Chemical companies

Idemitsu Kosan is a Japanese company, founded in 1911, to engage in oil distribution, and over the years they have gained experience in fuel products and basic chemicals, plastics, electronic materials and OLED materials.

Idemitsu Kosan are working towards OLED materials together with Sony, LG Display, Mitsui chemicals and UDC. 

Idemitsu Kosan's web page

Sumitomo Chemical has been established in 1913, and since then has been researching and producing industrial chemicals and materials. Sumitomo has been working with CDT on PLED materials, and has acquired the company in July 2007.

Sumitomo plans to produce OLED TVs, and have teamed up with Panasonic to make 40" and larger sets by 2010.

Sumitomo's web site

Sensient Imaging Technologies GmbH, subsidiary of the US based Sensient Technologies Corporation, is a German manufacturer of highly specialized performance chemicals for OLED displays and laser printing equipment. Sensient started its OLED R&D activities in 1998. Sensient is a supplier of "classical" OLED materials, e. g. Alq3, a-NPB, BAlq, Rubrene, but also of innovative materials, e. g. high TG hole transporters, electron conductors/ matrix materials for phosphorescent systems and phosphorescent emitters.

SIT has invested into 10 independent sublimation lines with a total capacity of up to 80 kg per month, and they have an in-house application lab for device and life time testing guaranteed consist OLED performance and product quality.
Sensient is a participant in the European OLLA - Project on OLED for lighting application.  

Sensient's web site

Goodfellow supplies pure metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers and composites as discs, sheets, foils, rods, wires and tubes, etc., to the research (R&D) and industrial markets. Goodfellow has a stock of over 45,000 catalogue items, and have sold several materials to OLED companies including ITO, cadmium, gold and polymers.

Shenyang Syndy chemistry institute is a private-owned R&D enterprise based in China. Syndychem mainly engage in R&D of chemical drugs  and function chemicals synthesis. Syndy is a OLED materials manufacturer.

Syndy's web page 

Merck is a global pharmaceutical and chemical company based in Germany, with a history that goes back to 1668. The company designs, develops and manufactures a wide range of specialised materials including high performance light emitting materials for OLEDs. The OLED business belongs to Mercks' Liquid-Crystal (LC) unit.

In February 2005, Merck acquired Covion, and in October 2008 Merck acquired all of OLED-T's IP.

In February 2009, we interviewed Dr. Udo Heider, VP of OLED unit at Merck.

Merck-OLED web page