Global OLED to maintain rapid growth in 2016 amounted to $7 billion 100 million

Market research agency DisplaySearch latest quarterly OLED shipment and forecast report, global OLED (organic light emitting diode) shipments in 2008 was only about $600 million, but by 2016 will grow to $7 billion 100 million. From 2008 to 2016, the compound annual growth rate of 36%. Among them, the first quarter of this year AMOLED (active matrix organic light emitting diode) revenue, has exceeded PMOLED (passive matrix organic light-emitting diode).

DisplaySearch said that the first quarter of this year, the global AMOLED revenue, for the first time beyond the PMOLED, mainly AMOLED by strong growth in the main screen mobile phone panel applications driven by international companies including Nokia, mobile phone, Samsung, Sony and Ericsson are in the first half of this year, to launch AMOLED Mobile phone panel. Currently on the market there are more than 10 models of the phone's main screen, is the use of AMOLED panel.

As PMOLED is the mainstream of the OLED panel Market in the past, but weak demand in the first quarter of this year, MP3, as well as the impact of the PMOLED panel in the application of the mobile phone screen market potential and other factors, the first quarter shipments show recession.

DisplaySearch analyst Jennifer Colegrove believes that the current AMOLED display has become one of the important characteristics of high-end electronic products. As previously expected, AMOLED revenue has exceeded PMOLED in the first quarter of this year, is expected in 2010, AMOLED shipments will exceed PMOLED. He also expects that in the next 3 years, the world will also have a new or upgraded AMOLED 20 production lines, completed and joined operations.

According to DisplaySearch survey statistics, the first quarter of this year, global OLED revenues of $143 million, compared with the previous quarter to reduce by 8%. But AMOLED first quarter revenue growth rate of 17%. Although last year, the global OLED shipments of only about $600 million, but this year forecast to grow to $9-10 billion next year, the market size of close to $1 billion 400 million in 2011 will be more than 2 billion U.S. dollars in 2016 reached $7 billion 100 million. The compound annual growth rate from 2008 to 2016 is estimated at 36%.

The DisplaySearch survey also showed that Samsung will cause internal OLED department independent, founded the Samsung Mobile Display (SMD), started in January this year after the operation, it shows the strong growth performance, currently 37% shipments market share, dominate in the OLED market. Ritek group rhenium treasure ranked second.

OLED vendors are now planning to launch this year, more than 11 inches large size OLED panel, can be applied to TV products. Among them, LGD is currently in the small size AMOLED panel has a considerable size of shipments, AMOLED is expected at the end of this year will launch a 15 inch panel can be used in TV products, and import the LG itself will be in the new product launch in TV for Christmas this year. Samsung also plans to launch 14.1 inch TV panel, but has not yet announced a specific point. SONY was launched in 2007 on the 11 inch OLED panel, and later announced in 2008 to launch a large size of 21 inches or 27 inches OLED panel, but so far there is no clear market point.