Japan-based OPERA Solutions was spun-off from Kyushu University's OPERA research center to provide services for organic electronics companies and researchers.
OPERA solutions offers analysis, material development and process technology development services to help accelerate projects. The company offers OLED fabrication services, in-house device characterization, lifetime tests, and more.
Panasonic Corporation (previously known as Matsushita Electric Industrial) provides a wide range of products, from audiovisual and information equipment to home appliances and components.
Panasonic used to develop OLED TV panels and OLED lighting technologies, but later withdrew from both markets. The company now produces OLED TVs based on LGD's WOLED panels.
Koninklijke Philips N.V., commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891.
Philips used to develop both OLED displays and OLED lighting. The company withdrew from the display industry in 2007 (it's Philips brand TVs are now developed and marketed by TP Vision) and in 2015 Philips sold its OLED lighting business unit to US-based OLEDWorks (which continues to offer OLED panels under the Lumiblade brand).
Here's our 2009 review of Philips' OLED lighting panels, and here's a second review we did in the same year of another panel. In December 2010 we posted an interview with Philip's OLED unit business chief.
Today TP Vision is developing OLED TVs (based on LG Display's WOLED panels), selling these under the Philips Brand.
Philoptics produces optical equipment for the semiconductor and display industries.
For the OLED market, Philoptics produces FMM masks and also laser-based equipment such as laser lift-off systems and laser cell cutters.
Japan-based Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL) is an R&D IP company founded in 1980. SEL performs R&D in several areas, including transistors and semiconductor devices, materials and devices for OLEDs and batteries, display devices and more.
SEL has developed several key OLED material, process and architecture technologies, around flexible displays, OLED stack materials, backplanes, and more. Example SEL OLED technologies include high brightness OLED microdisplays, maskless OLED production, ExTET device architecture, foldable OLEDs and more.
Korea-based Shinwha Intertek, an affiliate of the Hyosung Group, is developing optical films and functional tapes. Shinwha offers several products for the display market, including protective tapes for OLED displays, QD films for QLED-LCD panels and more. Shinwha is a public company that trades in the Korean stock exchnage (KOSDAQ: A056700)
In August 2020 it was reported the Shinwha Intertek is entering the encapsulation market for large-area OLED TV panels.
Korea-based Silicon Mitus develops semiconductor solutions for the power management and audio market, in addition to IC chips for the consumer and automotive markets.
Silicon Mitus develops LCD and OLED display drivers.
Netherlands-based Simbeyond B.V. develops simulation software for the OLED industry. The company's Bumblebee software is a simulation tool that allows to simulate the OLEDs device performance in all 3D dimensions.
Bumblebee simulates and predicts electrical characteristics, efficiency (roll-off), color point & stability as well as OLED device lifetime.
Smithers Apex, formerly known as IntertechPira, is a global business that provides events, market research, publications and strategic and technical consulting to an expanding list of niche, emerging and high growth industries, including home and personal care; lighting, imaging and displays; plastic electronics and alternative energy.
Solas is a leading owner and licensor of technology focused on the OLED market. From the smallest OLED watch to the largest OLED TV, Solas' intellectual property is fundamental to the design, circuitry and manufacturing of OLED displays, now and many years into the future.
Solas has assembled one of the most comprehensive OLED portfolios in the world, providing new entrants to the OLED market the freedom to operate and gives existing companies the ability to defend their market positions.
Existing licensees to the Solas portfolio include market leaders in the OLED display, smartphone, computer and digital camera markets. Solas continues to seek, evaluate and acquire patents in the OLED space.
