Kaneka is a Japanese materials company that active with plastics, PVC and caustic soda, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and other markets.

Kaneka have been working on OLED Lighting since 2008, producing panels in low volume mainly for large installations. In 2010 the company established a subsidiary called OLED Aomori to handle its OLED business.

n 2015 Kaneka announced new 50,000 hours OLED panels, and in June 2017 Kaneka unveiled its latest lighting fixture. In 2020 Aomori OLED's main target market was inspection systems for production sites.