Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta and UDC Announce OLED Technology License Agreement for Lighting Applications
Submitted by oled on Thu, 14/08/2008 - 04:57.
Konica Minolta and Universal Display Corporation today announced the signing of an OLED Technology License Agreement. Under the agreement, Konica Minolta will be able to integrate Universal Display’s proprietary OLED technologies into Konica Minolta’s white OLED lighting products, thus securing Konica Minolta to accelerate commercialization and to strengthen the competitiveness of its white OLEDs.
Konica Minolta plans to launch OLED lighting products in 2011
Submitted by oled on Thu, 22/05/2008 - 09:05.Konica Minolta plans to launch the OLED lighting equipment by early 2011, Senior Executive Officer Shoei Yamana told the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in Tokyo.
Konica and GE to jointly develop OLED lights, release product within 3 years
Submitted by oled on Tue, 27/03/2007 - 06:57.
Konica Minolta has tied up with GE to jointly develop flexible and thin lighting products using organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology. Konica Minolta said it would aim to release a product within three years, most likely using the GE brand.Company spokeswoman Yuko Ogiso said Konica and GE would develop devices that are thin and can be bent to fit curved surfaces, aiming to offer a new category of lighting while cultivating the business into a new driver of earnings growth. Ogiso said the company did not have any concrete profit or sales forecasts for the OLED business.
Konica Minolta and Universal Display Corporation Strengthen Collaboration in OLED Development
Submitted by oled on Mon, 16/10/2006 - 12:41.
Next Phase to Focus on Konica Minolta's Commercialization of All-Phosphorescent OLED Backlights and Other Lighting Products
Konica Minolta: OLED breakthrough
Submitted by oled on Fri, 30/06/2006 - 05:00.The company said it had developed a lighting device using organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology, a potential new driver of earnings growth.
A Konica Minolta spokesman said it planned to launch the product in the next business year from April 2007, and aimed to generate 20 billion yen ($175 million) in sales from the new business in the year through March 2011.
OLED has primarily been seen as a promising technology for next-generation flat panel displays because OLED screens can produce bright, colourful images visible from a wide viewing angle without consuming a lot of power. But Konica Minolta said it would use the technology to create a device that could be used to illuminate offices and homes. Its new device emits white light at 64 lumens per watt, roughly on par with conventional fluorescent lights.
The new device can last 10,000 hours before its brightness level is cut in half, similar to fluorescent lighting, the spokesman said.
OLEDs are typically built on glass but can also be made on flexible substrates. This could allow for the development of bendable lighting.
