BOE officially starts mass producing IT AMOLED displays at its 8.6-Gen B16 fab in Chengdu
BOE held a grand ceremony in Chengdu today, to mark the official launch of its B16 8.6-Gen IT AMOLED fab in Chengdu - which is now starting to mass produce commercial displays. This is an exciting moment for the OLED industry, as now both BOE and Samsung Display are mass producing OLEDs at 8.6-Gen lines.
BOE's first products out of this new line will be 14-inch 2.8K laptop OLED panels. At the ceremony, BOE revealed more then ten customers including Lenovo, Honor, Vivo, Oppo, ZTE, Xiaomi, Transsion, and Nothing.
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A couple of months ago we reported that Samsung Electronics, aiming to reduce its cost structure, has ordered 15 million AMOLED panels from CSOT, that are adopted in the 2026 Galaxy A57 and S FE models smartphones.
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BOE to start mass producing 14-inch laptop OLED panels at its 8.6-Gen OLED line in Chengdu by the end of the month
BOE is accelerating its B16 8.6-Gen IT AMOLED fab in Chengdu, and according to the latest updates from Korea, the company will begin mass production by the end of this month (May 2026).
BOE's first products out of this new line will be 14-inch laptop OLED panels, and it will supply the first batch to ASUS and Acer (this was already reported last year). It is likely that BOE will take time to fully ramp up the new production line, but the first commercial production is an important step. BOE originally planned to begin production towards the end of 2026, but it has managed to accelerate and begin production sooner.
BOE to supply 24.5" WOLED monitor panels to ASUS from its pilot 8.5-Gen line
Reports from Korea suggest that BOE will begin supplying 24.5" WOLED (WRGB) monitor panels to ASUS. BOE will start shipping panels later this year.
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It is reported that this will be the first time that BOE ships commercial panels out of its WOLED 8.5-Gen pilot line in Hefei, but the company is actually already shipping some commercial panels. In any case, the quantities will be limited (as the pilot line capacity is very small).
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In early 2026 it was reported that BOE has been suffering from disruptions at its B11 AMOLED production line, which is where BOE produces smartphone AMOLED displays for Apple's iPhones. The production line started having quality issues at some of the processes, and BOE halted production already in November 2025. Apple had to increase its orders from Samsung Display.
According to the latest report from China, BOE finally managed to over come these issues, and has restarted production for Apple a couple of weeks ago, as the US company verified and approved BOE's latest AMOLEDs.
