Sumitomo buys LEP business

News

Sumitomo Chemical recently acquired Dow Chemical’s Lumation Light-Emitting Polymers business for an undisclosed fee.

and

announced recently that Sumitomo Chemical has purchased the Lumation Light-Emitting Polymers (LEPs) business from Dow. Financial terms were not disclosed.

“We believe this acquisition will accelerate our R&D activities and greatly facilitate the application of our technologies not only to displays, but more broadly to solid state lighting applications," commented Mr. Satoshi Kawachi, Executive Vice President of Sumitomo Chemical.

LEPs are the critical light-emitting material in polymeric light-emitting diodes (pLEDs), which are one class of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).

The pLED technology is said to offer many performance benefits over other technologies, such as Liquid Crystal Displays. pLEDs do not require a backlight and enable high-resolution, wide-viewing angle, high contrast, low-voltage emissive displays. LEPs also allow for the cost-effective production of both passive and active matrix, monochromatic, area colour, and full colour displays.

Applications for pLED technology will include televisions, instrument panels and portable electronics such as mobile phones, digital cameras, camcorders, and personal digital assistants (PDAs), and MP3 players.

Register now to continue reading

Thanks for visiting The Engineer. You’ve now reached your monthly limit of news stories. Register for free to unlock unlimited access to all of our news coverage, as well as premium content including opinion, in-depth features and special reports.  

Benefits of registering

  • In-depth insights and coverage of key emerging trends

  • Unrestricted access to special reports throughout the year

  • Daily technology news delivered straight to your inbox

Register
Or continue by

Signing in with your registered email address