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LG and the Capital Investment Gamble

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the good old days of LCD manufacturing the optimal size of a display panel and the mother glass size was something that could easily be determined by a simple spreadsheet. Today this relationship …

Tags:Investment| LCD Fabs| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 35

LG Raises OLED Investment on Chinese LCD Progress

by Tom Allen

LG Display is to shift its investment priority to OLED displays, due to the speed with which Chinese rivals are catching up in the LCD market. Over the next 10 years, LGD plans to …

JOLED Invests in R&D to Establish a manufacturing Facility for Midsize OLED Panels

by Norbert Hildebrand

Just one year after establishing JOLED as a company for developing and manufacturing OLED panels, the Japanese consortium made up by the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), Japan Display Inc. (JDI), Sony Corporation, …

Innolux to Absorb CMEL

by Milos Pavlovic

On the 1st September, Innolux is to fully absorb its subsidiary, CMEL (which specialises in OLED development). It already owns over 97% of the company according to local sources.

Tags:Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 31

LGD to Invest $906 Million in G6 OLED Fab

by Helen Vince

LG Display (LGD) is to invest KRW1 trillion ($906 million) in a 6G flexible OLED production line at its Gumi Plant in Gyeongbuk Province, Korea. The new line will produce 7,500 input sheets per …

Tags:Investment| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 30

BOE Reaches Out to Korea for OLED JV

by Tom Allen

Sources have told the Korea Times that BOE has proposed the establishment of an OLED joint venture with LG Display and Samsung Display. One source said that “an affiliate” of BOE had reached out …

China to Overtake Korean LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Sources in Asia say that Chinese makers’ LCD capacity will pass Koreans’ in 2016, due to new and expanded G8 production. Meanwhile, Korean companies are increasingly looking to AMOLED. The sources said that Samsung …

LGD Plans $800 Million OLED Investment

by Tom Allen

According to Korea’s Donga Ilbo newspaper, LG Display will build a new small- and medium-sized OLED display plant in its home country. The company will invest up to KRW900 billion ($800 million) in the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Merck Makes €30 Million OLED Investment

by Tom Allen

Merck has begun construction on a new OLED materials production plant in Darmstadt, Germany. The 2,000m² facility, which will be the target of a €30 million investment, will start production of materials for displays …

Display Week Wearables Conference Revisits Head Mounted Displays (WF2)

by Phillip Wright

Margaret Kohin, SVP, Business Development, eMagin Corporation was invited to present a Special Wearables Address at the Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at SID’s 2015 Display Week. Kohin’s address was unique at …

BOE Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony

by Tom Allen

BOE has begun construction on its G6 LTPS LCD/AMOLED fab in Chengdu, China. The total investment is estimated at $3.54 billion and production is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2017. Small-sized …

OLEDWorks on the Move in OLED Lighting

by Chris Chinnock

The prospects for OLED lighting is getting some serious attention from a company called OLEDWorks (Rochester, NY). They have just announced deals with Corning, Philips and Universal Display to provide new momentum to the …