Merck, a leading science and technology company, recently announced a €20M expansion of its OLED (organic light-emitting diode) manufacturing capacity at its sites in Pyeongtaek, Korea, and Shanghai, China. Additional sublimation units will be built to help meet customer demand in the growing OLED market. With the investment, Merck will further increase its local OLED production footprint in Korea and establish OLED production capacity in China. The enhanced local manufacturing capacities will strengthen the company’s position as key supplier of high-purity OLED materials for panel makers in Asia. With its Performance Materials business sector, Merck is a leading player in the electronic materials market and OLED materials are one of the defined investment focus areas for future growth.

LOPEC 2021 will take place online due to the expected continuing worldwide travel restrictions. The central element will be the LOPEC Conference supplemented by a virtual marketplace for exhibitors. With LOPEC Online, Messe München and its partner OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association), are able to ensure an international industry meeting in March 2021.