A Walk Down Memory Lane: OLED History from 20, 10, and 5 Years Ago

OLED technology was invented in 1987, and nine years later, Pioneer started shipping the first commercial PMOLED. Since that pivotal moment, the OLED industry and market have seen many breakthroughs, announcements, advances, failures, challenges, and trends.

OLED-info.com was launched over 20 years ago and has followed the industry and market since. In this new article series, we look back at 20, 10, and 5 years ago, and revisit a few old stories - we hope this will be fun, and also informative - by reflecting on the past, we can better understand how far the industry has come and where it may be headed next.

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Posted: Sep 08,2025 by Ron Mertens