Aixtron announced that it received a purchase order from a major Asian OLED display manufacturer for an OLED deposition system to be installed at the customer site within the second half of 2017. Aixtron does not specifically mention OVPD but as far as we know Aixtron only offers OVPD systems for OLED deposition.
Aixtron and the OLED display maker will collaborate to qualify Aixtron's technology for the production of OLED displays. Aixtron says that is OVPD deposition technology (developed originally by Universal Display, and licensed exclusively to Aixtron) offers several unique advantages over competing systems and it can enable the highest deposition rates, provide an efficient material utilization while minimizing the risk of degradation of organic material.
In March 2016 Aixtron said that it has reached an important milestone with its new OVPD demonstrator OLAD (Organic Large Area Demonstrator) - after an internal test phase lasting several months and producing excellent results in some cases, the system is now available for initial customer tests.
In October 2014 we interviewed Aixtron's biz-dev director who explains the company's OLED technology and business.
