German factory Merck think: OLED and blue phase LCD will coexist with the existing liquid crystal

Recently, in July 1, 2008 took over as chairman and President of Karl Roeser in Merck (Merck) after the press conference of the forum to answer a reporter's question, said, "this year the concern of the blue phase liquid crystal will not completely replace the existing VA (vertical alignment) and IPS (in-plane switching mode liquid crystal) mode liquid crystal, the three will coexist".

It is reported that, Karl said LCD technology is endless, the company will continue to maintain its global market share in the first place. In addition, Japan will be mixed with a variety of materials for the panel manufacturers to meet the demand for materials mixed manufacturing and development, sales of 15 ~ 20% will be used for research and development. On the other hand, for the development of the company in September 2007 to set up the "reform within the firm Atsugi &QC center" OLED material, Karl said "this material has self luminescence, wide angle, simple structure, low power consumption and other characteristics, basically, can be used to create extraordinary display. The company will strive to be among the largest OLED companies by developing long enough materials.

The press conference, the German headquarters Merck KGaA CEO Karl-Ludwig Kley forecast "LCD market will continue to grow at the same time," said the company's OLED business will be concentrated to the display market, we will invest to the lighting market ". In addition, he said, "even if the OLED to replace the LCD, it is also in 2030 after the matter".

Source: LEDinside