Polymer organic light emitting diode (P-OLED) technology was discovered in the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University in 1989, when it was found that organic LEDs could be made using conjugated polymers.

P-OLEDs are fast growing to be the display technology of the future and are set to replace liquid crystal displays (LCDs) in a new generation of display products.

Cambridge Display Technology (CDT), a Sumitomo Chemical Group company, is a pioneer in the development of light emitting polymers (P-OLEDs) and their use in a wide range of electronic display products used for information management, communications and entertainment.

Sumation™ was established in 2005 by CDT and Sumitomo Chemical, one of Japan’s leading chemical companies. Sumation is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical, and combines the leading edge P-OLED development knowledge of CDT and Sumitomo, with Sumitomo’s high quality manufacturing expertise to offer the very best performing materials for display products of the future.

MicroEmissive Displays has a licence for the manufacture of P-OLED microdisplays using CDT’s proprietary P-OLED technology and materials manufactured by Sumation™.

For an overview of P-OLEDS see: Introduction to P-OLEDs and How P-OLEDs work – Chemistry