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Flexible AMOLED Market More Than Tripled to $12 Billion in 2017, IHS Markit Says

‘Many panel makers are trying to develop another innovative form factor, such as foldable or rollable, within a few years.’

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Due to a sudden increase in demand, shipment revenue of flexible active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays more than tripled in 2017, accounting for 54.6% of total AMOLED panel shipment revenue, according to business information provider IHS Markit.   The flexible AMOLED panel market expanded by about 250% in 2017 to $12 billion from $3.5 billion in 2016, while rigid AMOLED panel shipment revenue contracted by 14% during the same period. Samsung Display started supplying its...

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