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Samsung Display is Expected to Ship More than 100 Million Smart Phone AMOLED Panels Quarterly

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Samsung Display’s Smart phone AMOLED panels are expected to surpass 100 million units.

According to UBI Research, the shipment of Samsung Display’s OLED panel for smartphone in Q4 2016 was 98 million units, an increase of 6% from the previous quarter and 15% from the same time last year.

UBI Research announced “A3line invested in 2016 will operate starting from the 1st quarter, and accordingly the shipment of Samsung Display’s smartphone AMOLED panel is expected to surpass 100 million.”

In addition, Chinese TV set companies and many smartphone set companies such as Apple have an increasing demand for AMOLED panels, and especially the demand for flexible AMOLED panels to be applied to high-end smartphone is expected to increase significantly.

Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics announced at the Q4 conference call that the sales of OLED panels increased slightly compared to the previous quarter, and it plans to promote sales by actively responding to the rise in OLED panel adoption of major smartphone clients.

Samsung Electronics, Recorded operating profit of 1. 34 trillion won in display business

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Samsung Electronics announced that they recorded sales of 7.42 trillion won and operating profit of 1.34 trillion won in display business through 4Q 2016 having been progressed on the 24th. This company recorded large scale surplus that exceeded continuous 1 trillion won for two consecutive quarters following last 3Q.

According to Samsung Electronics, this company says that sales has been increased and cost-improving activities were continued through customer diversification in case of 4Q 2016, and also sales volume of OLED panel was increased to a small extent compared to previous quarters. Sales price strength has been continued in demand-supply stability in case of LDC business, and they reveal that business results have been improved indebting to sales increase of high value-added products such as UHD/large size etc. together with yield/cost betterment. In case of TV panel sales, the volume was decreased a little compared to previous quarters from its quantity and areas all together.

Samsung Electronics lights up a business schedule that they will propel growth compared to previous year by expanding exterior supplies of high-end products including Flexible etc. based on technology leadership and securing capacity of Samsung Electronics in 2017 OLED business. They estimate that needs on high value-added Flexible will be greatly expanded according to form-factor innovation of Smartphone.
Besides, they convey their words such like constant increases of China companies’ capacity in LCD business and deepened competition between companies have been made, but they will endeavor to sustain stable profitability through expansion of product sales and design differentiation including Frameless and Curved while strengthening competitiveness of high value-added products including UHD/large size etc.

Samsung Electronics executed 25.5 trillion won in facility investment, and 9.8 trillion won was invested to display business, and also 2017 investment volume of facilities was not fixed yet.

They disclose schedules of propelling sales increase by positively responding to needs of client products according to increasing OLED adaptation by main Smartphone clients in OLED business in the first quarter, and also carry forward performance enhancement through P-Mix efficiency. Though demand decrease of LCD business is estimated owing to entering off-season, tight supply-demand looks to be continued, and they delivers their words like they will devote securing profitability through expanding high value-added product sale and constant boosting of cost competitiveness.
Thus, Samsung Electronics lights up that they will secure profitability by expanding high value-added products such as UHD/ large size/Curved etc.

In 2016 Q4, Samsung Electronics recorded sales of 90 million cellular phones and 8 million tablets, and they forecast that sales of cellular phones will be increased in the first quarter compared to previous quarter, and sales of tablet will be decreased. They explain that sales of LCD TV recorded 16 million TV, and 40% was decreased by influences of seasonal reason in the first quarter, but one-digit growth of early stage is expected annually.

On the other hand, they say that Samsung Electronics does not consider additional disclosure of LCD production line at now while explaining that closure of L7-1 (LCD) line end of last year was not related to Sharp as a matter of willing to do OLED switch before supply stop of Sharp according to Samsung Electronics. In relation with OLED capability, they deliver policy of willing to secure it according to market and customer needs.

삼성전자, 디스플레이 사업 영업이익 1조3,400억원 기록

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삼성전자는 24일 진행된 2016년 4분기 실적 컨퍼런스콜을 통해 디스플레이 사업에서 매출 7조4,200억원, 영업이익 1조3,400억원을 기록했다고 밝혔다. 지난 3분기에 이어 2분기 연속 1조원이 넘는 대규모 흑자를 기록한 것이다.

 

 

삼성전자에 따르면 2016년 4분기 OLED 사업의 경우 고객 다변화를 통한 판매량 증가와 원가 개선 활동이 지속되었고, OLED panel 판매량은 전 분기 대비 소폭 증가하였다고 밝혔다. LCD 사업의 경우 수급 안정 속에 판가 강세가 지속되었으며, 수율/원가 개선 및 UHD/대형 등 고부가 제품의 판매증가로 실적이 개선되었다고 전했다. TV panel 판매량의 경우 수량과 면적 기준 모두 전 분기 대비 소폭 감소하였다.

