Agreement Reached on OLED Lighting Joint Venture with Saint-Gobain Group

Date: 17 June 2014

Nippon Electric Glass Co.,Ltd. (Head Office: Otsu, Shiga, President: Masayuki Arioka) (NEG) reached an agreement with the Saint-Gobain Group on launching a joint venture to develop, manufacture and sell glass substrates with IEL* (Internal Extraction Layer) for organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting.   To spread the use of OLED lighting, further improvement of luminous efficiency (light extraction efficiency) is a crucial task.

By combining the Saint-Gobain Group´s innovative basic research capabilities in this field with NEG´s technology, know-how and knowledge in glass composition/manufacturing process development, the joint venture will manufacture and provide the world market with high-performance IEL-equipped glass substrates.

NEG has already developed several kinds of substrates for OLED lighting, including , an ultra-thin glass and , a high refractive index glass and is currently proceeding with sample operations. In partnership with the Saint-Gobain Group, NEG will offer attractive solutions with its high-performance glass products in the OLED lighting market, which has high growth potential, aiming to expand its business into the field of next-generation lighting.

*Note: Internal Expraction Layer. A layer formed on a substrate to efficienty extract to outside the light generated in OLED layers. It contributes to improvement of the luminous efficiency of OLED.

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