Lighting utilizing organic
light emitting diodes (OLED) could benefit from printing as a manufacturing
technique because it can add to its cost effectiveness, says a new report
from NanoMarkets, an industry analysis firm.

OLEDs have advantages over other lighting technologies because they
combine high brightness with an ability to be fabricated on a thin,
flexible display. These are properties that open up opportunities for OLED
lighting in architectural lighting, vehicular lighting, and other areas
says NanoMarkets. With the improvements in functional printing and the
arrival of small molecules inks, it is likely that a higher proportion of
OLEDs will be printed because of greater cost effectiveness, states the
report. NanoMarkets projects that OLED and other printed lighting markets
could possibly reach almost $2.5 billion in the next seven years.

About the Report

As new opportunities rapidly emerge in energy efficient solid-state
lighting, new manufacturing approaches are also assuming more importance
and these include printing. Electroluminescent (EL) lighting has been
printed for years, but this report goes beyond EL and includes discussions
of other forms of printed lighting, including systems based on carbon
nanotube emissions and especially on OLEDs. The report, Printable
Electronics Market Outlook: Printed Lighting, reviews the market potential
for all of the main applications for printed lighting from simple
backlighting applications to sophisticated architectural lighting. It also
provides data on the performance criteria for printed lighting and profiles
some of the leading firms and government projects exploring printed
lighting technology, discusses recent events in this field. Finally, it
provides an eight-year market forecast of the revenues that NanoMarkets
expects from printed lighting with break outs by both technology and
applications segment.
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