RitDisplay

RiTdisplay develops OLED touch panels

oled — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:10:37 -0400

RiTDisplay has developed passive-matrix OLED touch panels. The panels come in 3 sizes (1.1", 1.8", 3.1"), and are ready for production.

Global Industry Analysts: Global Market for OLED Displays to Exceed U.S. $4.5 Billion by 2010

oled — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:00:00 -0400

The global Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display industry is anticipated to experience stupendous growth in the coming five years according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Major OLED manufacturers are upgrading their production techniques to offer quality products, so as to stay ahead in the highly intense competitive environment.

Q3'07 OLED Display Revenues Disappoint as Samsung SDI's AMOLED Program Is Slow to Reach Full Production

oled — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:11:49 -0500

In what was expected to be a strong quarter with Samsung SDI reaching their full production goal of 1.5 million AMOLED displays per month, the company barely reached the 100K mark down from 350K in Q2’07 as reported in DisplaySearch’s latest Quarterly OLED Shipment and Forecast Report. The low production level left the OLED display industry with revenues of only US$78.3M in Q3’07 down 38% Y/Y and 31% Q/Q. Shipments were 15.5M for the quarter, down 32% Y/Y and 22% Q/Q. The low production for the industry was also impacted by LGE, one of the industry leaders, shifting resources from PMOLEDs to AMOLEDs and shipping only 310K units vs. 3.1M in the prior quarter and Sony with no AMOLED production as the company prepared to begin shipping the XEL-1, the world’s first AMOLED TV in December ’07. The news was not all bad as:

RiTdisplay had a record quarter and led in revenues with US$31.0M and units with US$6.4M.
Pioneer was #2 in units and #3 in shipments, while Samsung SDI, the only company shipping both PMOLEDs and AMOLEDs, was #3 in units and #2 in shipments.
Samsung SDI has already upped its production and expects to ship >2M units in Q4’07, while RiTdisplay should continue its explosive performance with shipments of more than 7M units, a new record for one supplier.
Chi Mei EL also started production of AMOLED displays with volume of 16K, a number they expect to double in Q4’07.
MED joined eMagin as the only two companies shipping microdisplay-based OLEDs.

Samsung SDI was able to announce a number of design wins with the Japanese mobile phone carrier AU announcing AMOLED main display mobile phones by Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, Hitachi and Sanyo. Previously, Samsung SDI announced design wins with Nokia and Kyocera. The new AMOLED main displays are all in the 2.8” category, which should help the mobile phone makers recover the premium prices charged for AMOLED displays.

DisplaySearch - OLED Displays Break Out of Slump; Units Up 71% and Revenues Up 56% Y/Y

oled — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:12:46 -0400

DisplaySearch revealed in its latest Quarterly OLED Shipment and Forecast Report that Q1'07 OLED shipments were 19.1M, up 71%Y/Y and revenues were $121M, up 56% Y/Y. Shipments and revenue were down Q/Q, 14% and 13%, respectively, due to seasonality. OLED displays compete with LCDs in small/medium applications such as mobile phone main displays and sub-displays, MP3s, and automotive consoles.

CMEL, RiTdisplay get new orders for mobile-phone OLED displays

oled — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:54:44 -0400

Digitimes reports that CMEL got orders for 300,000 monthly units of AMOLED displays for mobile phones, from Sharp. CMEL currently has a capacity of 200K-300K units, and has placed orders for new equipment.

Research and Markets release new OLED markets report

oled — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:08:24 -0500

The new report builds upon the firm's ongoing coverage of the organic electronics market previously released in several earlier reports. It forecasts major markets for OLEDs including mobile displays, televisions, computer displays, automotive, consumer electronics, backlighting and general illumination. In addition, the report reviews new developments in OLED production and materials. The report discusses the strategies of leading suppliers and technology developers including Add-Vision, AUO, CDT, Delta Optoelectronics, eMagin, GE, Kodak, LG Electronics, Matsushita, MicroEmissive Displays, Novaled, OSRAM, Pioneer, RiT, Samsung, Seiko Epson, TDK, Toshiba, Univision and many others.

Sony have began production of AMOLEDs in Q1/07

oled — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:50:14 -0500

In its latest Quarterly OLED Shipment and Forecast Report, DisplaySearch also disclosed the following -

DisplaySearch Announces 2006 OLED Display Shipments Up 29% but Revenues Down 3%

oled — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:49:22 -0500

DisplaySearch revealed in its latest Quarterly OLED Shipment and Forecast Report that 2006 OLED shipments were 72.1M, up 29%, and revenues were $475M, down 3%, as the ASP dropped 24% Y/Y. OLED displays compete with LCDs in small/medium applications such as mobile phone main displays and sub-displays, MP3s, and automotive consoles. The top six suppliers had a market share of 92.4% as the industry continued to consolidate.

Kolon Industries to invest in RiTDisplay, gets 80% of company

oled — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:32:04 -0500

Kolon will invest US$100 million to acquire an 80 percent stake in Ritdisplay, which will be turned into a new company by next April. Kolon Industries is a South Korean company, set up in 1957 and is involved in fiber, industrial materials and bioengineering.

Samsung SDI tops global OLED market in 3Q

oled — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:11:03 -0500

Samsung SDI captured 24% of the 21-million-unit OLED market in the third quarter of 2006, shipping 5.1 million units, according to a Korean-language press release issued by market research firm OLEDNET.

Taiwan-based RiTdisplay ranked second with 3.9 million units sold, followed by LGE with 3.7 million units, Pioneer with 3.2 million and Univision Technology with three million.