CLAP

CLAP logoKorea-based CLAP develops materials and solutions for the organic semiconductors and display industries. The company has over 700 patents.

In 2019 the company signed an agreement with BASF that enables CLAP to manufacture optical films using BASF's Liquid Crystal materials and coating technology. In 2022 CLAP announced it developed a liquid crystal based OLED retardation film.

Cynora

Cynora logoCynora, established in 2003 in Germany, was a developer of materials for OLEDs and OPVs. Cynora started out to develop copper-based OLED compounds, in addition to developing flexible OLED and OPV technologies.

The company later changed direction and focused on TADF OLED emitters, specifically aiming to develop an efficient blue emitter. The company hoped to have a commercial blue by 2017, but it was not successful.

Dowoo Insys

Korea-based Dowoo Insys, established in 2010, is a developer and supplier of glass products for the display industry.

Dowoo Insys develops ultra-thin glass covers for foldable OLED displays. The company provides its glass, which is a treated Schott Glass UTG, to Samsung Display.

 

Samsung Display is the largest shareholder (27%) in Dowoo Insys.

DS Neolux

DS Neolux logoKorea-based DS Neolux, owned by Duksan Hi-Metal (part of the DS Holdings group) produces a wide range of OLED materials.

DS Neolux's main materials ETL, EIL, HTL and HIL. The company also produces a red OLED host materiel and CPL protective layers for AMOLED displays.

DS Neolux is a public company in Korea (213420.KQ).

Duksan Hi-Metal

Duksan Hi-Metal logoDuksan Hi-Metal (part of the DS Group) is a material maker based in Korea, involved in two segments - semiconductor and OLED materials. Duksan produces OLED materials and is a supplier of Samsung Display.

Back in 2008, Duksan bought the Ludis OLED business unit of Sinsung ENG and this is the basis of their AMOLED business unit. The company currently produces many OLED stack materials (but not emitters).

In September 2012 Duksan was contracted by UDC to produce OLED host materials in Korea.

Dynic

Dynic logoDynic Corporation is a multinational company based in Japan, focusing on coating, coloring, laminating and embossing.

Dynic's USA branch has a range of desiccant ("Humidity Getter") products called HG Sheets that are aimed for OLED production.

Dyotechlife

India-based Dyotechlife Pvt is an integrated research, development, and manufacturing organization, specializing in organic electronics materials and diagnostics materials, with services and production ranging from early discover to commercial supply. 

For the OLED industry, Dyotechlife offers OLED intermediates, OLED stack materials, TADF emitters, and more.

e-Ray Optoelectronics Technology

e-Ray Optoelectronics logoe-Ray Optoelectronics Technology was established in 2000 in Taiwan to develop CD-R dyes and quenchers and OLED/PLED materials. The company offers small-molecule OLED electron transport, hole injection, hole transport, emitting materials and dopants.

For PLEDs, e-Ray develops emitting materials and printable materials.

Einsteinium Chemie

Einsteinium Chemie, based in Germany and subsidiary of the SustGreenTech group, produces Deuterium labeled compounds to the various scientific and related industrial applications.

Einsteinium Chemie offers stable isotope-labeled OLED intermediate materials.

EOS Med Chem

EOS Med Chem logoEOS Med Chem was established in 2008, in China, and is a custom material developer (CMO), focusing on the pharmaceutical and OLED markets.

EOS provides custom OLED material synthesis, and says it has customers in China, Korea and the USA.

Eternal Material Technology

Eternal Material Technology logoChina-based Eternal Material Technology Company (EMT, also called Dingcai Technology in China) develops and produces electronic materials, mainly in the fields of displays and photoelectric applications.

The company produces OLED stack materials, including ETL materials and is also developing TADF/TASF materials.

 

In 2021 EMT completed the construction of a 15 tons OLED materials production facility in Hefei.

Excyton

​UK-based Excyton (previously known as PeroLED) was established in 2019 to develop novel light emitting materials, devices and architectures for next-generation displays.

Excyton is currently focused on a novel OLED device structure, called TurboLED, which is a stacked display architecture that uses a combination of light-color and deep-color RGB materials to reduce the power consumption and expand the color gamut of OLED displays. TurboLED can also be applied to other light-emitting display technologies, such as MicroLEDs.

 

In 2020, Excyton received a $2 million seed investment.

Genes'Ink

Genes'Ink logoGenes'Ink offers advanced materials based on proprietary processes for the printed & flexible electronics market. Genes'Ink solutions include conductive and semi‑conductive inks for thin and flexible devices with high conductivity. Genes'Ink industrial solution are used for flexible and organic solar cells and OLED.

Genes'Ink inks are compatible with industrial printing methods and flexible substrates for large scale production. For the OLED market, the company is offering ZnO and AZO inks for ETL layers printing. In July 2013 the company announced a new silver-based solvent conductive ink for digital and screen printing, mainly for printing of efficient and transparent electrodes on flexible substrates for OLED displays.

Green Guardee

Green Guardee logoBeijing Green Guardee, established in 2010, supplies high-purity OLED intermediates. The company has an 8-ton intermediates production plant.

Henan Coreychem

Henan Coreychem logoHenan Coreychem, based in Zhengzhou City in Henan, China, produces and markets intermediates & API materials, catalysts and electronic chemicals.

The OLED industry, the company provides a wide portfolio of intermediate materials.

Henan Ouber Technology

Henan Ouber Technology logoChina-based Henan Ouber Technology develops materials for the pharmaceutical, display and other markets.

For the OLED industry, Henan Ouber Tech produces OLED intermediates, including Trianzines, Carbazole, Amine, Anthracene, Biphenyl, Furan, Naphthalene and Isoquinoline.

Hodogaya Chemical

Hodogaya Chemical logoHodogaya is a chemical company, established in 1915 in Japan, that is involved with functional colorants, functional polymers, basic chemicals, agro-science and more.

For the OLED market, Hodogaya produces mainly HTM and ETM materials (including a soluble HTM). The company is also developing Hole Injection Materials, Emitters and hosts.