OLED history: A ‘guided tour’ of OLED highlights from invention to application - Page 0

Article last updated on: Apr 02, 2022

2007

December - Toshiba shelves plans to sell OLED TVs in 2009/10
December - Samsung says will have 31" AMOLED TV prototype in CES, Commercial 40" TVs in 2010, and 14" panels in 2008
November - Novaled reaches 100,000h lifetime for a highly efficient white OLED
November - The world's first OLED TV, the Sony XEL-1 (11") starts to sell in Japan for 1,800$
October - Sony announces the XEL-1, the first ever OLED TV (11")
October - Samsung SDI and LG expand AMOLED production lines, fulfill orders
October - CMEL begin shipment of ~2" AMOLED panels, showcases 4.3" and 7.6" panels
October - Seiko Epson expanded OLED lifetime, to start making OLED panels (8" to 21")
October - Samsung SDI shows OLED roadmap and claims 21" monitors in 2009, 42" HD TVs by 2010 and OLED lighting 'soon'
August - Sumitomo plans OLED TVs by 2009
July - LG Electronics moves into AMOLED mass production
July - CMEL sampling 2.4" AMOLED panels
July - Sumitomo acquires CDT for 285M$
May - Mitsubishi to enter OLED market
May - Novaled Achieving Groundbreaking Lifetimes For fluorescent PIN OLEDs
May - Sony shows Flexible OLEDs
May - Samsung SDI to make OLED TVs in 2009
April - Sony to sell 11" OLED TVs in 2007
April - TMDisplay to sell 21" OLED TVs in 2009
April - Toshiba plans to launch 30" OLED TVs in 2009 (Update: in December 2007 Toshiba shelved those plans)
March - KDDI starts selling a phone with a 2.4" AMOLED display.
March - Konica Minolta and GE to jointly develop OLED light products.
February - Sony begins production of AMOLED panels.
January - Sony showcases 27" and 11" OLED TVs at CES. Says might start production at 2008.

2006

October - CMEL & CMO develop a 25" AMOLED TV panel.
October - Samsung showcases a 17" AMOLED.
September - the first 'Nokia' phone with an OLED display.
September - CDT sees rapid progress in Blue and Red lifetime.
August - AUO relocates OLED engineers, focuses on LCD.
June - India's Samtel to produce OLED displays.
May - Pioneer Launches Mass Production at White OLED Plant.
April - Kodak Licenses OLED Technology to Univision Technology.
March - Univision to invest $40M in OLED line expansion.
March - Epson and CDT shows world's first print head using an OLED light source.
January - BenQ announces the world's first AMOLED (2.0") phone.
January - Kodak Broadens its Participation in OLED Technology, ends OLED joint venture with Sanyo.

2005

December - Pioneer withdraws from AMOLED market.
November - CDT prints a 14" PLED display.
November - China's first OLED production line set up.
October - Samsung SDI's Organic LED Display Shipments Top 30 Million units.
September - Toppoly develops a 7" AMOLED display.
August - LG Electronics launches full-scale OLED operations.
July - Samsung SDI to invest over 850M$ in AMOLED production.
June - UDC announces bew sky blue PHOLED with over 15,000 hours of lifetime.
May - Kodak Licenses OLED Technology to Fuji Electric Holdings.
May - CDT Achieves 100,000 Hour Blue Polymer Lifetime.
May - Samsung Electronics develops world's first 40-inch a-Si-based OLED.
April - Samsung licenses OLED patents from Universal Display.
March - Sony introduces Flash based MP3 players with OLED display.
March - Canon to start making OLED displays next year.
February - MP3-player demand boosts sales of Taiwan OLED makers.
February - LG.Philips LCD launches AM OLED Business.
January - Samsung Electronics develops 21-inch OLED for TVs, claims world's largest.
January - Samsung SDI To double the OLED output.
January - OLED Technology Poised to Become Core Business for Daewoo Electronics.

2004

December - CDT IPOs, lists on NASDAQ.
November - OLED displays with 50,000h operating lifespan from URT.
November - Seiko Epson will commercialize OLED TVs by 2007.
October - LG.Philips develops 20-inch OLED display.
September - Sony Starts Mass Production of Organic EL Displays, and released first a new clie PDA with a 3.8in 480 x 320 OLED screen.
July - OLED-Info is on-line, the web's first OLED community site.
June - Toppan to volume produce large-size OLED panels.
May - Seiko Epson unveils first 40" colour OLED display.
May - Universal Display Corporation Announces Record-Breaking Power Efficiencies for its Phosphorescent White OLED Technology.
May - Taiwan's AU Begins Mass Production of Organic EL Panels.
May - Universal Display Corporation Unveils Ground breaking Flexible OLED Prototype on Metallic Substrate.
April - Teco Optronics to invest NT$300 million to build new PM OLED plant.
April - RiT Display ships mobile phone OLED sub-displays to Samsung, says paper.
April - Seiko Epson Reveals 12.5-Inch Organic EL Panel for Large TVs.
April - RiT Display shipping OLED panels to Motorola.
March - GE Global Research Breaks Two World Records For OLEDs As A Lighting Device. Demo Lighting Panel is Biggest and Most Efficient Ever Created.
March - NEC drops its OLED business .
March - Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. (CMO) has announced a fully functional prototype of a 20-inch full-color OLED display - the largest Amorpheous Si TFT.
February - Philips 639 mobile phone applies PolyLED technology in unique 'Magic Mirror' display.
January - Opto Tech to invest NT$4.5 billion in four new OLED lines in 2004.