CAMBRIDGE, England, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cambridge Display
Technology (CDT) (Nasdaq: OLED) and Toppan Printing, the leading
information and communications company of Tokyo, Japan, have produced a
number of 5.5 inch full color active matrix polymer OLED (P-OLED) displays
using a roll printing method. A demonstrator will be shown at the SID
conference in San Francisco. The displays -- believed to be the first of
their type ever produced -- are the result of close co-operation between
the two companies and part of their joint development activity announced in
February 2005.
Solution processing of P-OLED displays is more commonly associated with
inkjet printing, and the companies believe that roll printing represents a
promising alternative production technique, which offers the potential for
very good display uniformity, very high display resolution and low capital
and operating costs. In the future, this type of roll printing process
could be well suited for making flexible P-OLED displays. CDT believes that
this combination of properties can only be achieved with solution-based
printing processes.
The technique is based on relief printing, a well-established method
for the transfer of soluble materials onto a range of substrates, but which
has been developed by Toppan into a highly precise technology capable of
producing patterned pixels of small size and highly uniform distribution.
The companies believe that the process is capable of scaling to large
substrate size and very high resolution, potentially over 200 ppi.
For CDT, Dr David Fyfe, CEO said: "Toppan has achieved a significant
step forward with the production of these demonstrator displays, and we are
delighted at the early fruits of our partnership with them."
About CDT
Cambridge Display Technology 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. P-OLEDs are part of the family of organic light emitting
diodes, or OLEDs, which are thin, lightweight and power efficient devices
that emit light when an electric current flows. P-OLEDs offer an enhanced
visual experience and superior performance characteristics compared with
other flat panel display technologies such as liquid crystal displays, and
have the key advantage that they can be applied in solution using printing
processes. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Cambridge, UK
and listed on the US NASDAQ National Market under the symbol 'OLED'.
More information on CDT can be found at: http://www.cdtltd.co.uk
About Toppan
Formed in 1900, the Toppan Printing Co. Ltd. is today a leading company
in the information and communications industry. Headquartered in Tokyo,
Japan, Toppan is an international company with over 10500 employees. Toppan
continues to expand its business activities into diversified new areas by
utilizing its core technologies acquired in printing. These include:
packaging, security, electronics, digital imaging and optronics.
More information about Toppan is available at:
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english
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by words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan,"
"estimate," "seek," "will" and "may," as well as the negative thereof and
similar expressions. There can be no assurance that future developments
affecting Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. and its subsidiaries will be
those anticipated by management. Among the factors, risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from
expectations or estimates reflected in such forward-looking statements are
the following: the outcomes of the Company's ongoing and future research
and development activities, as well as those of its licensees; the
Company's ability to form and continue strategic relationships with
manufacturers of P-OLED materials and displays; the successful
commercialization of products that include the Company's P-OLED technology
by its licensees; the willingness of the Company's manufacturers and
licensees to continue to develop, manufacture and sell commercial products
integrating the Company's technology; the future demand for products using
the Company's P-OLED technology; the comparative advantages and
disadvantages of any competing technologies; the Company's ability to
maintain and improve its competitive position following the expiration of
its fundamental patents; the adequacy of protections afforded to the
Company by the patents that it owns or licenses and the cost to the Company
of enforcing these patents; the Company's ability to obtain, expand and
maintain patent protection in the future and to protect its unpatentable
intellectual property; and the Company's future capital requirements and
its ability to obtain additional financing when needed. Readers should also
consider the additional factors described under the caption "Risk Factors"
in the Company's 10-K and 10-Q reports filed with the SEC. Investors should
not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements and the Company
undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
SOURCE Cambridge Display Technology
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Related links:
http://www.cdtltd.co.uk
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english
CONTACT:
Terry Nicklin, Marketing Director of CDT,
+44-1954-713600, tnicklin@cdtltd.co.uk
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