2018
- January - LGD brings a rollable 65" OLED TV to CES 2018
- January - ASUS launches the first monitor to adopt JOLED's printed 21.6" 4K OLEDs
- January - LG Display developed the world's first 88" 8K OLED display
- February - A Taiwanese LCD and OLED maker to develop OTFT backplanes with SmartKem
- March - Google and LGD developed a 1443 PPI 4.3" 120Hz VR AMOLED display
- March - OLEDWorks starts producing flexible OLED lighting panels
- March - BOE announces its third flexible AMOLED Line
- March - The 2018 Audi A8 is the world's first car with an AMOLED display
- March - The Galaxy S9 has the world's best ever mobile display
- April - OSRAM pulls outs of the OLED lighting market
- May - Visionox starts producing flexible OLEDs at its 6-Gen fab in Hebei
- May - Samsung demonstrates a 1200 PPI VR AMOLED display
- June - JOLED announces official plans for a 5.5-Gen printed OLED fab in Ishikawa, Japan
- June - Royole starts to produce flexible OLEDs at its Quasi-6-Gen fab in Shenzhen
- July - Tianma to expand its 6-Gen flexible OLED production line in Wuhan
- July - China approves LG Display's Guangzhou OLED TV fab
- August - Sharp starts producing AMOLED displays in limited volume
- September - Apple launches two new OLED iPhones, and the LTPO Watch Series 4
- October - LGD says its OLED TV business is profitable for the first time
- October - Kuntech announces plans to build a 6-Gen flexible OLED line
- October - The Korea government to establish a $470 million OLED R&D center
- October - Visionox announces plans to build a 2nd 6-Gen flexible OLED line in Hefei
- October - AUO to establish an OLED ink-jet printing production line
2017
- January - Sony launches its first real OLED TV, the A1E
- February - BOE Display to establish a $145 million OLED TV production line in Hefei
- March - BOE and OLiGHTEK launch a $167 million OLED Microdisplay joint venture
- March - Samsung demonstrates 1200PPI VR AMOLEDs and polarizer-free OLED displays
- April - TianMa starts producing rigid and flexible AMOLED panels
- April - LG Display unveils an OLED art installation with 30,000 panels
- May - JOLED starts to sample 21.6" 4K printed OLED monitors
- May - Samsung demonstrates a 9.1" stretchable AMOLED prototype
- May - BOE starts producing flexible OLEDs at its 6-Gen fab in Chengdu
- June - LG developed a 77" flexible and transparent 4K OLED display
- June - Samsung start constructing its A4 flexible OLED fab
- July - Truly to construct a 6-Gen flexible AMOLED fab in Meishan, China
- July - EU's PI-SCALE project produces 10 meter long OLED Lighting panels
- July - Wisechip to commercialize Hyperfluorescence TADF PMOLEDs by year's end
- July - Sumitomo starts to promote PLED for OLED display production
- August - LG launches the V30 with an LGD-made 6" flexible P-OLED
- August - Japan Display to strategically focus on OLED displays
- September - Royole raises $800 million in its series-D funding round
- September - Cynora raises €25 million from LG Display and Samsung
- September - Apple announces the iPhone X with a 5.8" AMOLED display
- September - Mercedes unveils its first cars with OLED taillights
- September - LGD shipped over 200,000 OLED TV panels in September 2017
- October - Innolux starts mass producing flexible AMOLED displays
- October - LGD's new P-OLED displays disappoint reviewers and consumers
- October - BOE officially starts to produce flexible smartphone OLED panels in Chengdu
- November - IKEA launches its first OLED lamp, the Vitsand chandelier
- November - Apple's iPhone X OLED is the world's best mobile display
- December - OLED revenues reach over $5 billion in Q3 2017
- December - LG starts mass production at its 5-Gen OLED Lighting fab
- December - JOLED starts commercial shipments of its printed 21.6" OLEDs
- December - Korea approves LGD's plan to build an OLED TV fab in China
2016
- January - Coherent sees massive ELA orders for OLED makers in Korea, Japan and China
- January - LG to convert an LCD fab to OLED TV production in a $380 million investment
- January - JDI announces it will start OLED mass production in 2018
- January - OLED monitors and laptops finally arrive
- February - BOE's 6-Gen flexible AMOLED fab confirmed, will begin mass production in 2017
- February - SDC starts supplying flexible OLEDs to Chinese mobile phone makers
- March - IHS says a 5" FHD AMOLED costs less than an equivalent LCD
- March - OLED-Info launches the OLED Marketplace, an online OLED catalog
- March - LGD starts building a 5-Gen OLED lighting fab
- March - Mercedes to use LGD's 12.3" flexible OLED panels in future cars
- March - SDC invests $325 million to expand flexible OLED production
- March - New startup raises $13 million to commercialize Kyushu's TADF emitters
- April - LGD to invest a further $275 million in flexible OLED production expansion
- April - Audi unveils the 2016 TT RS, the world's first car with OLED taillights
- April - JOLED developed 12.2" and 19.3" OLED prototypes using printing technology
