Global OLED Technology LLC
Global OLED Technology LLC develops and administers intellectual property purchased by Korea's LG Group from the Eastman Kodak Company for US$100 million[1] in December 2009.[2] Comprising some 2,200 patents,[3] its portfolio of technologies arises from Kodak's research into organic light emitting diodes which stretches back to the 1970s[4] or early 1980s.[5]
Ownership
In June 2010 the Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., a petrochemical company based in Tokyo, Japan, acquired a 32.73% stake in Global OLED Technology for several billion yen.[6] LG Display had an existing relationship with Idemitsu's Electronic Materials Department, having secured a strategic supply of high-performance OLED material through a 24 June 2009 memorandum of understanding.[7]
The balance of the company is held by three subsidiaries of LG Corp[8]
- LG Chem, Ltd. - Established in 1947 as Lak-Hui Chemical Industrial Corp., LG Chem is the senior arm of the LG chaebol
- LG Electronics, Inc. - Produces consumer goods including televisions, mobile phones, semiconductors, and home appliances.
- LG Display Co., Ltd. - Founded in 1999 as a joint venture between LG Electronics, Inc. and Koninklijke Philips Consumer Electronics, N.V., it was known as LG.Philips LCD until Philips sold off its stake in 2008.
Licensees
Companies licensing Kodak-developed technologies include[9]
- Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd. - Mainly incorporates passive OLEDs into automotive instrument panels[10]
- Optrex Corporation - Wholly owned subsidiary of Kyocera Corporation effective 1 February 2012.
- Ritek Corporation - Maker of the first Taiwanese AMOLED display.[11]
- Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. - Owners of leading P-OLED research centre Cambridge Display Technology[12] in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, Sumitomo has built a large P-OLED materials factory[13] near Osaka, Japan and developed a 423-ppi inkjet printing method of flexible polymer OLED panel manufacture.[14]
- TDK Corporation - Put small transparent OLED screens into early mass production[15]
- Tohoku Device Co., Ltd. - Subsidiary of the Pioneer Corporation responsible for the manufacture of speakers, mechatronics, and OLED displays.[16]
- Truly Semiconductors Limited - Display manufacturer headquartered in Hong Kong.
References
- ↑ "Kodak's OLED unit was sold for $100 million". OLED-Info.com. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "Who We Are". Global OLED Technology LLC. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "What We Do". Global OLED Technology LLC. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ Miller, Paul. "Kodak selling OLED display business to LG, cross-licensing like there's no tomorrow". Engadget. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "Welcome to Global OLED Technology". Global OLED Technology LLC > Home. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "http://www.osa-direct.com/osad-news/idemitsu-kosan-acquires-stake-in-lg-group-oled-patent-business.html". The OSA Direct Newsletter. Retrieved 31 December 2013. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "LG Display Forms Strategic Alliance with Idemitsu Kosan for AMOLED". LG Display Newsroom. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "Investors". Global OLED Technology LLC. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "Partners". Global OLED Technology LLC. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "Display products". Nippon Seiki. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ Ritek#Displays
- ↑ "Introduction to P-OLEDs". Cambridge Display Technology. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "Panasonic's printed 56" 4K OLED TV prototype uses Sumitomo's PLED materials". OLED-Info.com. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ nicole88. "Sumitomo Chemical Develops Printed OLED Panel Technology". LED Inside. TrendForce Corp. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ O'Brien, Terrence. "TDK starts mass production of transparent OLEDs, makes texting and walking safer". Engadget. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "PM-OLED Standard Models". Organic EL Displays. Retrieved 31 December 2013.