Back in October 2011 Futaba bought out TDK's part in their joint OLED company, which is now a subsidiary of Futaba. Today we got hold of Futaba's OLED roadmap for 2011-2015. For the consumer market, Futaba is currently offering small (2") PMOLED displays. They are also offering 2.8" transparent panels, but it seems to be made in small quantities. As you can see from the slide below, the company plans to start producing 4.3" QVGA AMOLED displays by 2014 (mass production in 2015), transparent PMOLEDs in 2013, and flexible PMOLEDs by 2014-2015.
Futaba is also planning to start using OLEDs in printer heads. They currently use VFD technology and will adopt OLEDs in 2012-2013. For the automotive market, Futaba plans to use the flexible and transparent OLEDs in the "center stack" - basically anywhere inside the vehicle - steering wheel, dash up, windshield and on curved surfaces. The company is also interested in round shaped OLEDs. Products for the automotive market will arrive by 2014.
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