Sony have began production of AMOLEDs in Q1/07

In its latest Quarterly OLED Shipment and Forecast Report, DisplaySearch also disclosed the following -

• Samsung SDI and Sony began production of AMOLEDs in Q1'07.
• Teco (Taiwan), which is moving their fab from Taiwan to China, continued to use its Taiwan fab, shipping MP3 displays to iRiver.
• Univision was reported to be in financial difficulties, and while they were able to ship >3M displays in Q4'06, the volume is forecast to fall below 600K in Q1'07.
• Revenues are forecast to grow to over $142.5M in Q1'07, due in large part to the introduction of AMOLEDs for mobile phone main displays by Samsung SDI.