Monthly Archives: November 2015

QD Vision announced $22 million new funding

Nov 9, 2015

Today QD Vision announced they just closed $22 million new funding. This new round of investment is led by Tsing Capital and BASF Venture Capital.

QD Vision also announced a new joint development agreement with BASF Group for a quantum dot-enhanced backlight and a color filter for use in LCD displays.

Mr. Mustafa Ozgen, CEO of QD Vision said, “This latest infusion of capital signals investor confidence in QD Vision and the strong growth potential of the quantum dot market,”

QD Vision, Sony, Nanosys, 3M, Amazon, ASUS brought quantum dot display devices to the market in 2013 and 2014. There are over 60 companies working on quantum dot materials and quantum dot components currently.

In the Quantum Dot Display and Lighting Technologies and Market Forecast 2015 Report, Touch Display Research forecasts that the quantum dot display and lighting component market will surpass $2 billion by 2016, and reach $10.6 billion by 2025.

Figure 1. Quantum Dot Display and Lighting component market forecast (2015 to 2025)

QD forecast 2015

Source: Touch Display Research, Quantum Dot Display and Lighting Technologies and Market Forecast Report, Second Edition, 2015

Thanks for reading,

Jennifer and team

International Workshop on Flexible & Printable Electronics (IWFPE) 2015 Review

November 7, 2015

I just came back from the International Workshop on Flexible & Printable Electronics (IWFPE 2015), at Jeonju, South Korea. It’s a very successful conference with about 500 attendees.  It’s my honor to meet some of you in person.

Professor Jin Jang at Kyung Hee University is the chairman of the IWFPE organizing committee. He gave the opening remarks, “This is the 7th International Workshop on Flexible & Printable Electronics. The three-day technical program will provide an excellent opportunity to exchange the latest information and new trends of flexible display, OLED, lighting and printable electronics.”

Figure: Professor Jin Jang gave opening remarks at 2015 IWFPE

IWFPE Jin Jang welcome

Photo by: Dr. Jennifer Colegrove, Touch Display Research.

Samsung’s Dr. Sanyoon Lee gave a keynote presentation titled “The future prospect and challenges of printed electronics”. He discussed the outlook of printed electronics and ongoing projects supported by Korean government.

Figure: Dr. Sanyoon Lee from Samsung gave keynote presentation

IWFPE Samsung Keynote

Photo by: Dr. Jennifer Colegrove, Touch Display Research.

On behalf of Touch Display Research, I gave a presentation on flexible display and flexible touch: technologies and market forecast.

Figure: Dr. Jennifer Colegrove from Touch Display Research presenting

IWFPE Jenny speek

Photo by: Mr. Su at Evonik.

This international workshop is also a very good networking opportunity with science professionals, experts and business partners from worldwide.

Figure: (left) IWFPE Banquet, (right) Professor Jin Jang and Dr. Jennifer Colegrove

IWFPE banquetJin Jang and Jenny best

More analysis and review of the 2015 IWFPE can be found in the “Touch and Emerging Display” November monthly report.

Thanks for reading,

Jennifer and team