LGDisplay are cautious about OLEDs , do not see big investments soon

LGD’s aim is to approach investment of AMOLED in a careful way. Kwon said, Expect for Nokia, no company shows aggressive leadership. Considering productivity and original cost, there will be no big investments for AMOLED.

LGD considered mass-production investment for AM OLED panel but decided to invest in only 1 line of 3.5 generation. And Toki was selected as major equipment supplier for equipment.

Read the full story Posted: Oct 16,2008

New Report : OLED Backlighting Market Will Reach $1.1 Billion By 2015

This report analyzes and forecasts the rapidly emerging market for OLED lighting and answers important questions on which segments of the lighting market will see the first penetration of OLED lighting and when and what are the likely improvements that we will see in lifetimes, luminance and efficiency over the coming years.

Key findings:

  • The unit costs of OLED lights are likely to remain higher than older general lighting technologies but the extra costs will be offset by improved OLED lifetimes and efficiencies. During 2008, OLED lifetimes improved from 24 Khrs to 100 Khrs. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Energy now expects OLED lighting to reach 150 lm/W efficiency in 2012 rather than 2014 as previously forecast. NanoMarkets believes that these and other improvements in OLEDs will drive the general illumination market to $2.3 billion in revenues by 2015.
  • Manufacturing processes for OLEDs have also progressed significantly. GE and the Fraunhofer Institute have both demonstrated roll-to-roll manufacturing of OLED lighting which will ultimately lead to significant cost improvements in OLED fabrication. Low cost printing approaches and new small molecule inks will also help propel OLEDs into the backlighting market. NanoMarkets expects that the OLED backlighting market will reach $1.1 billion by 2015. And while the first OLED lighting panels are quite small, the recent scaling up of factories in Asia to build large OLED displays will certainly benefit the manufacturing infrastructure for OLED lighting and lead to larger panels within a few years.
  • The flat and flexible format presented by OLEDs creates an opportunity to design high-value added lighting fixtures with an appeal to upscale consumers and especially architects. During 2008, lighting designer Ingo Maurer introduced the world's first OLED "function table light" and researchers at GE are targeting lighted curtains and lighted wallpaper. By 2015, NanoMarkets projects that sales of OLED architectural and specialist industrial lighting will reach $1.9 billion 
Read the full story Posted: Oct 15,2008

GE hope to start selling OLED lighting products in 2010


GE hopes to start making several-feet-wide OLEDs soon. Their goal is start selling such products in 2010, but they know it's a very aggresive target, and they might not make it.



Since the production runs will be small by then, the prices won't be
accessible to the average consumer. But the luminous OLEDs could show
up in niche, luxury settings, like casinos or fancy restaurants, where
the thin and flexible lights could allow the creation of striking
architectural or artistic effects.


Read the full story Posted: Oct 12,2008

OLEDs can be used to make touch light controllers


OLEDs are a 'cold' flat light source - they emit no heat - and thus are safe to touch. This means that it's possible to use them as a touch-light-controller. The Fraunhofer IPMS institute showed (at the Plastic electronics 2008 conference) the world's such device



The touch function generate a completely new feeling of light. It´s
like magic: turn on the light simply by a hand movement, noted Jörg
Amelung, head of business unit of organic materials and systems at the
Fraunhofer IPMS.



Read more here (Science daily)


Read the full story Posted: Oct 10,2008

7.6" AMOLED panels now available...


We've just got word from an OLED world-wide reseller that we're in touch with - and they got 7.6" AMOLED panels (CMEL) on sale - in fact they are shipping evaluation samples. The displays go 16:9 aspect ratio,
800x480 resolution and white to black contrast ratio of 30,000:1.



If anyone is interested in more information about these panels, please contact me here.



Read the full story Posted: Oct 09,2008