It has been reported in the Korea IT Times that Samsung Display currently developing flexible OLED displays due to be commercialised this year has run into technical issues with their encapsulation technology.
Desipte Samsung Display improving its plastic substrate technology to enable it to be ready for commercial launch it has not been able to acheive the same level of maturity with its encapsulation technology.
Samsung acquire the technology from Vitex Systems at the end of 2011. However, adapting the technology for commercial use has taken longer than expected as the initial Vitex technology too long for production.
Samsung Display is reported to have said, "As we have accumulated expertise in this field, progress is being made in substrates as well as encapsulation technology. We have developed a new technology than can shorten the encapsulation process to less than 2 minutes by using the Vitex System-developed encapsulation technology." At present no further information has been published.
Although Samsung has indicated they have adapted the technology there is speculation that Samsung is reviewing alternative encapsulation technologies.
