Issue Quest, an industry research organization, published a market report, ‘2021 Next Generation Display Industry Related Technology Development Trend and Market Forecast’.
Due to the global’Corona 19′ pandemic that occurred in 2020, the world is experiencing a crisis that has not been experienced. It is analyzed that’Post Corona 19′ will require us to respond completely differently from before, as untact and non-face-to-face technologies are applied in the production, distribution, and consumption of almost all products, and the reorganization of the global supply chain is promoted.
Despite the Corona 19 situation, the display industry continues to change and grow without major stagnation. Rather, it is estimated that the demand for monitors has increased due to the influence of remote classes and working from home, and the traditional TV market has grown as the living time at home has increased. In addition, the demand for displays for signage such as kiosks is increasing rapidly due to social distancing.
Meanwhile, while LCD, which has been at the forefront of thin-film displays for a long time, is rapidly taking the lead in OLED, OLED is also creating a new market of flexible devices by exerting the characteristics and advantages of materials.
Flexible display literally means a display that can bend smoothly and bend freely. OLED is recognized as the most suitable technology for flexible displays because it is a self-luminous display that can realize full color without a stacked structure like LCD, so there is no change in image quality even if the shape is changed.
In fact, most devices employing flexible displays currently use OLED. Flexible OLED has the same basic structure as OLED, but is characterized by using a flexible plastic material PI (polyimide) substrate instead of a generally used rigid display glass substrate.
Korea, China and Japan, which have been competing for a long time in the display market, are competing for the lead in the OLED market, and Korea is developing technology in response to the pursuit of China and securing competitiveness in materials, parts, and equipment from Japan. Effort is being demanded.
Accordingly, Issue Quest published a book that summarized and analyzed the technology development trends and market prospects, focusing on OLED displays, flexible displays, and micro LED displays, which are attracting attention as the latest trends in the display market and major next-generation display technologies, and focused on the display industry. He said he expects to be of little help to those who have it.