Mid-tier Chinese smartphones have been sweeping through the Chinese and Southeast Asian markets, with high-end models too now finding rapid expansion here. And with such Chinese devices flocking together with...
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Mitsui Chemicals, AGC Enjoy Strong Performance With Smartphone Camera Materials
Players in the smartphone market are seeing strong results for their camera-related materials, despite factors such as inventory investment causing sluggish smartphone sales on the whole. As one player in...
Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello Plans Production Increase for MLCC Release Film
Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello Inc. is planning to boost its production of silicone-coated release film for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). MLCCs are currently seeing rapid popularization due to trends in the...
Nissan Chemical Bolsters Chinese Business for Display Materials
Nissan Chemical Corp. (TYO:4021) is working to strengthen its business for display materials in China. As part of this, the company last July established Nissan Chemical Materials Research (Suzhou) Co....
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical to Boost Production of Polycarbonate Resin for Use in Lenses
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. (TYO:4182) has decided a total production capacity increase of more than 60 percent for Iupizeta EP, a special polycarbonate (PC) resin used for camera lenses...
Du Pont-Toray Looks to Bolster PI Film Business for 5G Sector
Du Pont-Toray Co. Ltd. is aiming to boost its sales of high-performance polyamide (PI) films for 5G applications. As part of this, the company has developed a PI film with...
Fujifilm Speeds up Promotion of Non-TAC Materials for Displays
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) is accelerating moves to expand its business for display materials into new areas. This comes as the company’s new materials for OLED displays, touch panels and...
Mid-Tier Smartphones Represent Next Frontier for OLED Displays
A turning point is on the horizon for the small and midsize display market. Following Apple Inc.’s release of the iPhone X with a flexible OLED screen last November, OLED...
Idemitsu to More Than Triple Production Capacity of OLED Materials
Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. (TYO:5019) plans to more than triple its current OLED materials production capacity by 2022. The move is motivated by expectations of surging OLED display production for...
China Targets Increased OLED Production as Apple Drives Market Growth
The global market for OLED displays is going strong, with Apple Inc.’s adoption of the technology for its iPhone X contributing to a spike in market growth. According to research...
Idemitsu and Toray to Team up on Organic EL Materials Development
Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. (TYO:5019) and Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) announced on Sept. 26 that they will collaborate on an organic electroluminescent (EL) materials project focusing on the development of...
Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical to Double Production of Green OLED Materials
Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co. Ltd. has announced that it will double its production of green materials to be used in the luminescent layer of OLED screens. The company...
China Eager to Move Toward OLED as LCD Replacement
China is the world’s largest producer of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) but is now actively investing in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) as a means to replace LCD technology. OLED production...
Chemical Companies Compete to Develop Polymide for Flexible Displays – Part 2
Competition surrounding the development of polymide (PI) is heating up in the chemical industry. Being targeted for PI development are flexible display boards for mobile devices such as smartphones. Major...
Chemical Companies Compete to Develop Polymide for Flexible Displays – Part 1
Competition surrounding the development of polymide (PI) is heating up in the chemical industry. Being targeted for PI development are flexible display boards for mobile devices such as smartphones. The...
SEL Announces Tri-Folding OLED Display and World’s Smallest 8K Panel
Semiconductor Energy Research Laboratory Co. Ltd. (SEL) revealed cutting-edge OLED panel technology on April 5, showing a smartphone display that can be folded in three. The display is equipped with...
Toagosei Develops New Acrylic Sheet to Replace Glass in Sensors and LCD Displays
Toagosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:4045) has developed a transparent, heat-resistant resin sheet molded from acrylic oligomer. The company aims for the product to replace glass as a sensor substrate and LCD...
Sumitomo Chemical Prepares Mass Production of Flexible Components for OLEDs
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) has begun preparations for the mass production of flexible components for organic electroluminescent displays (OLEDs). This will position the company for the arrival of smartphones...
