OSRAM Opto Semiconductors ORBEOS: first OLED light source

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors have started selling what appears to be the first OLED lighting product.
The warm white, 80 mm diameter ORBEOS panel with an efficiency of 25 lm/W is now available for purchase.

Its brightness level is usually 1,000cd/m² with power input of less than a watt. In ideal operating conditions it has a lifespan of [...]

Konica Minolta to build OLED lighting pilot production line

Konica Minolta is planning a new roll-to-roll pilot manufacturing line for OLED lighting panels.

The company today announced a construction of a new roll-to-roll pilot coating line to manufacture OLED lighting within its Hino facility in Tokyo. The pilot line is dedicated to establish production technology toward mass-production and to sell the product on the limited [...]