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Nanosys Gets More Funds

by Bob Raikes

What They Say By complete coincidence (honestly!), after I wrote about the investment in Nanosys over recent years last Friday (David Clears the First Hurdle), I got notice today that the firm has raised …

Tags:Investment| Quantum Dots

Links Week Starting 18th July 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

IPOs in the USA Way Down

by Bob Raikes

What They Say It’s not a display story, but there are plenty of start-ups in the industry, so I was interested to see this chart that highlights that raising funds via IPOs is very …

Tags:Financial Data| Investment

More on the Samsung/Cynora Deal

by Bob Raikes

Last week, when I wrote about the Samsung purchase of the IP from Cynora, I wrote that at Display Daily, we try not to instantly fire off an article as the time for reflection …

PlayNitride Plans 2022 IPO

by Bob Raikes

What They Say PlayNitride is aiming to break even by the end of 2023, Digitimes reports, and plans to start public trading of its stock with an IPO on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Innovation …

Tags:Investment| MicroLED

Christie invests in robotics and automation to increase MicroTiles LED manufacturing capacity

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Christie put out a press release highlighting the investment it has made in its Kitchener-based Center for Engineering Excellence to boost capacity to meet demand for its Microtiles LED products (not …

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Panel expert downbeat on Korean investments in premium TV displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reported from a seminar in Seoul last week that Yi Choong-hoon from UBI Research that although there is some demand for large OLEDs for TVs, monitors and laptops, …

JBD Tops out Hefei Fab

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We missed it a couple of weeks ago, but have now seen a press release from Jade Bird Display (JBD) about the topping out of a fab facility in Hefei, China …

Tags:China| Investment| MicroLED

An OLED Fab in India – Count me as Surprised!

by Bob Raikes

Count me surprised as it looks as though the idea of building a G6 AMOLED fab in India seems to have moved on a step since it was rumoured last month (India-based Rajesh Exports …

Tags:India| Investment| OLED Fabs| Smartphones

Lenovo invests in trackpad startup Sensel

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last month, Sensel which is developing haptic touchpads, said that it has raised $18.8 million in a series B funding round that brings its total funding to date up to $57 …

Tags:Haptics| Investment| Lenovo| Touch Market

Market Bifurcation

by Ian Hendy

What a difference 12 months can make. In the middle of 2021, the display industry was at peak, with annual revenues of almost $160bn. Corona bounce working and studying from home had pulled in …

Tags:Investment| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| OLED Fabs

DSCC Shows Large Drop in 2023 Display Equipment Spending

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC reported that it has seen a number of fab expansion projects delayed and a few cancelled. The firm has revised its forecast for 2023 spending down 57% to $5.3 billion. …