- May - Kateeva raises $88 million from BOE, TCL and others
- June - UDC acquires BASF's OLED IP for $96 million
- June - SDC demonstrated a 806 PPI OLED prototype for VR applications
- June - SDC demonstrates transparent and mirror automotive OLEDs
- July - LGD commits to an additional 6-Gen flexible OLED line, the E6 line
- August - TCL announces a $6.96 billion LCD/AMOLED IGZO Gen-11 fab in Shenzhen
- August - SDC scraps plans to produce 55" transparent OLEDs
- August - SDC cannot supply enough AMOLEDs to meet customer demand
- September - Solvay quits the OLED market, sells its IP to Nissan Chemical Industries
- September - Kateeva take a commanding lead in OLED TFE
- September - Merck's €30 Million OLED materials production plant is now online
- October - BOE announces a $6.87 billion Gen-6 AMOLED fab in Sichuan
- October - Apple launches new MacBook Pro laptops with an OLED Touch Bar
- October - Sharp to setup two OLED pilot production lines in a $570 million investment
- November - Truly starts mass producing AMOLED displays
- November - Skyworth announces a new OLED TV with panels supplied by BOE
- December - Kopin to enter the OLED microdisplay market as a fabless producer
- December - EverDisplay officially launches its 6-Gen flexible AMOLED fab in Shanghai
2015
- January - LG Chem starts producing 320x320 mm OLED lighting panels
- January - LG announces nine new OLED TVs, including the world's first bendable TV
- February - Planar shows the world's largest transparent OLED display prototype (55")
- February - Samsung announce plans to invest $3.6 billion in OLED expansion
- February - LG Display more than double their flexible OLED production capacity
- February - Konica Minolta ships 15,000 flexible OLEDs to the world's largest installation
- March - Samsung announces the Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge
- April - Samsung and LG end all legal disputes
- April - OLEDWorks to acquire Philips' OLED lighting unit
- May - BOE starts constructing a Gen-6 LCD/AMOLED fab in Chengdu
- May - IGNIS develops world's first mobile HDR OLED display, raises $14 million
- May - LG Display demonstrates 0.97 mm thick 55" flat OLED TV panels
- May - World's largest OLED display (81") developed using seamless flexible tiles
- June: Visionox starts commercial AMOLED production
- June - Samsung Display unveils 55" transparent and mirror OLED displays
- June - OLEDWorks to invest $73 million in a US-based OLED lighting fab
- July - LG Display to invest $900 million in a 6-gen flexible OLED fab
- August - AUO shows a bendable OLED with integrated sensors
- August - LG shifts all display focus to OLED, to invest $8.5 billion in OLED capacity
- August - Everdisplay demonstrates world's first a 6" 4K (734 PPI) AMOLED display
- September - Panasonic unveil their first OLED TV
- October - LG Display acquires LG Chem's OLED lighting business for $142 million
- October - BMW's M4 GTS, with its OLED taillights, go into limited production
- October - DuPont opens a $20 million scale-up soluble OLED material production facility
- November - LG announce plans to construct a new $8.7 billion OLED fab
- November - ITRI developed a highly efficient blue OLED emitter
2014
- January - CES 2014 hosts several new OLED TV prototypes and products, led by LG
- January - Samsung confirms a 5" QHD AMOLED panel, to expand OLEDs to new applications
- February - Samsung's Gear Fit smart fitness band launches with a 1.84" curved flexible OLED
- Febraury - LG Display still hopes to produce 60" transparent flexible UHD OLEDs by 2017
- March - LG keeps lowering their OLED TV prices, now down to $5,999 (55" curved FHD)
- March - Skyworth launches China's first OLED TV using LGD's 55" curved FHD panels
- March - Futaba film curved PMOLEDs now commercial, adopted by Huawei
- March - LG Chem launches the world's largest OLED lighting panel at 320x320 mm
- March - Pioneer and Mitsubishi begin to mass produce cheap wet-coated OLED lighting panels
- March - Konica Minolta announces a flexible CT OLED lighting R2R fab (1 million panels/month)
- March - LG launches 77", 65" and 55" 4K and FHD OLED TVs in Korea
- March - Konica Minolta developed the world's most efficient OLED panel at 131 lm/W
- March - Experts find the GS5's display to be the best mobile display ever
- March - New blue TADF OLED emitters are as efficient as the best blue PHOLEDs
- April - AUO developed a 5.7" WQHD (513PPI) AMOLED panel
- May - LG Chem cuts OLED lighting prices by 60%
- May - Changhong launches its first OLED TV using LGD panels
- June - Samsung launches new AMOLED tablets with the world's best tablet displays
- June - Samsung starts producing 5.1" QHD (2560x1440, 577 PPI) Super AMOLED panels
- June - SEL and sharp show a 13.3" 8K (664 PPI) AMOLED prototype
- June - Konica Minolta developed the world's most efficient OLED panel at 139 lm/W
- June - SEL and Nokia developed foldable OLED prototypes
- July - Everdisplay ships AMOLED samples to customers
- July - OLED-Info is ten years old!