삼성전자는 2017년에 OLED 사업에서 삼성전자의 기술 리더십 및 적기 capa 확보를 바탕으로 flexible 등 하이엔드 제품의 외부 공급을 확대하여 전년 대비 성장을 추진할 것으로 밝혔다. 스마트폰의 form-factor 혁신 등에 따른 고부가 flexible의 수요가 크게 확대될 것으로 전망했다. 또한, LCD 사업은 중국 업체 capa의 지속적인 증가와 업체 간 경쟁 심화가 되고 있지만, UHD/대형 등의 고부가 제품 경쟁력을 더욱 강화하고, frameless, curved 등 디자인 차별화로 제품 판매 확대를 통한 안정적인 수익성 유지에 힘쓸 것이라고 전했다.

삼성전자는 2016년 시설 투자에 25.5조원을 집행했는데 디스플레이 사업에 9.8조원이 집행되었으며, 2017년 시설 투자 규모는 아직 확정되지 않았다고 전했다.

삼성전자는 1분기에 OLED 사업에서 주요 스마트폰 고객사들의 OLED 채용이 증가됨에 따라 거래선 제품 수요에 적극 대응하여 판매량 증가를 추진하고, P-Mix 효율화를 통한 실적 향상을 추진할 것이라고 밝혔다. LCD 사업은 비수기 진입에 의한 수요 감소가 예상되지만 타이트한 수급이 지속될 것으로 보이며, 고부가 제품 판매 확대와 원가 경쟁력 지속 제고를 통한 수익성 확보에 주력할 것이라고 전했다.

이에 삼성전자는 수율 및 원가 개선 활동을 강화하고, UHD/대형/curved 등의 고부가 제품 판매를 확대하여 수익성을 확보할 것이라고 밝혔다.

삼성전자는 2016년 4분기에 휴대폰 9,000만대, 태블릿 800만대의 판매량을 기록했으며, 1분기에 휴대폰 판매량은 전 분기 대비 증가하고, 태블릿 판매량은 감소할 것으로 내다봤다. LCD TV의 판매량은 1,600만대를 기록, 1분기에는 계절성의 영향으로 40% 감소하고, 연간으로는 한 자리 수 초반대의 성장이 예상된다고 밝혔다.

한편, 삼성전자에 따르면 지난해 말 L7-1(LCD) 라인의 폐쇄는 샤프의 공급 중단 이전에 OLED 전환을 위해 결정된 사안으로 샤프와 관련이 없으며, 현재 보유 중인 LCD 생산 라인의 추가 폐쇄는 고려하고 있지 않다고 밝혔다. OLED capa와 관련해서는 시장과 고객 니즈에 따라 적기에 확보한다는 방침이라고 전했다.

AMOLED panel for smart phones, just around the corner of 100million-unit shipment in a quarter

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According to UBI Research, the shipment amount of AMOLED panel for smart phones in the 3rd quarter of 2016 was announced to be counted as 96million units.

It is the figure increased for 103% compared with the last quarter, and increased for 148% compared with the same period of last year, and it renewed the quarterly highest shipment amount once again, after the last quarter.

The person in charge of UBI Research mentioned that “The output of flexible AMOLED panels for Galaxy Note 7 was reduced compared to the plan due to the discontinuation of the production of Galaxy Note 7, however, the increase in shipments of AMOLED panels for China and Galaxy s7 series is seemed to play a important role in the increase of shipments in the third quarter.”

Currently, Samsung Display occupies more than 91% of the AMOLED panel market for smart phones, and Chinese panel makers such as BOE, EDO, Tianma, and Visionox are conducting mass production with small quantities.

In addition, Apple is expected to apply the flexible AMOLED panel to some models of the iPhone to be launched in 2017, therefore, future AMOLED panel market for smart phones will be increased continuously.

UBI Research expects that the annual shipment amount of AMOLED panel will form the market volume as about 1.4billion units by 2020 with the average annual growth rate of 41%, and flexible AMOLED panel among them will account for about 61%.

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Smart Phone AMOLED Panel Shipment Forecast, Source : UBI research

 

BY HYUNJUN JANG, HANA OH

[CES 2016] OLED Smartphone Territory Slowly Expands

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OLED panel, mostly used for Samsung Electronics, is expanding its market and slowly entering China. In CES and IFA until now, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics only exhibited OLED panel equipped smartphone. However, this time, China’s dark horse Huawei exhibited Samsung Display’s OLED onto new smartphone model Nexus 6P.

 

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The panel used is 5.7 inch 518 ppi FHD OLED.

 

According to Huawei, although until now LCD has been used as OLED can produce profound black it is estimated OLED will be highly popular in Chinese market.

 

Huawei is already using OLED on smartwatch. Huawei Watch Active that began to be exhibited starting with CES 2015 uses 1.4 inch 286 ppi OLED panel with 400 x 400 resolution supplied by AUO. The thickness of the watch is 4.2 mm and rather thick, but the external design is highly detailed and beautiful much like luxury analog watch.

 

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As Huawei, which has the highest market share out of Chinese set companies, started to actively push for OLED panel use in smartphone following smartwatch, other Chinese companies, including Xiaomi, are expected to rapidly join the OLED sector.

