US-based Amorphyx develops amorphous-metals based display backplanes, which can be used to drive displays using quantum-tunneling. The company says that such backplanes will enable extremely fast conductivity and thus "unlimited" refresh rates.
Amorphyx's AMNR-based backplane are compatible with LCDs, OLEDs and e-paper displays.
OPTIS, based in France, provided software simulation of light and lighting technologies.
The company's SPEOS light and optical simulation software supports OLED since 2012 and can assist both designers and OLED panel makers. In 2018 Optis was acquired by Ansys.
Ares Materials was established in 2014 as a spin-out from the University of Texas, with an aim to commercialize novel flexible electronics materials.
In 2018 Ares launched a mechanical lift-off technology called Easybond for flexible OLED production. The company is also developing a flexible electronics substrate called Pylux, based on a polysulfide thermoset polymer.
Established in 1907 in Japan, Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC) is one of the world's top glass makers. AGC produces architectural glass, automotive glass and also glass for electronic products.
For the display market, AGC offers substrate glass for both LCD and OLED displays. For the OLED market, AGC developed the low-thermal shrinkage AN Wizus glass. The company is also developing ultra-thin flexible glass for flexible and foldable displays.
AsTEK is a privatly held company, based in Korea, that offers sapphire substrates, wafers and ingots. In January 2009 AsTEK bought Leadis' display driver business, which included both PMOLED drivers and AMOLED drivers (although Leadis remained the owner of the AMOLED EpiC technology IP).
BASF Coatings, a division of BASF, develops, produces and markets a high-quality range of innovative automotive coatings, automotive refinishes and decorative paints.
Following BASF 2016 acquisition of Chemeteall, the Coatings division now supplies applied surface treatments for metal, plastic and glass substrates in a wide range of industries and end markets. For the OLED market, BASF Coatings provide flexible barrier (encapsulation) solutions.
Beneq is a supplier of production and research equipment for advanced thin film coatings. Beneq's offering includes dedicated coating equipment for barrier films and device encapsulation for the OLED industry.
Beneq coating technology, atomic layer deposition (ALD), is suited for encapsulation of OLED panels, including flexible OLEDs. The company announced it supplied an ALD encapsulation system to a leading Asian OLED maker in 2012.
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 was the largest shareholder in Dowoo Insys, but it sold its shares to New Power Plasma. Dowoo Insys plans to IPO in 2025.
Encapsulix, established in 2010 in France, develops ALD equipment for thin-film deposition. Encapsulix developed an ALD reactor configuration (injector, doser, reaction chamber) which is infinitely geometrically scale able.
The company focuses on encapsulation and ultra-barrier coatings applications specifically for OLED (lighting and display), flexible organic electronics, data storage and other emerging applications.
In January 2017 Encapsulix announced that a "leading Asian AMOLED maker" has chosen its ALD-TFE systems for industrial-scale flexible OLED encapsulation. The company also supplied R&D systems to Blackbody and Leti.
