According to Digitimes Chinese manufacturer Tianma Micro-electronics has begun production of both rigid and flexible AMOLED panels based on LTPS (low-temperature poly-Si) backplanes at a new Gen-6 AMOLED line in Wuhan, central China, according to unnamed industry sources.
Tianma started construction of the plant in January 2016 and it is the first Gen-6 AMOLED in China as well as the world's first Gen-6 fab producing both rigid and flexible AMOLED panels, the sources said.
Tianma set up a Gen-4.5 AMOLED trial production line for R&D of AMOLED technology and manufacturing process in 2010 and a Gen-5.5 AMOLED factory in 2013, with the factory beginning shipments to vendors of smart terminal devices in 2016.