[CES2016] OLED smart phone 진영 서서히 늘어난다

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삼성전자에 대부분 사용되던 OLED 패널이 이제는 시장을 넓혀 중국에도 조금씩 진출하기 시작했다. 이제까지의 CES와 IFA에서는 삼성전자와 LG전자만이 OLED 패널 탑재 smart phone을 전시하였으나, 이번에는 중국의 dark horse인 Huawei가 신형 smart phone nexus6P에 삼성디스플레이 OLED를 탑재하고 전시하였다.

5.7인치 사이즈의 518ppi FHD OLED이다.

Huawei 관계자에 따르면 이전에는 LCD를 사용하여 왔으나 OLED는 심오한 black color를 제공하기 때문에 중국 시장에서 인기가 매우 높을 것으로 전망한다고 언급했다.

Huawei는 이미 smart watch에 OLED를 사용하고 있다. CES2015를 시작으로 전시장에 선을 보인 Huawei Watch Active는 400×400 해상도와 286ppi의 1.4인치 OLED 패널을 사용하고 있다. 패널 공급 업체는 AUO이다. 시계 두께는 4.2mm로서 다소 두꺼우나 외관 디자인은 고전적인 아날로그 방식의 고급 브랜드 시계처럼 매우 정교하고 아름답다.

중국 세트 업체들 중에서 가장 시장점유율이 높은 Huawei가 smart watch에 이어 smart phone에서도 OLED 패널 사용을 적극적으로 추진하기 시작했기 때문에 Xiaomi를 비롯한 많은 중국 기업들 역시 OLED 진영에 빠르게 합류할 것으로 전망된다.

How Can Small and Medium-Sized OLED Panel Companies Survive?

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With the great increase of interest in flexible OLED from China and Taiwan’s small and medium-sized panel companies, diverse issues related to this are emerging.

 

Recent smartphone trend is moving from high resolution and specs toward diverse designs such as curved or bendable/foldable and flexible display that can differentiate applications. AMOLED flexible display is currently being applied to smartphone and smartwatch. However, only 2 companies, Samsung Display and LG Display, are supplying these high spec flexible AMOLED panel.

 

Small and medium-sized panel companies do not have the technology to mass produce high performance flexible AMOLED panel and cannot invest in mass production. For these reasons, Chinese and Taiwanese small and medium-sized companies are aiming for finding new applications where flexible PMOLED or low resolution flexible AMOLED can be applied and make mass production investment. Accordingly, set companies’ interest in flexible OLED applied application is also increasing.

 

Additionally, companies are in agreement that yield of flexible PMOLED that is applied to some smartbands does not meet demand. Taiwan’s wisechip and RiTdisplay, key PMOLED companies, are concentrating on developing flexible PMOLED and flexible OLED lighting. Taiwan’s AUO and Innolux, and China’s Visionox and EDO are also among those that are developing wearable flexible AMOLED.

 

Diverse application development where lower resolution flexible AMOLED, flexible PMOLED, or flexible OLED lighting, instead of expensive high-end smartphone and smartwatch, can be applied is essential. The outcome of this is forecast to greatly affect the growth of small and medium-sized OLED panel companies.

중소형 OLED panel 업체들의 살길은 어디?

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중국과 대만의 중소형 panel 업체들의 flexible OLED에 대한 관심이 증폭됨에 따라 이와 관련된 다양한 이슈들이 나오고 있다.

최근 스마트폰의 트렌드는 고성능 고해상도의 높은 스펙의 high-end panel에서 curved나 bendable/foldable 등의 디자인과 application을 차별화 시킬 수 있는 flexible display 적용에 업체들의 관심이 쏠리고 있는 추세이다.

현재 flexible display로서 AMOLED가 smart phone과 smart watch에 적용이 되어 출시되고 있지만 이러한 고스펙의 flexible AMOLED panel을 공급하고 있는 업체는 삼성디스플레이와 LG디스플레이 두 업체에 불과하다.

중소형 패널업체 입장에서는 이러한 고성능의 flexible AMOLED panel 양산할 기술이 없을뿐더러 양산에 투자할 여력이 없기에 중국과 대만의 중소형 업체들은 flexible PMOLED나 저해상도의 flexible AMOLED이 적용될 수 있는 신규 application을 발굴하고 양산 투자를 하는 것을 목표로 하고 있다. 이에 따라 세트업체들의 flexible OLED를 적용한 어플리케이션에 관한 관심 또한 높아지고 있는 것으로 보여진다.

또한, 현재 smart band 일부에 적용되는 flexible PMOLED는 생산이 수요에 못 미치고 있다는 것이 업체들의 공통된 의견이다.

대표적인 PMOLED 업체인 대만의 wisechip과 RiTdisplay는 flexible PMOLED와 flexible OLED lighting에 대한 개발에 집중하고 있으며, AUO와 Innolux, 중국의 Visionox와 EDO등도 wearable용 flexible AMOLED에 대한 개발을 진행 중이다.

고가의 high-end smart phone과 smart watch가 아닌 저해상도의 flexible AMOLED나 flexible PMOLED, flexible OLED lighting등이 적용될 수 있는 다양한 application 발굴이 앞으로 중소형 OLED panel업체들의 성장에 큰 영향을 미칠 전망이다.

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