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The FlexE Center in Kanpur orders a bespoke pilot R2R line for printed and flexible electronics R&D
Mar 23rd
The National Centre of Flexible Electronics ( FlexE Centre ) at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur announced that it assigned UK-based RK PrintCoat Instruments to manufacture and supply a bespoke roll-to-roll (R2R) pilot line that will be used for R&D and prototyping projects in the field of printed and flexible electronics. The National Centre for Flexible Electronics (FlexE) was established in 2014 at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, with an aim to bring together Indian academia, industry and public research organizations for research and development of large area flexible electronics. The FlexE center develops OLED lighting and OLED signage applications and is collaborating with industrial partners in both fields. The center explores evaporation, printing and hybrid processing for OLED production. Read more about The FlexE Center in Kanpur orders a bespoke pilot R2R line for printed and flexible electronics R&D
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Samsung aims to adopt OLEDs in all its future tablets
Mar 23rd
According to a report in Korea, Samsung Electronics has decided to start adopting OLED displays in all of its tablet devices and to increasingly use OLEDs in laptops. Samsung Display is currently producing OLEDs for tablets and laptops in a limited quantity, as most of its OLED capacity is dedicated to mobile phone displays. According to ETNews SDC will continue to gradually convert its LCD lines to OLED and the ultimate goal of SDC is to only produce OLED displays for mobile devices. Read more about Samsung aims to adopt OLEDs in all its future tablets
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New OLED gadget: ZTE Nubia M2
Mar 23rd
ZTE’s Nubia M2 is an Android smartphone that features a 5.5″ FHD Super AMOLED display, an Octa-core CPU, 4GB of RAM, 64/128 GB of storage and a 13mp camera. The Nubia M2 is now shipping in China for 2,699 yuan (64Gb) or 2,999 yuan (128Gb).
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New OLED gadget: ZTE Nubia M2
Digitimes: Samsung and LG aim to reduce their reliance on foreign organic material producers
Mar 22nd
Digitimes Researcher states that currently Samsung Display and LG Display both rely on imported organic materials used in OLED production, but the two Korean makers aim to decrease this reliance. Both companies are buying stakes in companies outside of Korea (for example Samsung’s Novaled acquisition and Sun Fine Chem investment) in order to obtain patents and move production in house, mostly at LG Chem and Samsung SDI. The polyimide used as a substrate in flexible OLEDs, for example, is produced by Japanese Ube Industries – and used by both LG and samsung. Several organic materials used in the OLED stack are produced by Universal Display (PHOLED emitters), Idemitsu Kosan , Dow Chemical and Merck. Both companies use glass mostly from Corning and high-temperature thin film for the back-end processing from 3M. Read more about Digitimes: Samsung and LG aim to reduce their reliance on foreign organic material producers
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Wisechip demonstrate new flexible and transparent PMOLED prototypes
Mar 22nd
Taiwan-based PMOLED maker Wisechip announced it is developing transparent and flexible PMOLED displays last year, and the company has presented new prototype displays in a trade show in Germany last week. Wisechip demonstrated three flexible OLEDs – a 1.8″ 160×32 panel and a 1.36″ 128×16 panel. Both are monochrome (white) panels as you can see in the photo above. The third display is a 256×64 one. The curvature radius of Wisechip’s displays is 40 mm. The photo also includes a demonstration of a PMOLED display embedded in a credit card form. Read more about Wisechip demonstrate new flexible and transparent PMOLED prototypes
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Light Polymers raised $24.3 million to scale up its OLED solutions
Mar 19th
US-based Light Polymers announced a $24.3 million Series A funding round, to advance its OLED display technology and scale up production. Light Polymers is developing products based on lyotropic liquid crystals for several applications – including OLED displays. Using the new funds, Light Polymers aims to expand its OLED R&D and scale up the chemistry and film production of its 35 micron-thin OLED circular polarizer. Light Polymers also aims to develop a 10-micron OLED polarziers. Read more about Light Polymers raised $24.3 million to scale up its OLED solutions
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New OLED gadget: Montblanc Summit
Mar 18th
The Montblanc Summit is a luxury smartwatch based on Google’s Android Wear 2. It uses a round 1.39″ 400×400 AMOLED display and features 4GB of storage, 512MB of RAM, a snapdragon Wear 2100 CPU and a 300mAh battery. It does not have on-board GPS or LTE. The Summit will ship in May 2017 for $890.
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New OLED gadget: Montblanc Summit
Sony prices its XBR-A1E OLED TVs: $5,000 for the 55" and $6,500 for the 65"
Mar 16th
In January 2017 Sony finally launched its first real OLED TV , the XBR-A1E Bravia OLED TV , and now Sony announced the prices of its TVs: $5,000 for the 55″ model and $6,500 for the 65″ one. That’s somewhere between LG’s OLEDE7 and Signature OLEDG7 OLED TVs . Sony’s XBR-A1E feature a flat 4K HDR WRGB OLED panel (produced by LG Display), an Android TV platform and a built-in speaker which is part of the stand behind the TV to create a stand-less form factor. There will also be a 77-inch model, but Sony did not reveal the price of that one yet. Read more about Sony prices its XBR-A1E OLED TVs: $5,000 for the 55" and $6,500 for the 65"
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Solomon Systech reports strong growth of PMOLED display driver sales
Mar 15th
Solomon Systech announced it financial results for 2016, and the Hong Kong based display IC maker reported strong growth of its PMOLED display drivers in 2016, following strong demand from the wearable market. Solomon Systech also announced several new design wins for its PMOLED display drivers with “world-renowned brands of wearable health and fitness devices”. In January 2017 the company shipped its millionth SSD1306 PMOLED driver , the best selling OLED driver ever. The SSD1306 has been introduced in 2008 and is (according to Solomon Systech) the de-facto PMOLED module design standard. Read more about Solomon Systech reports strong growth of PMOLED display driver sales
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The Morning After: Wednesday, March 15 2017
Mar 15th
Hey, good morning! Welcome to Wednesday. Remember all those big, beautiful TVs from CES back in early January? Well, we have prices for both Sony and Samsung's newest screens. And if you can afford a $5 OLED TV, how about a $1,650 smartwatch? Welcom…
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The Morning After: Wednesday, March 15 2017