OLED history
2010
2009
- January - several new phones announced with large AMOLEDs from Sony, Toshiba and Samsung.
- January - Novaled secures 11.2M$ in funding
- January - the OQO Model 02+ is the first PC with an OLED (5")
- January - LG says they can begin to produce their 15" AMOLEDs within 6 months if they get customers.
- January - CES 2009 gives us 15" OLEDs from LG, 4" flexible display from UDC, a 3" Sony Walkman, transparent OLEDs by Samsung and more.
- February - lot's of new OLED gadgets announcements from Samsung Omnia HD (3.7" OLED), W7900/i7410 projector phone, M7600 Beat DJ phone and the TL320 digital camera (3"). Nokia announced the N86 (2.6") phone.
- February - Samsung sees OLED TVs in 2009 and Flexible OLEDs by 2010.
- March - LG to direct investment to OLEDs
- March - Modistech to release OLED lighting products by 2011
- March - PNNL scientists develop efficient blue OLEDs
- March - Samsung says no OLED TV soon, but going to put AMOLEDs in half of their new touch-screen mobiles
- March - Toshiba bought our Panasonic's stake in TMDisplay, will focus on OLEDs. Panasonic still have plans for OLED TVs together with Toshiba within 2 years.
- April - LG says OLEDs to be adoped widely. Will have OLED products soon, OLED TVs by end of 2009, will cost twice as LCDs.
- April - Philips have started to ship OLED samples, (which you can order online now!), remain committed for 2010 commercial launch. They see tunable color and transparent OLEDs within 3-5 years. See some great photos (more here) and videos (more here) of their OLED lamps.
- April - Sony shows 21" OLED prototype. Might release 2nd generation OLED TV at IFA 2009 (september).
- May - Dupont's new Green OLED materials has over a million hours lifetime
- May - Panasonic teams up with Sumitomo for 40" or larger OLED TVs
- May - Seiko Epson announces new inkjet technology to enable large size HD OLED TVs
- May - Samsung's Ultra Touch S8300 is selling great, 500K units in first month
- May - Samsung: OLED production to quadruple this year, considering next-gen production line
- May - Microsoft unveils the Zune HD with a 3.3" touch AMOLED
- June - Samsung shipping new 800x480 AMOLED panels, and announces new phones with these panels (Omnia 2, Louvre B7610, Haptic)
- June - Samsung claim that their 14.1" and 31" OLED TV panels are ready for production
- June - Samsung claims over 2M pre-orders for the JET phone, and 1.8M for the Ultra Touch
- June - Samsung joins OLED lighting race
- June - LG Displays has a customer that will ship 15" OLED TVs in Korea in December 2009
- July - LG Display to increase capacity, in talks with Nokia to supply OLED panels
- August - Sony delay their next-gen OLED TV to 2010
- August - LG shows their new 15" OLED TV panels
- August - Samsung say they shipped over 2M AMOLED panels in July
- September - Samsung promises an OLED laptop by Q3 2010
- September - Microsoft's Zune HD started shipping, and was sold-out within days
- October - Mitsubishi unveils very-large modular OLED displays
- October - LG will build a new 5G plant, to begin mass-production in 2H 2011
- October - Samsung have achieved 90% yield in their AMOLED plant, and are working 24 hours a day to meet demand
- October - AUO shows new 14" OLED panels, which are "Ready for production"
- November - LG Chem joins the OLED Lighting race, plans products for 2H 2010
- November - Konica Minolta to build a large-scale OLED Lighting plant by march 2014, hopes for a $1 billion business
- November - OSRAM starts to sell their first OLED Lighting product, the ORBEUS
- November - The LG 15" OLED TV is now available in Korea for 2580$
- November - Kyocera stops their OLED program
- December - LG buys Kodak's OLED unit
- December - Google to release the Nexus One phone with a 3.7" touch OLED
- December - OLED shipments rise sharply to over $250 million in Q3 2009
- December - CMO and TPO acquired by Innolux
- December - Doosan to develop and commercialize OLED Lighting
2008
- December - GE to stop working on Incandescent light bulbs - focus on LEDs and OLEDs
- December - Samsung says OLED laptops by 2010, but no OLED TV soon
- December - Project TOPLESS shows an OLED lamp
- November - BASF and OSRAM developed highly efficient white OLEDs
- November - MED is facing financial problems, appoints administration, looking to sell the company
- November - Dresden's COMEDD is open, Germany aims to become an OLED production center
- November - PolyPhotonix is building a new OLED light production line
- November - Zhongxian Tech to build China's first AMOLED plant with 65M$ investment. A new Chinese AMOLED research and production center is announced.
