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Universal Display Corporation Description

Universal Display Corporation engages in the research, development, and commercialization of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technologies and materials for use in flat panel display, solid-state lighting, and other product applications. It owns, exclusively licenses, or has the sole right to sublicense approximately 3,000 patents issued and pending worldwide. The company licenses and supplies its proprietary UniversalPHOLED phosphorescent OLED technologies and materials to display manufacturers and others. It is also involved in the research, development, and commercialization of other OLED device and manufacturing technologies, including FOLED that are flexible OLEDs for the fabrication of OLEDs on flexible substrates; encapsulation technology for the packaging of flexible OLEDs and other thin-film devices, as well as for use as a barrier film for plastic substrates; UniversalP2OLED, which are printable phosphorescent OLEDs; OVJP that is an organic vapor jet printing technology; OVPD, an organic vapor phase deposition process to deposit the layers of organic material in an OLED; and TOLED, which are transparent OLEDs for the fabrication of OLEDs that have transparent cathodes. In addition, the company provides technology development and support services, including government contract work and support provided to third parties for commercialization of their OLED products. It has strategic relationships with Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.; LG Display Co., Ltd.; AU Optronics Corporation; Sony Corporation; Innolux Corporation; Pioneer Corporation; Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting Co., Ltd.; Moser Baer Technologies, Inc.; Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.; Showa Denko; Lumiotec, Inc.; LG Chem, Ltd.; Seiko Epson Corporation; and DuPont Displays, Inc. The company was founded in 1985 and is based in Ewing, New Jersey.

Sector: Technology
Industry: Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Keywords: Electronics Electromagnetism Light Emitting Diodes Display Technology Flat Panel Display Oled Technology Development Flexible Electronics Organic Light Emitting Diode Product Applications Panasonic Printing Technology Conductive Polymers Lg Display Organic Electronics