Duksan Hi-Metal (part of the DS Group) is a material maker based in Korea, today mostly providing solder ball for the Korean industry.
DS Hi-Metal has a subsidiary, called DS Neolux, that is a supplier of OLED materials.
In September 2012 Duksan was contracted by UDC to produce OLED host materials in Korea. This collaboration is no longer active.
Contact information for Duksan Hi-Metal
UDC acquires BASF's OLED IP for $96 million
Universal Display announced that it acquired BASF's entire OLED IP portfolio, for 87 Euro million (about $96 million). BASF's IP portfolio, representing 15 years of R&D, includes over 500 issues and pending patents around the world in 86 patent families - mostly regarding phosphorescent OLED materials and technologies. BASF’s OLED portfolio has an average lifetime of 10 years.
UDC says that BASF's patents will help the company develop and deliver an all-phosphorescent emissive stack. Specifically, UDC is believing that this will help the company develop commercial blue emissive systems. Including the new BASF patents, UDC will have over 4,000 issued and pending patents
