Monthly Archives: August 2015

LG Display keynote about flexible OLED display at Touch Taiwan 2015

August 31, 2015

I just came back from the trip of Touch Taiwan and IDMC (International Display Manufacturing Conference) 2015 conference.

On August 27th, LG Display’s VP, Dr. SooYoung Yoon gave a keynote presentation about future display. He indicated, due to the sluggish global display market, technical differentiation for adding new values and finding new display markets should be essential for further growth of display market. Then he discussed OLED displays, especially flexible OLED is the direction to go.

Figure 1: LG Display Dr. Yoon Keynote at Touch Taiwan, IDMC 2015

LGD CEO keynote

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

Dr. Yoon also discussed the technology challenges of flexible OLED display for high resolution, durability and automotive applications.

In the newly published “Flexible OLED Display Technologies and Market Forecast 2015 Report”, Touch Display Research analyzes flexible OLED display technologies, manufacturing process, other competing technologies, and profiles over 180 companies working on flexible OLED displays.

Figure 2. Over 180 companies and research institutes

Flexible OLED 180 companies

Source: Touch Display Research, Flexible OLED Display Technologies and Market Forecast 2015 Report, August 2015

More analysis of Touch Taiwan and IDMC 2015 are in the “Touch and Emerging Display” monthly report.

Thanks for reading,

Jennifer and team

OLED Industry’s Future

August 3rd, 2015

Dr. Jennifer Colegrove will be speaking at the upcoming International Display Manufacturing Conference (IDMC’15) about Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED), and will visit companies in Taiwan. Here is the link to the conference.

“I am honored to be invited and to deliver a presentation at the conference, and eager to meet companies and industry friends,” said Dr. Colegrove, CEO and Principal Analyst at Touch Display Research.

With LCD industry rejuvenated with quantum dot’s help and 4K 5K 8K high resolution, what is OLED industry’s future?  In this presentation, Dr. Colegrove will discuss the opportunities and growth area in the OLED display and lighting industry. From OLED material, OLED barrier film to flexible/curved/foldable OLED, there are many opportunities and many challenges.  Touch Display Research accurately forecasted the first flexible/curved AMOLED available time; and accurately forecasted Apple’s adoption of AMOLED 18 months before it happened; and accurately forecasted 4K OLED TV’s available time 2 years ahead. Dr. Colegrove will also provide the market forecast of the OLED display and OLED lighting from 2015 till 2025.

Dr. Jennifer Colegrove will present “OLED Industry’ Future” on August 27, 2015 at Taipei, Taiwan. To arrange a meeting, please contact: jc@touchdisplayresearch.com