Full profile interview
1 Oct 2014

BOE
BOE started in 1993 as Beijing Orient Electronics Group Co, manufacturing electron tubes. BOE is now the biggest LCD panel manufacturer in China, ahead of 5 other manufacturers. They have LCD fabs in Beijing, Hefei, Ordos, Chengdu and He Bei. Since 2011, BOE has invested in building AMOLED production capacity. This profile is about their effort in AMOLED displays.
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1 Sep 2014

Barrier technology reaching maturity - commercialization status
OLED displays are the biggest opportunity for flexible encapsulation and for that reason, IDTechEx has highlighted the most significant advances in the technology but also discusses the maturity of each of the different encapsulation approaches proposed by different developers. In a series of two articles, IDTechEx analysts discuss the significant advances witnessed in the past year towards commercialization of flexible displays and compares different technologies being developed.
Full profile interview: SWOT
24 Aug 2014

LG Display
LG Electronics, LG Chem, Innotek
Full profile interview: SWOT
11 Aug 2014

AU Optronics
Full profile interview: SWOT
7 Aug 2014

Samsung Display
29 Jul 2014

Assessing The Metal Oxide Thin Film Transistor Backplane Technology
The display industry continues to rapidly change and seek new markets. Long term trends are still prevalent and shape global activity.
11 Jul 2014

IDTechEx summarises SID Display Week
As the development of flexible displays continues, companies are starting to focus on optimizing manufacturing processes and reducing costs.
7 Jul 2014

Outlook on the OLED TV market
Remember CES back in January. There was a widespread sentiment that LG was winning the OLED TV battle against Samsung. How did LG take the lead in OLED TV? And what does it mean for the other TV panel manufacturers?
1 Jul 2014

Flexible backplane technologies for OLED displays
Flexible OLED displays have been in the making for the past several years. We have already witnessed many prototypes but the technology challenges have persisted and prevented full scale commercialisation. The technology challenges are now nearly solved and all the pieces of the puzzle are coming together. Already, we have seen mass manufactured mobiles phones on plastic substrates as well as examples of commercial curved (not yet fully flexible) displays.
Event summary
10 Jun 2014

Impressions from SID Display Week 2014, San Diego, California
IDTechEx recently attended the SID Display Week 2014 in San Diego, California. Here, IDTechEx summaries the latest developments from the display world, covering (a) activity by Chinese companies such as BOE, which are transforming the OLED and the display business landscape; (b) flexible displays including the latest work by AUO, BOE, Samsung and LG; and (c) wearable electronics.
Background
11 Dec 2013

AUO
U Optronics Corp. (AUO) is a global leader of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels (TFT-LCD) and also offers OLED displays. The company is working on a range of technologies including printed and vacuum processed OLEDs.
27 Mar 2013

OLEDs and the beginning of the end for LCDs
LCD panel makers in Taiwan, Japan and Korea have been suffering. Despite the growing demand for LCDs the high number of panel makers and new competition from China has resulted in tough price competition for panel makers, to the point that many panel makers are no longer profitable.
11 Mar 2013

Display Trends: OLEDs, LCDs and E-Readers
LCD panel makers in Taiwan, Japan and Korea have been suffering. Despite the growing demand for LCDs the high number of panel makers and new competition from China has resulted in severe price competition, to the point that many panel makers are no longer profitable.
25 Aug 2010

Fuel cells in electric vehicles now
The Fuel Cell Burgman takes the next step towards offering cleaner, more efficient motorcycles in a practical and accessible form with the potential to significantly reduce emissions around the world.