OLED and LED technology competition, causing LED manufacturers in the past 10 years OLED attention. Although the high cost of OLED technology makes it very difficult to improve the penetration rate, with the input of big manufacturers such as OSRAM and LG, as well as Chinese manufacturers' huge investment in the OLED display field, R & D experience and process equipment in the display industry can be utilized The advantages of the rapid rise of OLED lighting, coupled with public awareness of environmental protection, public lighting and living standards of beauty and aesthetic requirements of the upgrade, making white OLED lighting is likely to become the next generation of lighting star.

According to industry data, the global OLED lighting panel market reached about 153 million USD in 2017. It is estimated that the OLED display industry in China will release its production capacity by 2018, and the OLED industry will usher in a substantial increase in yield and a sharp drop in the cost. OLED lighting But also due to the status quo of the entire market, ushering in new cost-effective opportunities, OLED lighting is expected to grow to more than 1.1 billion by 2020 the size of the market.

The mainstream manufacturers layout progress

OSRAM

OSRAM announced in July 2007 the closure of the Malaysian OLED display factory in favor of OLED lighting applications. In these 10 years, OSRAM in addition to debut its OLED table lamp, OLED lighting in the car layout progress has also become the industry pioneer, including BMW and Audi announced in 2015 to 2016 equipped with taillights OLED lighting for the car models, many models All supplied by OSRAM.

LGD

LGD OLED layout in 2017 continues to increase in the field of large-scale investment in the display at the same time, LGD also actively approached with BMW, hoping to sell OLED lighting products. It is reported that, LGD and BMW OLED lighting products supply will include taillights and interior lighting part. LGD also unveiled its new OLED brand Luflex at the end of 2017 and announced that it will market its OLED lighting products with Luflex in the future with automotive as its top priority, followed by commercial lighting and lighting manufacturers, and LGD as a global leader The largest OLED lighting brand for the future goal.

GE 

GE started the OLED project in 2010, GE Global R & D Center claimed that in cooperation with Konica Minolta white light OLED made a major breakthrough, the luminous efficacy of 56lmz / W, using a solution-based coating material, is to achieve low-cost manufacturing OLED Important condition. GE and KM plan to launch the first OLED flexible lighting products in 2011.

OLEDWorks

April 2015 OLEDWorks acquires Philips' OLED light source device business and associated intellectual property and is currently producing panels in the United States (low-capacity amber lighting) and Germany (the more capable Lumiblade panels).

Konica Minolta Pioneer Joint Venture 

March 2017 Konica Minolta and Pioneer announce the merger of two companies in their OLED business unit and the formation of the new 50:50 joint venture pioneer Konica Minolta Pioneer OLED on June 1, Pioneer also exhibited a vehicle OLED lighting system at 2018 in CES.

UIV Chem

UIV OLED, a company that focuses on OLED materials business and later expands its business scope to OLED lightingfield.UIV CHEM has been focusing on the OLED industry since the establishment, independent research and development OLED organic light-emitting materials, LG is an important supplier, with the deepening of cooperation, in September 2015 signed a strategic cooperation agreement with LG, OLED materials from the field of OLED lighting to achieve across the open OLED industry-wide layout of the industry. UIV, together with LG, delivers the world's highest quality OLED lighting products at a reasonable price through the development of efficient, high-brightness, long-life OLED lighting.