Japan-based Sharp is a global producer of telecommunications equipment, electric and electronic application equipment and electronic components.
Sharp was a producer of LCD displays, but it withdrew from the market in 2024. Since 2018, Sharp is producing flexible AMOLED displays on IGZO backplanes in low volume. Sharp is also researching QD-EL displays. The future of Sharp's display business is not clear.
Sichaun CCO Display Technology was established in 2008 in Chengdu, China by Changhong Electronics group and Chengdu Hi-Tech Investment Group.
Sichuan CCO produces PMOLED displays and has an annual capacity of 12 million 1-inch displays. The company's PMOLED displays range from 0.7" monochrome to 2.5" full color.
In 2013 the company shifted its focus to AMOLED panels, and in June 2013 the company announced plans to build a 4.5-Gen AMOLED fab by 2016. There were no updates on this plan since.
China-based Semiconductor Integrated Display Technology, or SidTek, is an OLED microdisplay developer established in 2016.
Sidtek operates a 8-inch production line in Wuhu, Anhui Province, China, where it produces commercial displays. The company's first display was introduced in 2020 (0.39" 1024x768). Sidtek is also constructing a 12-inch fab, also in Wuhu City. The first line in the new 12-inch fab will start production by the end of 2024.
SOAR Corporation was spun-off from Pioneer Corporation in April 2022 and handle's Pioneer's PMOLED production business.
SOAR produces a range of PMOLED displays, focusing on wearables, audio systems, communication equipment, home appliances and automotive applications (car audio systems and HVAC). The company also offers custom transparent and flexible displays.
In September 2024, the company announced it has shipped over 200 million OLED panels to date.
Sony is one of the leading consumer electronics companies in the world. Sony has been developing OLED technologies for many years and has been one of the pioneers in the field.
Sony has an extensive OLED history and research project, and is both an OLED producer and an OLED panel customer for its TVs and other products (VR headsets, for example). Sony used to adopt OLEDs in its MP3 players, mobile gaming consoles and more.
Tianma Micro-Electronics is a China-based display producer that was established in 1983. TianMa has been active with OLED R&D since 2010.
Tianma is currently producing AMOLED displays at its 6-Gen LTPS AMOLED fab in Wuhan, China - which was the first 6-Gen AMOLED line in China to enter production. The company produces mainly smartphone and wearable AMOLED panels. Tianma has a global AMOLED market share of about 8%.
Here are some of Tianma's latest OLED (and microLED) displays, shown at Displayweek 2024.
Truly Semiconductors is a display maker based in Hong Kong. Truly produces PMOLED displays made in Shanwei, Guangdong province, China.
Towards the end of 2016 Truly started producing AMOLED displays in its 4.5-Gen AMOLED line.
China-based Visionox was founded by Tsinghua University and other investors in 2001 with an aim to develop and manufacture OLED display and lighting panels.
Visionox produces AMOLED displays, since 2015, and the company has four productions line:
In 2024 Visionox announced it will invest $7.6 billion USD to build a 8.6-Gen production line in Hefei, targeting IT AMOLED applications.
In 2015 Visionox spun-off its OLED lighting business into a separate company called Yeolight Technology. In 2021 Visionox spun-off its PMOLED business to Qingyue.
Winstar, established in 1998 in Taiwan, is a display producer, that makes LCDs and PMOLED displays. Winstar has two 2.5-Gen PMOLED production lines.
Winstar offers a range of monochrome and color PMOLED displays, and is developing flexible OLEDs and OLED lighting panels and also transparent PMOLED displays.
In 2022, Winstar became a public company followin an IPO at Taiwan's OTC (ticker :6916).
TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT, also called Shenzhen Huaxing Photoelectric Technology) is a China based display producer (owned by TCL, Century Science & Technology Investment and Samsung Display). The company is producing both LCDs and OLED displays.