[The Korean Industry Post, 2016. 5. 23]

Korean OLED related parts, materials, and equipment makers are expected to experience rapid growth, as Apple decided to adopt Samsung display’s OLED display panel to build iPhone.

Front-end OLED processing related parts, materials, and equipment makers like  VIATRON, Tera Semicon Corp., AP Systems, and HB Technology are humming their productions line to keep up with unprecedented big orders of global display panel makers like Samsung display and LG display.

▲ Apple iWatch. /Source: Apple Inc.

Korean players will also likely to win bid to supply back-end related parts, materials, and equipment.

Apple requested its long-term ally Foxconn Electronics Inc. to invest in back-end related OLED technology to gain bargaining power over Samsung display when purchasing OLED.

The offer was refused by Taiwanese multinational electronics maker, as there are too much money and risk to spend to develop OLED back-end related technology.

Apple will likely rely on Samsung display and LG display for a while when purchasing OLED.

At the time, display panel makers nearly finished their orders for front-end OLED process and now will start ordering for back-end OLED processing related parts, materials, and equipment.

Korean back-end OLED related laser equipment makers like Jastech Ltd. and Toptec, 3D inspection machine makers like KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY, automation facility companies like SFA and Shinsung FA Corp.will likely gain benefit from until Apple finds alternative other than Samsung display to purchase OLED. 

 

 

Lyan Lee

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translated by Taegeun Kim

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