- July - LGD shows 18" flexible and transparent OLED panel prototypes
- July - LG Display signs deals to supply flexible OLEDs to German car makers
- August - AU Optronics finally starts AMOLED production (1.63", 4.3" and 5")
- August - LG launches the world's first 4K OLED TVs in Korea (55", 65" and 77")
- August - Sony, Panasonic and JDI launches a new OLED company (JOLED)
- September - Apple announces the Watch, the company's first product with an AMOLED
- September - Researchers manage to extend the lifetime of blue PHOLEDs tenfold
- September - LG's 55" OLED TV price drops below $3,000
- September - Kateeva raises $38 million from Samsung and others
- September - Samsung announces the Note 4 Edge, with a curved OLED display
- November - Samsung to lower OLED panel prices below LCDs
- November - Home Depot starts selling OLED Luminaires for under $200
- November - EverDisplay starts to mass produce AMOLED panels
2013
- January - LG's 55" OLED TV, the 55EM9700 is finally on sale in Korea (for $10,000)
- January - Sony unveils a 56" 4K2K Oxide-TFT OLED TV prototype
- January - Samsung unveils an updated 55" Full-HD OLED model, the F9500
- January - Samsung shows off a 55" curved OLED TV prototype
- Janaury - Panasonic shows a 56" 4K printed OLED TV prototype
- January - Samsung officially launches their YOUM flexible OLED displays
- January - LG unveils the EA9800 - a 55" curved OLED TV
- January - Samsung shows a 4.99" FHD AMOLED panel prototype (440 PPI)
- January - Samsung produced over 300 million AMOLED panels since 2007
- February - Samsung and LG agree to solve their OLED IP disputes
- February - LG Display to build a $650 million Gen-8 OLED TV fab by H1 2014
- February - LG starts shipping the 55" 55EM9700 OLED TV in Korea
- February - LG Chem to make flexible and 80 lm/W OLED lighting panels in July 2013
- February - Philips inaugurates their new €40 million OLED lighting production line in Aachen
- March - Samsung announces the Galaxy S4 with a 4.99" Full-HD Super AMOLED
- March - NEC developed the world's most efficient OLED device at 156 lm/W
- April - LG's 55" curved OLED TV launched in Korea for $13,500
- April - AUO developed a 65" direct-emission OLED panel and a 5" Full-HD AMOLED (443 PPI)
- April - Sony shows a 30" 4K panel, will release it in a professsional monitor product in 2014
- May - Panasonic developed a 114 lm/W OLED panel - claims world's most efficient panel
- May - LG Display shows a bendable 5" AMOLED panel
- June - Samsung launches 55" curved OLED TVs in Korea for $13,000
- June - LGD to start producing plastic based OLEDs in Q4 2013
- June - LG starts shipping 55" curved OLED TVs in Korea
- June - Sumitomo to start producing flexible, printed, structured PLEDs by early 2015
- July - OLED TVs finally arrive in the US for $15,000 (from both LG and Samsung).
- July - Densitron starts shipping 3.5" HVGA AMOLEDs
- July - Audi, Philips and Merck show 3D OLED lighting prototypes for car rear-lights
- July - Germany launches a €34 million OLED lighting project
- July - Rolic opens a new OLED development center
- July - Novaled and Cynora to co-develop printable OLED materials
- August - Samsung starts shipping curved OLED TVs in the US, Europe and Australia
- August- LG cuts OLED TV prices following Samsung
- August - Samsung acquires Novaled for €260 million
- August - LG Display starts installing equipment in the Gen-8 M2 OLED TV fab
- September - Samsung launched the Note 3, with the brightest OLED display ever
- September - Samsung Display and LG Display dropped all OLED lawsuits against each other
- September - Veeco buys flexible-OLED FAST-ALD maker Synos for $70-185 million
- September - LG unveils the world's largest OLED panel, a curved UHD WRGB 77" TV
- October - LG mass produces flexible OLEDs, launches the G Flex with a 6" curved OLED
- October - AUO finally begins AMOLED mass production at their Singapore AFPD fab
- October - Samsung unveils the Galaxy Round with a flexible 5.7" Super AMOLED
- November - Kateeva unveils their Gen-8 OLED TV inkjet system
- November - Panasonic officially quits the plasma TV business, will focus on UHD and OLEDs
- December - Sony and panasonic cancel their OLED joint-development project
