Polymer Vision and Innos to start production of rollable displays in 2007

Polymer Vision (Eindhoven, NL) has announced its cooperation with Innos (Southampton, UK) to manufacture rollable displays:

Following 10 years of research, Polymer Vision has spent the past three years processing displays in its own pilot facility in Eindhoven to develop the technology to maturity. Polymer Vision and Innos will together transfer the process technology and finalise [...]

Cyberlux inorganic/organic hybrid LEDs

According to CNET, Cyberlux are developing white LEDs combining an inorganic semiconductor with an organic phosphorescent layer:

In conventional white-light LEDs, a semiconductor emits blue light. The blue light passes through the phosphor and becomes white light. The phosphor is thin film on a substrate; the substrate has to be placed in intricate proximity to [...]

MicroEmissive Displays: production plant and first order

According to their press release, MicroEmissive Displays (MED, Edinburgh, UK)

will start commissioning and qualification of its new production plant in the Fraunhofer IPMS in Dresden early in 2007. The move comes following the on-time handover of the purpose built cleanroom and delivery of the tool set from ANS Korea.

The 350 m2 purpose built cleanroom is [...]

OTB thin-film encapsulated OLEDs meet shelf-life requirements for commercial use

OTB Display announced

that it is able to produce thin film encapsulated OLED devices that meet the shelf-life requirements for commercial use. Not only are these displays manufactured on OTB’s in-line mass manufacturing equipment, but also the deposition of the thin film encapsulation has been proven to render the same optical performance as the conventional, [...]

Sony’s 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio 27-inch OLED HDTV

At this year’s CES Sony is presenting a 27-inch OLED TV

With a contrast ratio of greater than 1,000,000:1 (not a misprint) to go with its 1080p resolution, and >100% NTSC color reproduction.

The Register has more details

The two displays, bevels included, were just 5mm thick.

The first display is a compact, 11in model with a native [...]

Polymer Vision secures €21 million, announces spin-out from Philips

Polymer Vision, who presented the first functional device with a rollable display at IFA 2005, have announced their spin-out from Philips:

Philips™ Incubator activity Polymer Vision will become an independent company – Polymer Vision Ltd., focusing on products for the rollable display market. Technology Capital has invested €21 million in the company and will become the [...]

Plastic Logic raises $100 million for manufacturing facility in Dresden

Plastic Logic announced that it has raised $100 million to build a factory for flexible active matrix display modules in Dresden (Germany).

To fund this comprehensive commercialization program, Plastic Logic has completed a first closing of $100 million of equity finance led by Oak Investment Partners and Tudor Investment Corporation. Existing investors Amadeus, which led the [...]