Korea’s Sunic System, Ltd. enters a partnership with FDC(Flexible Display Center) and one of the goals of this collaboration is to develop a better process and equipment in producing flexible OLED displays and electronics.
Nick Colaneri, director of the FDC said “Bringing in Sunic as a member of the Flexible Display Center gives us a unique capability in the United States by enabling our partner companies to pursue the implementation of novel materials into OLED devices on the Sunicel Plus system,”
This will not only improve the development of flexible OLED displays, but will also improve the manufacturing process of flexible OLED solid-state lighting as well as plastic electronics such as RFID and sensors. It is a process that will enable the applications to be more rugged, lightweight and thin while bringing better performance, vibrant colors and other video capabilities.
Along with this collaboration, the FDG also acquired a Gen-II OLED SUNICEL Plus 400 vacuum evaporation and encapsulation process tool from Sunic for their Tempe development facility. A state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment that allows manufacturers to simplify OLED technology production, while being able to handle plastic substrates without interrupting the vacuum process. It is also designed for the production of full color AMOLED and mono-color panel with high electro luminescence (EL) performance and long lifetime.
“We have joined with the FDC as we see an opportunity to accelerate the advancement of flexible OLED devices because of the unique nature of the Center,” said Hoon Lim, president of Sunic. “Flexible display technology is rapidly moving from the development phase towards becoming a manufacturing technology and our tool offers an ideal stepping stone for this migration. We envision that flexible OLED production could become a reality within the next few years and expect our work with the FDC and its partner companies to offer significant contributions towards meeting this target.”
This collaboration has bring the two companies working together in research and development activities. The Sunicel Plus equipment will be set up at the FDC facility in Tempe in the fall of this year with prototype devices expected in the first quarter of 2011. Sunic will also open a U.S.-based office onsite at the FDC to sustain the joint venture.
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