Romical

Romical was established in 2016 in Korea, to develop and produce OLED lighting solutions. The company also offers security lighting solutions and software development services.

Romical says it developed a technology to increase light output in OLED panels, that will enable it to produce high performance OLED panels - an efficiency of 220 lm/w, long lifetime (70,000 hours), no heat output and a low cost. The company acquired the OLED production facilities of NeoView Kolon.

Romical is also targeting the healthcare market, with OLED light therapy patches, and have established a subsidiary called Photonic Bio Co., Ltd in Korea.

Romical is collaborating with KIAST to develop new OLED technologies.

 

Sumitomo Chemical

Sumitomo Chemical has been established in 1913, and since then has been researching and producing industrial chemicals and materials. Sumitomo has been working with CDT on PLED materials, and has acquired the company in July 2007.

Sumitomo is focused on OLED materials for lighting (after their partnership with Panasonic for OLED TVs did not take off). In early 2016 the OLED-A published the performance of Sumitomo's soluble OLED materials.

Sumitomo's materials are used by JOLED in its printed monitors, and in 2018 Sumitomo invested in JOLED.

Toshiba

Toshiba logoToshiba Corporation, based in Japan, is a multinational engineering and electronics corporation. Toshiba develops a wide range of products and services such as information technology equipment, components and materials, power stations, lighting, consumer electronics, household appliances and more.

Toshiba used to develop OLED Lighting panels, with plans to enter the market in 2015 - which never materialized. Toshiba, together with Sony and Hitachi, formed Japan Display in 2011. The company also develops flexible OLED panels.

Today the company is producing OLED TVs (using WOLED panels produced by LGD).

Yeolight Technology

Yeolight logoYeolight Technology was spun-off Visionox in May 2015 to act as an independent company focusing on OLED lighting. The company produces and supplies OLED lighting panels.

In November 2016 Yeolight introduced its first OLED lamp, using panels acquired from LG Display. Since then the company started to produce its own lighting panels, and in 2017 announced it is targeting the automotive market (among other markets).

 

In 2020 Yeolight announced that the Hongqi H9 Sedan, which launched in China, uses the company's OLED taillights.