Korea Conference will be held on the theme of 'OLED with opportunity & adding value to your business' at the Novotel Ambassador Hotel in Seoul, Korea for two days. It is expected to provide a platform for various information and exchange of opinions regarding presentation of each theme.
[CES 2018] This is the era of “Connected”
“Connected” is the theme of largest number of exhibitors participating in 2018 CES. In the future, home appliances and electronic goods such as TV, washing machine, refrigerator, and automobiles will be connected to people and operated with artificial intelligence (AI).
[CES 2018] OLED TV exhibition from major set manufacturers
Major electronic companies such as LG Electronics, Sony, Vestel, Changhong, Skyworth presented OLED TV as main exhibition. In particular, Samsung Electronics' "Micro LED" exhibition received a great deal of attention. Samsung Electronics unveiled the world's first "micro LED" technology-applied 146-inch modular TV, "The Wall.” People came to see the product and it was heated up in a hot issue. Samsung Electronics emphasized that this product is a future screen that is unlimited in image quality, size and form. Through the implementation of the local dimming 3000, “The Wall”, which was unveiled at the exhibition show is developed by brightness, contrast ratio, color reproduction and black display compared to the existing display.
LG Display to Showcase Next-Generation OLED Products at CES 2018
LG Display will showcase its distinctive technologies during the 'Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018' exhibition held in Las Vegas from January 9th to 12th, and aggressively engage in marketing.
CES 2018: Expected to Showcase Low to Mid-End Smartphones
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are going to unveil low to mid-end smartphones at CES 2018 instead of their mainstream smartphones.
Completed the Construction of CSOT Wuhan Gen6 LTPS OLED Fab
On December 28, CSOT's Wuhan Gen6 LTPS OLED(T4 fab) production line was announced to be completed four months ahead of schedule. CSOT started building T4 fab in June 2017 and built a factory with a capacity of about 600,000 pyeong(1,983,471 m2) in 199 days. The total investment amount is reported to be 5,080 million dollars.
Approval of LG Display Plant in China, cementing the global No.1position in large OLED market
LG Display has earned approval to invest in Gen 8.5 OLED panel plant in Guangzhou, China. As the government, who has delayed the approval due to the possible technology leakage, finally gives ‘a conditional approval’ for the plan, the construction of large size OLED panel factory will embark on.
OLED applied Galaxy Book 12.0 released in Japan
Samsung Electronics launched its Windows tablet 'Galaxy Book 12.0' in Japan. It has a 12-inch OLED display with an aspect ratio of 3: 2 and a resolution of 2,160 × 1,440. The size is 291.3 × 199.8 × 7.4 mm (WLH), the weight is 754 g, and the official price is 139,800 yen.
LG V30 + launched in Japan and India
According to ITmeadia of Japan, NTT docomo said that LG Electronics' smartphone 'V30 + L-01K' and 'JOJO L-02K' started to be sold in advance as from 12:00 on December 20th at DoCoMo store and web site. The full-fledged release of V30 + L-01K will be at the end of January 2018, and that of JOJO L-02K is scheduled in March 2018.
OLED lighting, growing their presence
As the OLED lighting has expanded its applications, the expectation is raised for the beginning of the OLED lighting market. In particular, LG Display has recently completed the OLED lighting production line and started attracting customers. As a result, there is much attention towards the growing OLED lighting market.
UBI Research, an OLED specializing global research institute, is invited as an overseas expert in the Shenzhen Display Industry Association
On November 25, Jeff Kwok, Vice President and Executive Deputy of the Shenzhen Display Industry Association, officially invited Choong Hoon Yi, the CEO of UBI Research, an OLED specializing global research institute, as an overseas expert of the association.
Flexible OLED Leading the OLED Panel Market from 2019
Flexible OLED shipments are expected to exceed rigid OLED shipments in 2019. According to the '2017 Flexible OLED Annual Report' published by Ubi Research, flexible OLEDs are expected to ship 480 million units in 2019, surpassing 409 million units of rigid OLED shipments. In addition, flexible OLED shipments will grow at a CAGR of 41% starting in 2018, reaching 1,285 million units in 2022 with forecasted revenue of US$ 59.4 billion.
RGB ink-jet printing, also applied to small and medium-sized OLED?
At the "Year End Seminar of OLED/Display" held at COEX in Seoul, Korea, on December 7, Kim, Seok-Soon, CEO of Unijet said that ink-jet printing technology can implement over 550 RGB ppi and ink-jet printing can be applied to small and medium-sized OLED process as well.
OLED TVs which are driving forces of both LG Electronics and Sony′ performance
The director, So, Hyun-cheol, mentioned during the ′Closing seminar of OLED/Display′ held at COEX in Seoul on December, 7th about that OLED TV has made 9.9% of operating profits for LG Electronics in Q3, 2017. He forecasted there, Sony and LG Electronics who are producing OLED TV now will lead the premium TV market in the future also, in particular, while explaining about that the demands have highly increased as OLED TV entered into under $3,000.
The number of OLED TV products in 2017 has doubled compared to last year
OLED TV models launched in 2017 have been highly increased rather than both 2015 and 2016. 16 types of OLED TVs were launched in 2016, while 30 kinds of OLED TVs were launched which covers that the number of products has nearly doubled from last year. By company, LG Electronics released total 10 types of products which are the greater number of products launched than competitors, and followed by Loewe and Panasonic with 5 types of products.
AOI equipment market for OLED mobile devices is expected to reach US $ 23.3 billion by 2021
AOI equipment used for small and medium-sized OLED inspection is non-contact inspection equipment that analyzes the presence of defects by irradiating the product with light and measuring the difference in the amount of the reflected light. The AOI equipment detects not only pattern defects by recognizing the difference through comparison of repeated patterns but also foreign objects on mask and substrate before and after LLO process.
IoT Era – Smart interface focused on display
With the Google's comments in 2015 that the new IoT era is coming, the 13th China International Display Conference started with the presentation of BOE, a large Chinese display company, with the topic of the era of smart interfaces to be developed in the future.
IT Industry in China is still hot, OLED is center on that
News about when, where, what size of new investments emerge from Samsung display who leads Recent Small and Medium-sized OLED Market and LG display who leads large OLED market should come true are continuously main news in Display industry. In the middle, Maybe, publics who are invovled in industry, are interested in watching when will China's panel companies who are processing on construction of flexible OLED line supported by government between Korea narrows the technology gaps.