- November - RiTDisplays got orders for 35M PMOLEDs
- November - CMEL introduces new 'MEM' tech to make thinner and lighter AMOLED panels, shows 25" TV
- October - UDC shows flexible OLEDs that are less than 50 micrometer thin
- October - LG are 'cautious' about OLEDs, do not see big investments in the near future
- October - GE says they hope to start selling OLED lighting products in 2010. OSRAM says their own products will be available in 2011/12
- October - China's first OLED production line goes online
- October - CMEL's 7.6" AMOLED panels are now available for purchase
- October - Samsung shows 14" and 31" AMOLED prototypes, might be released in early 2010. Also shows a 40" HD AMOLED and shows interesting flexible and transparent OLEDs.
- September - AMOLED shipments fall, but PMOLED now account for 60% of new MP3 players
- September - Philips offers OLED lighting kits, plans to start selling products in 2009
- September - Kodak announces a wireless digital photo frame with a 7.6" AMOLED (made by CMEL)
- August - TMDisplay develops 2.2" OLED with world's longest lifetime and best efficiency
- August - Utah researchers: OLEDs will not be as efficient as previously thought
- August - Several new devices are announced with AMOLEDs: Nokia N85, iRiver SPINN, Cowon S9 curve, iRiver Unit2 (4.3") and others
- July - DisplayBank estimates 7.1M AMOLED units produced in first half of 2008
- July - TMDisplay to invest 140M$ on production lines for 2.5" AMOLED, sets target output of 1.5M a month
- July - Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDI to join forces on OLEDs, make new "Samsung Mobile Displays" unit
- July - LGDisplay to invest 100M$ in new production lines for "smaller then 10 inch" displays
- July - Japanese government and companies team up to develop OLED tech
- June - Hitachi and Canon to make small/medium OLED panels for digital cameras
- June - Major investment in OLED production is announced by Samsung (530$) and LG Display
- June - The OLLA project delivers its final milestone, a followup project (oled100.eu) is announced
- June - UDC shows white OLED with over 100 lm/W
- June - LG Display officially open OLED division and production line
- June - AUO are reportedly back into OLED research (since January 2008)
- June - CMEL gets 21M$ for a new AMOLED production line
- May - Toshiba postpones large OLED TVs, to ship small/medium panels late in 2008
- May - Samsung shows 12.1" OLED for laptops, plans to release OLEDs ranging from 2" to 31" (15 different sizes)
- May - LGDisplay shows 15" XGA OLED TV
- May - Sony goes ahead with 200M$ investment, will release 27" OLED TV within 12 months
- April - OSRAM shows world's first OLED lamp
- April - Sony showcases thin OLED panels
- March - Kodak and LG display sign AMOLED cross-licensing agreement
- March - Samsung SDI’s AMOLEDs Reach Mass Production
- March - GE Demonstrates World's First "Roll-to-Roll" Manufactured OLEDs
- March - OLED Lighting Technology from OSRAM Achieves New Levels of Efficiency and Lifetime
- February - Sony to spend 200M$ on OLED production tech
- January - Sony sold first batch (1,300 units) of XEL-1 in one day, starts to sell the TV in US as well
- January - Lot's of new AMOLED products announced (Samsung camera, iRiver A/V player, several mobile phones in Japan)
- January - CMEL producing 150,000 panels a months, gets orders for 7.6" panels from kodak
- January - Panasonic says no OLED TV till 2012-2014
2007
- December - Toshiba shelves plans to sell OLED TVs in 2009/10
- December - Samsung says will have 31" AMOLED TV prototype in CES, Commercial 40" TVs in 2010, and 14" panels in 2008
- November - Novaled reaches 100,000h lifetime for a highly efficient white OLED
- November - The world's first OLED TV, the Sony XEL-1 (11") starts to sell in Japan for 1,800$
- October - Sony announces the XEL-1, the first ever OLED TV (11")
- October - Samsung SDI and LG expand AMOLED production lines, fulfill orders
- October - CMEL begin shipment of ~2" AMOLED panels, showcases 4.3" and 7.6" panels
- October - Seiko Epson expanded OLED lifetime, to start making OLED panels (8" to 21")
- October - Samsung SDI shows OLED roadmap and claims 21" monitors in 2009, 42" HD TVs by 2010 and OLED lighting 'soon'
- August - Sumitomo plans OLED TVs by 2009
- July - LG Electronics moves into AMOLED mass production
- July - CMEL sampling 2.4" AMOLED panels
- July - Sumitomo acquires CDT for 285M$
- May - Mitsubishi to enter OLED market
- May - Novaled Achieving Groundbreaking Lifetimes For fluorescent PIN OLEDs
- May - Sony shows Flexible OLEDs
- May - Samsung SDI to make OLED TVs in 2009
- April - Sony to sell 11" OLED TVs in 2007
- April - TMDisplay to sell 21" OLED TVs in 2009
- April - Toshiba plans to launch 30" OLED TVs in 2009 (Update: in December 2007 Toshiba shelved those plans)
- March - KDDI starts selling a phone with a 2.4" AMOLED display.
- March - Konica Minolta and GE to jointly develop OLED light products.
- February - Sony begins production of AMOLED panels.
- January - Sony showcases 27" and 11" OLED TVs at CES. Says might start production at 2008.
2006
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