Science and technology company Merck announced the opening of its new OLED Technology Centre at a ceremony commemorating the company’s 350th anniversary. The new centre, located at the Merck Performance Materials China Hub in Shanghai will provide local customers with solutions to enable OLED application development.
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The company said, “[the centre] offers a range of state-of-the-art equipment and cleanroom facilities to enable OLED device fabrication and characterisation. This location will serve as a collaboration space for customers and Merck as they work together to generate the ideal solutions for OLED display products”.
According to a report in Economy & Nation Weekly magazine in China, nine 6G flexible AMOLED display screen production lines have been constructed or are currently being constructed in China, with a total investment of RMB 157.5 billion ($24.2 billion). IHS Markit estimates that by 2020, China’s OLED display production capacity will account for 28% of the global market, making China the second-largest supplier of OLED displays in the world.
