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Japanese government and companies team up to develop OLED tech

oled — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:12:08 -0400

The Japanese government will team up with several Japanese companies to develop key-technologies for producing large-size OLED panels. The aim is to cut the development cost for the Japanese companies, to be better able to compete against Samsung and LG, and the Japanese government will pitch in around 32$M.

CDT, Sumitomo Chemical and Novaled will collaborate to evaluate Novaled PIN OLED™ structures in Polymer OLED devices

oled — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:09:16 -0400

CDT, Sumitomo and Novaled plan to co-develop hybrid OLED devices combining both new polymer emitting layers and doped electron transport layers. It is expected that these hybrid devices will offer further improvements in power efficiency without additional manufacturing complexity. The parties have reached an agreement on how IP generated during the JDA will be handled. Further, Novaled will grant a license to CDT enabling CDT to add necessary Novaled device IP to its existing and future licenses. Each company will remain responsible to market its own materials resulting from this co-development.

The OLED Association

oled — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:59:36 -0400

There's a new OLED group that has just been formed - the OLED Association (OLED-A). The group is mananged by Barry Young (Former senior VP, Display Search).

There are ten members in the group - Cambridge Display/Sumitomo, Corning, DuPont, Kodak, eMagin, Ignis, MicroEmissive Displays, Novaled, OLED-T, Samsung SDI, and Universal Display, and OLED-A are working to add more members.

OLED-A will "provide the forum for solving common technology issues" and "developing standards for measuring and reporting performance" (materials will be an initial focus), as well as creating "a common marketing platform" to promote the cause to the display, solid-state lighting, photovoltaic, organic semiconductors, and other OLED-friendly sectors.

Sumitomo Chemical to Launch 40" OLED TV production in 2009

oled — Sun, 11 May 2008 02:17:03 -0400

Sumitomo Chemical said that in 2009, it plans to launch the production and sales of large-screen OLED display panels for use in televisions of 40 inches or larger. They are also considering forming alliances for the development of the panels.

What the future holds for OLED TVs

oled — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:12:28 -0500

In november 2007 Sony has started to sell their 11" OLED TV (the XEL-1). This is an exciting move by Sony, but this cannot be considered a real commercial OLED TV. They are only producing 2,000 of those units monthly, the price is extremly high - around 1,800$ for a 11" TV (and Sony admits they are losing money on each unit). Even the power consumption of those TVs is rather high - higher than compatiable LCDs.

CDT and Sumation Announce Further Improved Performance of Green and Red P-OLED Materials

oled — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:34:44 -0400

Data from spin coated devices using a common cathode and interlayer material demonstrate lifetimes for recently developed solution-processable green and red P-OLED materials of 78,000 hours and 67,000 hours, respectively, from an initial luminance of 1000 candelas per square meter, or cd/m2.

Cambridge Display Technology Announces Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results

oled — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:28:15 -0400

Total revenues for the second quarter of 2007 were $2.7 million, compared with $2.7 million for the same period last year. The increase in revenue for equipment and supplies caused by a major ink sale in the second quarter of 2007 was offset by slightly reduced license revenue.

Sumitomo Chemical talks about their P-OLED plans - a TV by 2009

oled — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:34:35 -0400

"We will commercialize a display, which is not a TV, in 2008. Then in 2009 to 2010, we will strive to release an organic EL TV product." He explained that the color purity of emitted RGB light is equivalent to that of low-molecular organic EL materials.

"We consider developing not only materials but also application devices since we recently begun to know we can also extend a life and efficiency by changing the material's structure," he said, citing the green organic EL material's light-emitting efficiency as the company's current challenges to be addressed.

Sumitomo Chemical Company to Acquire CDT

oled — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:09:08 -0400

Sumitomo Chemical Company and Cambridge Display Technology today jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby Sumitomo Chemical will acquire CDT, a developer of technologies based on polymer organic light emitting diodes (P-OLEDs). Under the merger agreement, Sumitomo Chemical will acquire all outstanding shares of CDT common stock at a price of $12 per share in cash, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $285 million. The merger consideration represents a 107 percent premium over CDT's 90-day average closing share price and a 95 percent premium over CDT's closing share price of $6.15 on July 30.

Sumitomo Chemical to produce OLED panels in 2008

oled — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:42:38 -0400

According to Digitimes, Sumitomo Chemical will invest 40M$ in an OLED production line in Japan, and will start to produce panels in 2008.