OLED Displays to Offer Growth for Display Films/Coatings Market
Opportunities for display films/coatings over the next eight years are expected to grow to nearly $10 billion in revenues by 2019, according to a new report from NanoMarkets. Although the display films business is mature, the report identifies organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays as presenting a strong long-term market for film makers as OLEDs begin to take market share from traditional LCD strongholds such as mobile displays and televisions.
Like LCDs, OLEDs will use antiglare/antireflection films, but their success will also boost certain kinds of specialist films. One opportunity is films designed to increase the color uniformity of OLEDs at wider viewing angles. Another is certain kinds of polarizer films that improve the bright light readability of OLEDs.