2008 third quarter global OLED revenues fell by more than 10%

According to the DisplaySearch in the fourth quarter OLED shipments report the latest research data show that OLED in the third quarter of 2008 overall revenue reached $141 million, compared with the previous quarter fell 11%, but compared with the same period last year growth of 60%. From the point of view of AMOLED suppliers, Taiwan odd crystal photoelectric shipments ranked second, while the third quarter shipments hit a record high, compared with the previous quarter, an increase of 14%. The Samsung SDI (Samsung Electronics will be combined with the establishment of small and medium size Samsung mobile display department) is still ranked first supplier, the third quarter shipments slightly lower than in the second quarter. Overall, the third quarter of the global AMOLED shipments only slightly increased compared with the second quarter, total shipments of up to 1 million 700 thousand.

In the second quarter due to a large number of mobile phones with a large number of secondary screen shipments, but also due to the impact of the second quarter of the second quarter of the mobile phone screen orders, shipments decreased by 22% compared with the previous quarter. But in any case, when the full color PMOLED application is more popular, monochrome PMOLED orders will inevitably be faced with the situation, but it will also increase the average sales price of the third quarter OLED panel.

Display technology research director Jennifer Colegrove, PhD pointed out that OLED has a number of attractions: wide viewing angle, wide color gamut, faster response time, and has more power and light under different ambient temperature operation. At the same time, technology has made great progress in recent years

Requirements for the life of consumer electronic products. But OLEDs is still facing TFT LCDs and PM LCDs price pressures. At the same time, Jennifer also said that Oled displays rapid changes in the market, the company continued to add new and existing companies to expand operations or silently exit the market or to business focus, this industry has its market opportunities also exist certain risks.

Taiwan re treasure Technology (RiTdisplay) in the third quarter of 2008 exceeded Samsung SDI shipments in the first quarter, shipments in the third quarter was essentially flat with the second quarter, accounting for the overall shipments of 36%. Samsung SDI due to a sharp decline in shipments of PM OLED, the third quarter ranked behind rhenium technology; however, due to the basic maintenance of the AMOLED shipments in the rest of the collection is still living in the championship. TDK in the third quarter to beat rival Pioneer came to the top of the list, accounting for the overall shipments of 17%, Pioneer fell to $fourth, accounting for 12% of the total number of. Univision is fifth. The top five suppliers in the 2008 quarter of third accounted for the overall OLED shipments of 95%.

Due to the global economic impact and competitive pressure from LCD, DisplaySearch repair in 2008 to 2015 global OLED shipments forecast. However, we expect AMOLED will continue to produce new applications and the industry will bring new growth momentum.