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KODAK showcased an OLED panel at the Flat Panel Display (FPD) International 2009 held at the Pacifico Yokohama (Exhibition Hall) in Japan from October 28 to 30. The panel was developed as part of a national project and satisfied the Energy Star criteria suggested by the U.S. Department of Energy. The OLED panel for lighting is 6”x6” in size and offers 3000K of color temperature, 90 and higher CRI and efficiency of 45lm/W and higher.

KODAK’s OLED panel for lighting used glass substrate and was applied to a glass lighting fixture. KODAK explained that OLED’s advantages of being thin, bright and generating a smaller amount of heat allow OLED panels to be used in a various way, such as for lighting for house or jack-o’-lantern for Halloween day (picture above).

KODAK said that it is devising a next plan on OLED lighting, and increasing attention is paid to whether KODAK will make an aggressive move to advance into the OLED lighting business.

[KODAK’s OLED lighting]

Lumiotec also displayed its OLED lighting at FPD Int’l 2009. The company exhibited a 150x150mm OLED panel at the LED/OLED Lighting event held in April in Japan. This time, however, it showcased the same kind of OLED panel with a difference size of 142x142mm. A source related to the company said that Lumiotec has equipment for developing 300x300 OLED and thus changed the size considering the manufacturing process. The OLED panel is 3.5mm thick and offers a color temperature of 3800k-4000k. Lumiotec plans to start mass production in January of next year and is known to be in contact with Big 3 lighting companies – Osram, Philips, and GE.

[Lumiotec’s OLED lighting]