MicroEmissive Displays (MED) was founded in 1999 with the aim of developing and commercialising a new microdisplay technology using P-OLED materials. MED is a public company listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

In september 2006 MED has announced that it has raised over $9 million, and has revealed its plans for a volume manufacturing facility for its polymer light emitting diode (P-OLED) microdisplay products.

In November 2006 we interviewed MED's CEO, Ian underwood.

MED's web site

Founded in 2000, as a subsidiary of KOLON Group, NeoView KOLON is focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing OLED display. NeoView KOLON is capable of realizing full color as a determinant of the properties of OLED itself and is in the capacity and capability of mass production of OLED display.

NeoView Kolon's web site

Novaled provides technology for making power-efficient and easy-to-manufacture OLED devices to display and lighting manufacturers. Novaled's unique doping approach leads to the low operating voltage and great flexibility in OLED design. Novaled was founded in 2001. It is a spin-off of the Institute of Applied Photophysics (IAPP) at the Dresden University and from the Fraunhofer Society's Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS).

Novaled web site

Nuelight, based in the USA, develops solutions to the key shortcomings of OLED displays. Nuelight's patent pending technology and products ensure uniform brightness, balanced colors and long lifetimes of Active Matrix oled (AMOLED). Nuelight technology and products will enable the active matrix OLED display manufacturers to develop video centric displays for high volume consumer products such as smart phones, portable DVD players, laptops, monitors and TV.
Nuelight is partnering with a leading flat panel display manufacturer to develop and commercialize high performance active matrix OLED displays for these consumer markets.

Nuelight web site

OLED-T develops, manufactures and licenses high efficiency, long life-time materials known as ELAMATES for OLED displays. Its ELAMATE® portfolio of materials offers dramatic efficiency improvements of up to 80 per cent over competitive materials, and lifetimes of as much as three times that of competitive OLED materials.
OLED-T has over 60 patents in the area of OLED materials and device structures. It sells its materials directly to OLED display manufacturers primarily in Asia.
In May 2006, OLED-T secured 7M$ in funding to open a new R&D facility in the UK.

OLED-T web site

Orgatronics is a new start-up company, which officially started on October 2005. Orgatronics is a joint venture of OTB Group and TNO, the Dutch science and technology institute. Orgatronics offers access to an advanced R&D line, the Orgatron, which incorporates the latest developed processes needed to develop and produce complete devices from substrate to finished product. The Orgatronics facility provides added value for all who are or want to be involved in the application or development of this emerging technology.
The Orgatron is the first R&D line based on OTB's inline production system allowing easy transfer from R&D to full production of Organic Electronics and OLED's. The Orgatron uses advanced inkjet printing, vacuum deposition and thin film encapsulation processes.

Orgatronics web site

Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH, Regensburg, is a wholly owned subsidiary of OSRAM. Is a leading supplier and manufacturer of solid-state lighting solutions with a strategic focus on OLED technology. The company has developed an extensive range of IPs, development capabilities and manufacturing expertise. OSRAM OS offers Pictiva - a Single color, Passive matrix microdisplay (Display format: 80x48, 96x64 and 128x64). OSRAM is one of the two largest lighting manufacturers in the world. This international company, with its headquarters in Munich, employs more than 35,000 people throughout the world. World sales in the 2003 fiscal year totalled Euro 4.2 billion.

OSRAM-OS web site

OTB Display is a 100% subsidiary of the OTB Group and focuses on OLED commercialization (PLED and SMOLED). OTB Display is involved in the design, engineering, development and manufacturing of in-line OLED display production systems.
Through the acquisition of Philips PolyLED in 2005, OTB Display has also acquired all the know-how necessary to support its customers from display design to fully mass produced OLED modules.

OTB Display web site

PixDro specializes in developing and marketing industrial inkjet technologies for printable electronics applications, using special materials and processes. PixDro has inkject products can be used for PLED and OLED printing.
PixDro is based in Israel, and is a part of the OTB-Group.

PixDro web site

PPML into manufacturing OLED lighting applications, with innovative designs. PPML offers support to everyone that has the intention to develop and industrialize customized OLED applications. PPML's team of designers and engineers are able to follow from the concept of the idea to the realization of the final product.

PPML's web site 

RiTDisplay is a Taiwanese company, manufacturing OLED screens. RiT has been spun-off from Ritek. In November 2006 Kolon Industries have invested 100M$ in RiTDisplay, and acquired 80% of the company.

RiT Display web site