Toshiba Mobile Display – OLED Manufacturers
Toshiba Mobile Display Co. (known as Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co. until May 25, 2009) has announced that it intends to produce a million 2.5 inch OLED panels per month by Fall 2009. The screens will be produced for use in cellphones, GPS navigation systems, and other assorted mobile devices. The news broke after Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported that the Toshiba/Matsushita joint-venture have begun building OLED production lines in their Ishikawa Prefecture factories.
Although Nikkei did not list a source for the announcement, it seems fairly certain that OLED technology is growing ever closer to mainlined viability. As it stands, Toshiba Mobile Display Co. will be among the first Japanese companies to mass produce OLED panels. While their initial run will be limited only to mobile sized screens, the process will presumably garner a refined, more cost effective means of production, which may lead to mainstream availability of larger OLED screens.