Samsung Display QD-OLED investment timing forecast
Samsung's LCD business, which began in 1991, will be suspended in 2021. Samsung's LCD business is completely closed after a 30-year lifespan. Samsung foresaw the limitations of the LCD business 10 years ago and stopped investing in the 10G. Instead, Samsung Electronics has separated the LCD business to create a Samsung Display combined with Samsung SDI's OLED and has been preparing for a new display era.
JDI decided to sell LCD production equipment to a foreign client for 200 million dollars.
JDI announced that it has agreed to sell production equipment at its plant in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, to a foreign client for 200 million dollars. The Hakusan plant was JDI's mainstay factory, producing LCD panels for Apple. The plant was halted in July last year due to sluggish demand. JDI plans to clean up excess facilities that have caused poor performance.
Foldable OLED UTG market expected to grow rapidly
As Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Z Flip continues to be sold out in the market, Samsung Display's foldable OLED cover window UTG (ultra thin glass) market is expected to grow rapidly. According to UBI Research's first quarter 2020 parts and materials market track, the UTG market is expected to grow to $ 160 million this year and to $ 640 million in 2023.
3F starts construction of 1,100 tons of PI production plant annually
China has entered the localization of PI. Although it has grown to the world's highest level of LCD production, it is still only a few percent in the OLED panel market. In the OLED field, the Chinese government continues to invest heavily in panel makers, mainly BOE, to help China become the best production base. However, the supply chain of parts and materials that are essential for producing OLED is very poor.
Samsung Display, LG Display, and OLED sales depend on the operation of the Vietnamese module factory
Samsung Display and LG Display, whose business trip to Vietnam was blocked by the Corona virus, are trying to prevent delays in OLED production by launching charter.
Molecular Glasses Receives U.S. Patent 10,593,886 For Improved OLED Device Lifetime
The U.S. Patent Office has awarded patent number U.S. 10,593,886 to Molecular Glasses, Inc. for "OLED Devices with Improved Lifetime Using Non-Crystallizable Molecular Glass Mixture Hosts"
The OLED emitting material market will grow to $ 1.9 billion by 2020
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Wuhan Tianma 6G OLED line installation delay
The Tianma T4 plant in Wuhan has continued to produce even during the corona period, and the core equipment of the ph2 6G OLED line has already been brought in, but the equipment set-up is delayed due to the inability of overseas equipment companies to enter Wuhan.
2020 OLED Manufacturing Equipment Market Forecast
According to UBI Research's annual equipment market track for 2020, the OLED manufacturing equipment market is expected to reach $ 9.51 billion in 2020. This is an increase of $ 0.03 billion compared to $ 9.48 billion in 2019.
Canon enters OLED materials business
Canon is considering the OLED materials business as the adoption of OLED panels such as smartphones and TVs is spreading. OLED panels are used in electronic finders in Canon's mirrorless cameras.
OPPO Launches All-round 5G Flagship Find X2 Series with Industry-leading Screen
OPPO unveiled its Find X2 series March 6, 2020 – a flagship lineup of 5G devices that delivers a powerful camera experience and battery life, with one of the most advanced screens in the industry.
AP System supplies ELA equipment to Chongqing BOE B12
AP System was selected as the final bidder for BOE's B12 line ELA (eximer laser annealing) equipment. ELA is an essential equipment to make low temperature polysilicon (LTPS) TFT for OLED. Eximer laser crystallizes a-Si into polysilicon. It is called LTPS because it makes polysilicon without applying high heat.
The impact of the corona virus on the OLED market in 2020
Dark clouds are approaching Korean industry by the corona virus that has been blown since the beginning of the year. Wuhan, the birthplace of the corona virus, is badly affecting the Chinese display industry because it is a key place where Chinese display makers are building large production bases.
Galaxy S20 series, Korea’s first day of opening about 70,000 units
The opening volume of Samsung's new smartphone Galaxy S20 series on the first day in Korea is half that of last year's Galaxy S10. According to the Korean telecommunications industry on February 28, the opening volume of the Galaxy S20 series is estimated at about 70,800 units. This figure is about 50% lower than the 140,000 units of the Galaxy S10, which was released in March last year.
LG Display named Huawei flexible OLED supplier for new smartphone P40 Pro
LG Display is the top OLED company with a monopoly market in the production of OLED panels for TVs, but the performance was low in the flexible OLED market for smartphones until the first half of 2019.
Compal develops 13-inch foldable PC FlexBook
Compal, an ODM for notebook and mobile devices, has developed a prototype foldable hybrid tablet that can be equipped with a keyboard. Similar to Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Fold, Compal's FlexBook is a 13.1 tablet with two speakers at the bottom, two USB-C ports, and a volume button on the side.
IPhone shipments may drop sharply in 1Q
The impact of China's corona virus is expected to reduce iPhone production by 50% year-on-year. Foxconn's iPhone plants are located in Zhangzhou and Shenzhen, China, where 90% of the iPhone is manufactured.
Estimated OLED shipments by 2020 will be 662 million units
According to UBI Research's “2020 OLED Annual Report”, OLED sales in 2020 are expected to be $ 38.5 billion, an increase of 17.5% from the sales of $ 32.8 billion in 2019.
Foldable Phone Cover Window Material Competition To Heat up.
Ahead of Samsung Electronics' unpacking event, interest in the foldable phone cover window material is hot. There was a concerned surprise that the Galaxy Fold, which was scheduled to be released in the first half of last year, was delayed for several months due to the tearing issue of the protective film. This year’s concern is whether Ultrathin Glass (UTG), which has emerged as a substitute for Colorless Polyimide (CPI), can be mass-produced without major issues.
JDI at Japan signed a $1 billion investment contract and focused on automobile LCDs and finger sensors rather than OLEDs.
Japan Display (JDI) announced on the Jan. 31st that they have…
