OLED lighting - will automotive applications enable a mass market for OLED lighting panels?

OLED has a lot of promise as a lighting technology: OLED technology enables uniform, high-quality area lighting devices. In this article, we will explore the history and current status of the industry, and see whether the automotive industry can finally enable a real OLED lighting market.

Article outline:

  • An introduction to OLED lighting
  • OLED lighting history – the early years and disappointments
  • Automotive OLED lighting – history and current status
  • Automotive OLED lighting producers
  • Will the automotive market enable a mass OLED lighting market?
  • More automotive OLED industry resources for OLED-Info Pro subscribers
 

An introduction to OLED lighting

OLED technology is highly suited to be used in the production of lighting modules – as OLEDs are efficient, flexible, lightweight and have excellent lighting properties. OLED lighting offers new design possibilities, that arise from OLED being a thin area-lighting device and not a point-lighting device like a LED, CFL or incandescent lamp (or a line-lighting device such as a fluorescent tube).

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Posted: Aug 05,2025 by Ron Mertens