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Veeco Reduces ALD Investment

by Bob Raikes

Earlier this month, Veeco, a maker of process equipment, said that it is planning to significantly reduce its future investments in Atomic Layer Deposition (“ALD”) technology. “While we have continued to make progress with …

Tags:Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)| Encapsulation| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment| Vol 23 - Issue 43

BOE Commits to $6.8 Billion Flex OLED Fab

by Bob Raikes

BOE plans to establish a G6 flexible OLED factory with a capacity of 48,000 substrates per month in Mianyang City, in Western China with an investment of $6.94 billion, it said (the document in …

Tags:AMOLED| BOE| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 23 - Issue 43

LG Display Call Highlights OLED Move

by Bob Raikes

We caught up with LG Display’s earnings call, which is always a useful test of the state of the display market. One of the key points was that the company is now in the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 23 - Issue 42

TES Optimistic on OLED Equipment

by Bob Raikes

The Korea Herald reports that Korean equipment company, TES, which is doing well from investments into NAND memory by Samsung and others, is also doing well from sales to EverDisplay and CSOT in China …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Does the OLED Contribute to the Note 7 Problem?

by Bob Raikes

A commentator has posted a speculative article that suggests that Samsung’s problems with the Note 7 might be related to the larger flexible OLED used in the device. Analyst Comment I’m not convinced by …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 23 - Issue 41

SDC May Scrap L7-1 Line

by Bob Raikes

ET Times in Korea is reporting that because of delays in finding a buyer, instead of selling its Tangjeong L7-1 line in December, Samsung may simply sell the equipment for scrapping. The paper reports …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung Display| Vol 23 - Issue 41

LCD to OLED Shift Accelerates for Koreans

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit has confirmed the switch in strategy from LCD to OLED by the Korean panel makers because of growing capacity and price competition from China. As we have previously reported, Samsung has already …

Tags:IHS Markit| IPS| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 39

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Sharp Commits to OLED Pilot Lines

by Bob Raikes

Sharp said that $570 million, part of the money that Foxconn committed to future investment in Sharp when it took over the business, will be spent on building two pilot OLED manufacturing lines in …

Tags:Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 39

EverDisplay to set up 6G AMOLED Fab

by Bob Raikes

The Economic Daily News, a Chinese language newspaper, has reported that EverDisplay Optronics of Shanghai will invest CNY27.278 billion ($4 billion) to set up a G6 (1.5m x 1.8m) OLED factory with a monthly …

Tags:China| Everdisplay| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Applied Materials Boosts Fab Ramp Up

by Milos Pavlovic

Applied Materials said that it has a new high-resolution incline e-beam review (EBR) system that can increase the speed at which makers of OLED and UHD LCDs can find and solve defect issues to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Technology| Vol 23 - Issue 37

From Food to OLEDs?

by Milos Pavlovic

We have seen reports that a Chinese food company called Blackcow Food is planning to raise a large amount of money to build a G6 OLED fab in China. However, we were not able …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 23 - Issue 37

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OLED Shadow Mask Market on the Rise

by Milos Pavlovic

As display panel makers ramp up active-matrix organic light-emitting-diode (AMOLED) panel production, supplying fine-metal shadow masking is a critical point in the manufacture of small and medium-sized panels according to Jerry Kang, principal analyst, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 23 - Issue 36