Headquartered in South Korea, Samsung Display has production plants in China, Vietnam, and India, and operates sales offices in six countries. Samsung Display enabled the first mass-production of
OLED and
quantum dot display and aims to develop next-generation technology such as slidable, rollable and stretchable panels.
As the LCD business spun off from
Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display Corporation was established on April 1, 2012. The company launched on July 1 by merging Samsung Electronics’ LCD business, S-LCD Corporation(manufacturer of amorphous
TFT LCD panels) and Samsung Mobile Display(Samsung’s OLED arm). By combining the OLED and LCD businesses, Samsung Display became the world's largest display company.
February 1995: Operated TFT-LCD line for the first time domestically
November 2003: Invested for 4.5 generation AMOLED mass-production for the first time in the world
July 2004: A joint venture S-LCD Corporation between Samsung Electronics and Sony Corporation was established.
April 2005: S-LCD begins shipment of seventh-generation TFT LCD panels for LCD TVs.[1]
August 2007: S-LCD begins shipment of eighth-generation TFT LCD panels for LCD TVs.[2]
October 2007: Started to mass produce AMOLED for the first time in the world
March 2009: Exceed production of AMOLED one million monthly
December 2011: The company's partners announce that Samsung will acquire Sony's entire stake in the joint venture, making S-LCD Corporation a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics.[3]
July 1, 2012: S-LCD and Samsung Mobile Display merge to create Samsung Display.[4]
August 2014: Samsung Display mass-produced the world’s first curved edge display panel, featured in the Galaxy Note Edge.
September 2015: Mass-produced circular OLED for smartwatches
July 2016: World’s first mass-production of embedded Y-OCTA[5]
April 2019: Samsung Display mass-produced and commercialized foldable displays.
April 2021: Samsung Display's LCD factory in
Suzhou, China, is sold to
TCL Technology's China Star Optoelectronics Technology.[6]
November 2021: Samsung Display started to produce QD-OLED displays.
January 4, 2022:
Sony announces its A95K television that uses Samsung Display's QD-OLED panels.[7]
March 17, 2022: Samsung Electronics announces its S95B television that uses Samsung Display's QD-OLED panels.[8]
June 2022: Samsung Display terminates its LCD business.[6] Samsung Display sold its LCD patents to
TCL Technology's China Star Optoelectronics Technology.[9]