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As the benefits of P-OLED technology become ever clearer, display makers need access both to the latest materials for evaluation and development, and to sustainable high quality materials supplies for ramp up to commercial production.
The challenge of developing state of the art technology requires the best science and relevant experience to maximise the rate of progress. Both Sumitomo Chemical and Cambridge Display Technology have many years of experience in the development and evaluation of polymer OLED (P-OLED) technology and its use in displays and lighting applications.
The companies have come together to establish SumationTM, a joint venture combining some of the physical and intellectual property assets of the parent companies, and now operating as the leading centre of P-OLED materials expertise.
Sumation combines the high quality chemicals manufacturing experience of Sumitomo with the leading edge P-OLED development know-how of CDT and Sumitomo, to ensure that display and lighting producers have access to the very best performing materials, wherever they are in the development lifecycle.
The joint venture offers the strongest materials set in the polymer OLED sector, including the current best-performing full colour P-OLED materials based on polyfluorene chemistry which CDT and Dow Chemical have separately developed over the last ten years.
The LumationTM business of Dow Chemical was purchased by Sumitomo Chemical and transferred to Sumation in 2005. It will also have exclusive access to 'next generation' high efficiency materials based on dendrimer chemistry which CDT gained through the acquisition of Opsys in 2002.
Sumation adds value by:
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Providing the focus for rapid development of state of the art P-OLED materials
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Supplying both R&D evaluation samples and commercial quantities of the latest P-OLED materials and inks for displays, lightinggÂand related products.
Sumitomo and CDT have been working together since 2003 on the dendrimer class of materials and have made great progress. The former range of Sumitomo P-OLED materials will now be manufactured and supplied by the joint venture.
The synergies which flow from combining the experiences of the companies is already increasing the pace of development of P-OLED materials, and in turn this is expected to accelerate the adoption of the technology in the next generation of consumer products such as mobile phones, portable DVD players and ultimately televisions.
Sumation is well placed to meet customers' current and future material needs.
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