Panasonic and Sumitomo Chemical to Produce Large-screen OLED TVs in 2010
Tokyo, May 13, 2009 (JCN) - The Nikkei reported that Panasonic and Sumitomo Chemical will team up to produce a 40-inch or larger organic EL (OLED) TVs. The companies plan to start production in 2010 and aim to have a 10,000 yen/inch TV that consumes 40W by 2015, which is expected to be 3mm thick and at least 20x brighter than plasma TVs.
Panasonic and Sumitomo Chemical have yet to make an announcement although it is fairly well known that the two companies have a cooperative relationship.
Panasonic has already announced that it will invest in OLED production lines at its IPSalpha Himeji plant, where operations are scheduled to start in summer 2010, but has not revealed specific plans.
Sumitomo Chemical is dominant in high-polymer technologies.
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