DSCC: Ink-Jet printing could lead to 17% cost reduction in 55" OLED TV...
LG Display currently produces all its OLED TV panels using an evaporation (VTE) process. Market research company DSCC says that ink-jet printing is more efficient than current VTE processes as it will...
View ArticleDSCC: LGD will start mass producing top-emission OLED TV panels in 2019
LGD's current OLED TV panels use a bottom-emission architecture, but according to DSCC LGD is aiming to shift their production process to a top-emission design starting in 2019. LG currently has a...
View ArticleDSCC: Here's why LGD wants to build its new OLED TV fab in China
In July 2017 LG Display announced that it has decided to build a 8.5-Gen (2200x2500) OLED line in Guangzhou, China, to make OLED TV panels. This is the first time a Korean company plans to produce...
View ArticleLGD: OLED holds 25% of the premium TV market share in Europe, details its...
During a press event in the UK, LG Display said that OLED technology holds 25% of the premium TV market in Europe. The company defines this market as TVs sold over 1,300 Euro. The market share in...
View ArticleSamsung reports Q3 2017 results, expects OLEDs to become mainstream for...
Samsung reported its final financial results for Q3 2017 - this was a great quarter for Samsung as revenues reached 62 trillion Won (around $55 billion) and operation profits rose 15% from last quarter...
View ArticleLGD shipped over 200,000 OLED TV panels in September
LG Display announced that it has shipped over 200,000 OLED TV panels in September, over double the volume compared to September 2016. LGD is seeing high demand for its OLED TV panels, mostly from LG...
View ArticleIHS: The production price gap between a 55" OLED TV and a 55" LCD is about...
According to IHS, production costs of 55" 4K OLED TVs have declined 55% from the beginning of 2015 to Q2 2017. IHS estimates that it costs $582 for LGD to produce a 55" OLED panel, and the price will...
View ArticleDSCC: Samsung's OLED business saw a decline in profits, but will likely...
Samsung recently announced its financial results for Q3 2017, and Specifically regarding its OLED business, SDC increased its sales of flexible OLEDs, but prices of rigid OLED panels declined. DSCC...
View ArticleIHS says demand for flexible AMOLEDs to grow slower than the supply, which...
IHS says that demand for flexible AMOLED displays is growing at a slower pace than expected - and also at a slower rate than its supply, and a a result the supply in 2018 will be 44% lower than the...
View ArticleUBI: The price gap between premium OLED and LCD TVs is almost gone
UBI Research is tracking the price of premium TV sold on Amazon.com in the US. As competition intensifies, the price gap between OLED and LCD TVs keeps getting lower - to the point where is not much...
View ArticleDSCC: OLED materials to grow at a 20% CAGR to reach $2.25 billion in 2022
DSCC released a new market report which tracks the OLED materials market. According to DSCC's estimates, the OLED material revenues will reach $905 million in 2017 and will grow at a 20% CAGR to reach...
View ArticleIHS: smartphone AMOLED revenues reached a record $5.11 billion in Q3 2017
IHS says that SDC increased its lead in the smartphone display market, reaching a market share of 42.7% in Q3 2017. Samsung is followed by JDI (12.5%), LG Display (10.1%), BOE (8.8%) and Sharp (7.7%)....
View ArticleIHS: SDC will retain its RGB OLED market lead, will double its capacity by 2022
IHS analyst David Hsieh posted a very interesting article that discuss the global OLED industry with a special focus on China. Samsung is expected to retain its lead in this market - and will more than...
View ArticleDSCC sees flexible smartphone OLEDs overtaking rigid ones for the first time...
DSCC estimates that 88 Million smartphone OLED displays were shipped in Q3 2017, which represents a 4% drop from Q2 2017 and a 13% drop from Q3 2016 - mostly due to delays in iPhone X shipments....
View ArticleUBI: Flexible OLED shipments to overtake rigid ones by 2019
UBI Research estimates that in 2019 Flexible OLED shipments will reach 480 million units, overtaking rigid OLED shipments (409 million in 2019) for the first time. In a somewhat confusing PR, UBI seem...
View ArticleCLSA: OLED capacity spending has peaked, sees no more orders in the near future
Analysts from CLSA returned from a journey to Asia with some interesting notes on the OLED industry. According to CLSA, spending in the OLED industry has peaked and OLED producers are not expecting to...
View ArticleETNEws: LGD to focus on larger (65-inch and 77-inch) OLED TV panels
According to ETNews, LGD is increasing the share of 65" OLED TV panels in production. In Q3 2017 LGD produced 65% 55-inch panels and 35% 65-inch panels, but in November 65-inch panels shipments...
View ArticleDSCC: OLED revenues reached over $5 billion in Q3 2017, will reach $10...
Display analyst firm DSCC released a new market report on the OLED market, in which they have some very interesting estimates on the OLED market. OLED revenues reached over $5 billion for the first...
View ArticleCLSA: Samsung's OLED production will grow 26% in 2018 to reach 570 million units
CLSA estimates that in 2017 Samsung Display produced 450 million OLED displays, and this will grow 26% in 2018 to reach 570 million units. Samsung's current capacity for flexible OLEDs is about...
View ArticleIHS: OLED TV shipments grew 130% from November 2016 to November 2017
According to IHS, global OLED TV shipments grew 130% from November 2016 to November 2017 to reach a new monthly record of 270,000 units. The falling prices of 55" 4K OLEDs bring them within budget of a...
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