OLED companies

4D Systems

04/22/2009

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Company description:

4D Systems is an Australian Research & Development company specializing in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers designed to drive OLED and LCD displays. 4D Systems also designs and manufactures intelligent and cost effective μOLED and μLCD display modules for rapid application development purposes or as stand-alone systems.

4D Systems' web page

Add-Vision

07/01/2006

Research / IP companies

Company description:

Add Vision logo Add-Vision (from Scotts Valley, CA, US) is a pioneer in the development of PLEDs display technology for use in a wide range of flexible low-resolution display and specialty lighting applications. Add-Visions claims that their unique P-OLED technology offers a superior set of display characteristics and cost performance as compared to other flexible display technologies, such as AC-driven thick-film EL.

CDT is a shareholder in Add-Vision.

In June 2009, Bayer signed a licensing agreement with Add-Vision for Flexible Polymer OLEDs. Beside Bayer, they also list Alps Electric, Toppan Forms and CDT as licensees.

Add-Vision web site

Advantech

07/27/2009

Research / IP companies

Company description:

Advantech is an early stage OLED backplane development company, founded by Dr. T. Peter Brody, inventor of the Active-Matrix. Advantech has created a roll-to-roll fabrication technology for producing thin film electronic circuits at exceptionally low cost. The company intends to exploit this technology to manufacture active matrix backplanes for OEM sale and licensing.

Advantech's web site

Aixtron

01/01/2005

Manufacturing equipment

Company description:

Aixtron AG is a provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Company's technology solutions are used by a diverse range of customers world wide to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials. Aixtron has introduced Organic Vapor Phase Deposition (OVPD) Equipment, which was exclusively licensed to Aixtron by UDC.

Aixtron trades in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and in the NASDAQ Stock Exchange (Ticker is AIXG).

Aixtron web site

AMS Technologies

12/30/2008

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Company description:

Founded in 1982, AMS Technologies is a distributer of high-tech systems and components. Headquartered in Martinsried/Munich, Germany, the company serves regional markets from local sales offices in Spain, the United Kingdom, France and Italy.

OLED related products include production equipment for OLED displays, OLED lighting and panel encapsulation; evaporation and sputtering for organics and metal, thin-film encapsulation, panel optical inspection, cluster and in-line systems; for mass production, pilot line and R&D.

AMS web site (OLED products)

Applied Films

01/01/2005

Manufacturing equipment

Company description:

Applied Films is a leading provider of technologically advanced thin film deposition equipment and service for high-tech markets such as the flat panel display and the solar glass industry. For the display sectors, Applied offers manufacturing solutions that apply coatings for producing different display types such as LCDs, plasma display panels (PDPs) and OLEDs.

Applied Films have been bought by Applied Materials in 2006.

Art.Lebedev Studio

01/07/2007

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Company description:

Art.Lebedev is the largest Russian design company, and these guys are behind the hyped optimus OLED keyboard series (Optimus 103, Optimus-mini-three and the Aux).

Art.Lebedev web site

AsTEK

01/27/2009

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Company description:

AsTEK is a privatly held company, based in Korea.

In January 2009 AsTEK bought Leadis' display driver business, which included both PMOLED drivers and AMOLED drivers (although Leadis remained the owner of the AMOLED EpiC technology IP).

AU Optronics

06/12/2008

OLED panel makers

Company description:

AUO (AU Optronics) was formed in 2001, by the merger of Acer Display and Unipac Optoelectronics. Later in 2006 AUO merged with Quanta Display. AUO is the world's number 3 manufacture of TFT-LCDs.

AUO has done AMOLED research and production, using UDC's PHOLED materials, but in 2007 have decided to shift focus back to LCD, and stopped investing in OLEDs. In January 2008 AUO resumed their OLED operation. In October 2009, AUO showed 14" OLED panels that are "ready for production".

AUO's web page

BASF future business

01/01/2005

Research / IP companies

Company description:

BASF Future Business GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF AG, focused on development of new materials, technologies, and system approaches within the business areas of Energy Management, Quality of Life and Organic Electronics.

BASF aims to develop monochromic price tags and flexible newspaper-like applications.

BASF are working with OSRAM on efficient white light OLEDs.

BASF future business web site

Cambridge Display Technology

01/01/2005

Research / IP companies

Company description:

Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) is the leading developer of technologies based on polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs). CDT's PLED technology has already been licensed to world class OEMs, including Philips, Seiko Epson, Osram, Dupont and Delta Optoelectronics. CDT is based in Cambridge, UK. CDT are also working on Printing technology for OLEDs.

CDT is owned by Sumitomo Chemicals.

Read the latest news stories on CDT OLEDs

CDT's web site

Canon Anelva

04/08/2009

Manufacturing equipment

Company description:

Canon ANELVA (ANalysis ELectronics VAcuum) Corporation manufactures major equipment for the fabrication of semiconductors and LCDs using vacuum technology.

Canon ANELVA are offering PVD machines for OLED electrode films, ultra-thin film process, etc. in addition to TFT wiring films.

Canon ANELVA's web site

Chi Mei EL (CMEL)

04/24/2007

OLED panel makers

Company description:

UPDATE: CMO (CMEL's parent company) has been acquired by Innolux in the end of 2009. We still have to wait and see how it effects the company's OLED program.

Chi Mei EL Corporation (CMEL), founded by the R&D team at Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) in 2004, is fully devoted to the R&D, design, production, and sales of OLED panels.

CMEL currently focuses on small and medium-sized OLED panel production. Their largest panel available is 7.6" AMOLED. The company has over 210 employees and is fully owned by Chi Mei Optoelectronics.

CMEL purchases PHOLED materials from Universal Display Corporation, and have developed a new 'MEM' tech to make thinner and lighter AMOLEDs, showing a 25" TV in November 2008.

Read the latest CMEL news

CMEL's web page

Chimei Innolux

12/23/2009

OLED panel makers

Company description:

Innolux, established in 2003, is based in Taiwan, and is producing TFT-LCD displays. In 2009 Innolux has acquired CMO and TPO, two companies that had OLED subsidiaries. The new company will be called Chimei Innolux. The actual acquisition will take place in May 2010, and we'll have to wait and see how if effects the OLED programs of the two acquired companies.