Chinese OLED updates

There are some interesting updates about Chinese OLED makers and research-

• The Guangdong OLED Industry Research Institute is being set up with a capital of RMB 220 million ($29.33 million). Local government allocations for material and equipment technology development are included in the setup for the institute, which will be working on 370mmX470mm OLED production lines within the next 3 years together with local companies.
  

  
  The institute will have corporate offices, research labs, and technology application support centers.
  

  
  


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  Smartdisplays (Xi’an) went into OLED mass production in 2006 with an annual capacity of 200,000 units. Orders may have upped production by as much as 50% in 2007.
  

  
  


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  Beijing Visionox Technology has just completed a new production base in Kunshan in Jiangsu Province costing somewhere in the range of RMB 400 to 500 million (US$ 53-66 million). The new 30,000 sqm factory was scheduled to start operations by the end of 2007.