Home

The Korea Herald

Latest news

Most Popular

  1. 1

    [Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'

    [Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
  2. 2

    Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space

    Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
  3. 3

    Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy

    Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
  4. 4

    Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency

    Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
  5. 5

    Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador

    Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
  1. 6

    SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day

    SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
  2. 7

    SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home

    SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
  3. 8

    Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy

    Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
  4. 9

    Ministry denies blame for Jamboree debacle

    Ministry denies blame for Jamboree debacle
  5. 10

    Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence

    Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
소아쌤

Samsung urged to beef up OLED production on soaring China demand

By Korea Herald

Published : July 22, 2016 - 14:05

    • Link copied

[THE INVESTOR] It seems unavoidable for Samsung Display, the display-making unit of Samsung Electronics, to further beef up production of its organic light-emitting diode panels on soaring demand from China’s smartphone manufacturers.

UBI Research, a local market research firm specialized on OLED, predicted that the Chinese demand for mobile OLED could surge to some 200 million units next year. 

Samsung Galaxy S7 with OLED display. Apple iPhone’s planned adoption of OLED screen possibly from next year is expected to make Chinese smartphone-makers follow suit. / Samsung Electronics Samsung Galaxy S7 with OLED display. Apple iPhone’s planned adoption of OLED screen possibly from next year is expected to make Chinese smartphone-makers follow suit. / Samsung Electronics


The firm urged Samsung Display, the No. 1 mobile OLED producer with almost 97 percent market share, to add more production lines at its A2 OLED plant. One solution, it said, is moving some lines for transparent OLED to other plants such as the L8 LCD plant.

“Considering soaring demand in China, Samsung Display is required to add manufacturing lines for an additional 20,000 to 30,000 panel production,” said Yi Choong-hoon, president and chief analyst at UBI.

Samsung Display plans to supply OLED display to Apple possibly from next year. With the planned adoption of the hot-selling iPhone, other smartphone-makers, especially those in China, are expected to follow suit in the coming years.

By Lee Ji-yoon (jylee@heraldcorp.com)

More from Headlines