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MicroEmissive Displays (MED) developer of polymer organic light-emitting (P-OLED) based microdisplays have announced the shipment of its first product:

The Company has now shipped the first batch of a multiunit order for distribution into Asia. This first fulfilment is confirmation of the improvement in manufacturing yield, which had previously prevented the Company achieving efficient mass production manufacturing.

MED’s proprietary enabling technology is the first example of silicon and an organic substance working together and is used to produce high-resolution images with low power requirement on microdisplays, making the product ideal for ‘near to eye’ mobile technologies.

This first order will see the displays used in ‘night scopes’ for the leisure and sports markets and the Company expects this to be a key area in the initial stages of the commercialisation of the product.
The Company also sees opportunity in the near to eye mobile entertainment and communication handset markets going forward.

First announced on May 24, 2005

Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) and Sumitomo Chemical have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding which will lead to the formation of a new joint venture company to develop and supply advanced polymer OLED (P-OLED) materials and formulated inks for use in commercial P-OLED display and lighting applications.
The new company, to be based in Tokyo, Japan, will be owned equally by the two parent companies, and will have the largest concentration of P-OLED material development expertise and intellectual property (IP) in the OLED industry.

The parent companies will channel their existing P-OLED materials research and development activities into the new JV company, which will have access to the P-OLED material IP of the parent companies. Sumitomo has recently completed the acquisition of the Lumation business from The Dow Chemical Company, and will make available, on an exclusive basis, the polyfluorenes technology and IP of the Lumation business to the joint venture.

The joint venture, named Sumation (October 19, 2005), has now been completed and has

commenced trading on November 14th 2005.
Sumationâ„¢ supplies polymers and formulated inks for use in both development and commercial P-OLED display and lighting applications. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, and has an R & D team located in both the UK and Japan, while production of polymer materials will take place under sub contract at the Sumitomo Chemical plant in Osaka.