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Towards the end of 2014 we reported that China's Everdisplay (EDO) started mass producing 5" 720p AMOLED displays with a capacity of 600,000 panels per month. EDO has since discussed its roadmap several times, and today they updated it again with some new information.

We already know that EDO is developing new 5.5" and 6" AMOLEDs. While we knew the company is developing a circular display, EDO now reveals they plan to release a 1.4" panel - and not a 1.35" as previously reported - which probably means that EDO is the producer of the 1.4" 400x400 panel used in Huawei's upcoming Watch.

SinoWealth, an IC developer from Shanghai, started to develop AMOLED drivers last year, and thec ompany now reports that they supplied AMOLED drivers to EverDisplay's first AMOLED panels.

inoWealth also announced that it received orders for more AMOLED driver ICs in China. As the only AMOLED driver maker in China, the company sees rapid market growth in that segment. The company also reports that their PMOLED driver business is maintaining a steady growth.

Last month we reported that China's Everdisplay (EDO) started mass producing 5" 720p AMOLED displays with a capacity of 600,000 panels per month. EDO presented in a trade show in China, and showed their near-future AMOLED roadmap:

We already knew that EDO aims to start making 5.6" FHD panels in February 2015 and smaller 1.63" 320x320 ones in Q2 2015, but according to the new roadmap, there are some more panels underway. First up will be a circular 1.35" panel for smartwatches, and it will also be released in Q2 2015. Further down the road EDO plans a 6" WQHD (2560x1440 489 PPI) and a 5" FHD panel.

Last week we reported that EverDisplay Optronics (EDO) started mass producing 5" 720p (293 PPI) AMOLED panels for mobile phones - and they already have their first customer, a Chinese handset maker (the first phone to use EDO's OLEDs will launch by the end of 2014).

EDO today updated us that the company is currently producing 600,000 5" panels a month at their 4.5-Gen LTPS fab. The fab is not running in full capacity yet (which is 15,000 monthly substrates) and EDO expects to increase production to a million 5" panels by the end of 2014.

EverDisplay Optronics (EDO) was established in October 2012 with an aim to become China's first AMOLED producer. I'm happy to announce that the company has now began to mass produce AMOLED panels. EDO is currently producing 5" 720p (293 PPI) panels for mobile phones. They already achieved a design win with a Chinese handset maker and the first mobile phone that use their panels is expected to launch by the end of 2014.

EverdDisplay is also developing 5.6" Full-HD panels, and these will enter mass production in February 2015. EDO's next display will be a 1.63" 320x320 AMOLED for wearables - expected for Q2 2015.

In July we published an interview with EverDisplay's marketing team, in which they promised AMOLED mass production by the end of 2014. EDO already started shipping 5" 720p samples to potential customers, and the company also developed 5.5" and 6" panels.

A few days ago, during a conference in Shenzhen, Everdisplay gave a presentation in which they announced a new 1.63" 320x320 (277 PPI) AMOLED display panel for wearable applications, and they also showed a prototype panel. EDO told me that the plan is to start mass production of those panels in Q2 2015.

Three weeks ago, Seeking Alpha published my first article on Universal Display, titled "Universal Display: 20X Jackpot In 2018?" - in which I presented my best-case scenario for the OLED market (and UDC) in 2018.

I think the article was received well, and today SA published my second article - "Universal Display's Second Key Customer Is On Its Way". In this new article I explain why Samsung Display is such an important customer for UDC - and how I expect in that in the coming years UDC will diversity its key customer base as I expect LG Display, Konica Minolta, Everdisplay, BOE, Philips and LG Chem to start mass producing OLEDs soon.

A couple of weeks ago we published an interview with EverDisplay's marketing team. During the interview, they said that they have started to approach customers with AMOLED samples. Today EDO officially announced, that after two years of effort, the company shipped their first samples to customers.

It turns out that EDO first produced 5" HD (720p) AMOLED displays (in the interview they said they also developed 5.5" and 6" HD panels). Those panels were shipped to Chinese mobile phone makers. EDO now says they have successfully entered the "mass production stage".

EverDisplay Optronics was established in October 2012 in Shanghai, China with plans to become China's first AMOLED producer. Everdisplay is constructing a Gen-4.5 AMOLED fab. Those AMOLEDs will be deposited on an LTPS backplane.

The company's marketing team were kind enough to answer a few questions I had. This is a very short interview (they do not seem like the talkative types) - but this is one company that anyone interested in OLEDs should keep an eye on in the near future. They also sent me the photo you see below, showing their latest HD (720p) AMOLED prototypes. From left to right: 5-inch (293 PPI), 5.5-inch (267 PPI), 6-inch (244 PPI).

Shanghai EverDisplay, Shanghai Tianma, Yurui Chemical and YShanghai University and more parties formed a new OLED industry alliance. It's not clear what the alliance's charter is, but apparently the Jinshan district in Shanghai aims to become an OLED production hub.

Everdisplay plans to start mass producing AMOLED panels towards the end of 2014. Everdisplay is building a 4.5-Gen AMOLED fab with a monthly capacity of 15,000 substrates. The company aims to be the first AMOLED maker in China.