NanoMarkets Issues Latest Report on Materials for OLED Lighting Applications

NanoMarkets today announced the release of its report titled "OLED Lighting Materials Market Forecast 2013." In this new report, NanoMarkets analyzes the opportunities for OLED lighting materials suppliers over the next eight years.

Glen Allen, Virginia - October 15, 2012 -- Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced the release of its report titled "OLED Lighting Materials Market Forecast 2013." In this new report, NanoMarkets analyzes the opportunities for OLED lighting materials suppliers over the next eight years. The report estimates that the total market for materials and technologies used in OLED lighting markets will surpass $1.3 billion (USD) by the year 2018. Additional details about the report are available at: http://www.nanomarkets.net/index.php/market_reports/report/oled_lighting_materials_market_forecast_2013.

About the Report:
Within the report NanoMarkets also examines the product development and marketing strategies of the major players in the OLED lighting materials sector, including UDC, Novaled, BASF, DuPont Displays, Merck/EMD, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, and others. The report indicates which firms are the "companies to watch" and which will be the likely winners and losers in the OLED materials space.

The report also contains detailed, eight-year forecasts for the materials used for OLED lighting applications, in both value ($ millions) and volume (kg or area of material) terms, broken out by product type and application.

OLED materials covered include:

- Emissive Layer Materials -- Emitters and Hosts
- Electron and/or Hole Injection, Blocking, and Transport Materials
- Electrodes – Anodes and Cathodes
- Encapsulation Technologies, and
- Substrates – Rigid glass, flexible glass, plastics, and metal foils

The report also breaks out the core, functional OLED materials (emitters, etc.) by deposition method:

- Vapor-Deposited Small Molecules
- Solution-Processable Small Molecules, and
- Polymeric Materials

OLED lighting application sectors covered are:

General Illumination - Residential and Commercial
Specialty OLED Lighting, and
Vehicular OLED Lighting

From the Report:
The past year has brought big changes to the OLED lighting market. Pioneering OLED lighting firms are now, finally, poised to move beyond luxury luminaires and designer kits and into larger, general illumination applications. As the industry moves out of its infancy, these new general illumination applications will not only increase the number of OLED lighting panels sold, but will also demand larger panel sizes, thereby greatly increasing the total OLED materials needs.

With these trends, OLED lighting will eventually emerge as the largest addressable market for OLED materials, eclipsing even that of OLED displays, and materials suppliers will soon be able to point to tangible, commercial OLED lighting products, and to growth projections with much more confidence than in the past.

However, the commercial momentum will only be sustained if materials suppliers can help to close the remaining technology related to improved OLED lighting efficiency, lifetime, and total cost of ownership, all of which are needed to enable the fabrication of low-cost, large-area, long-lifetime panels.

NanoMarkets believes that the next three or four years will be critical for manufacturing and market development in advance of real growth, which will start to occur in about 2015 - 2016. During this period, materials suppliers to the OLED lighting industry can carve out competitive advantages in the following areas: materials that simultaneously increase efficiency and provide longer lifetimes, better encapsulation and substrate technologies that boost panel lifetime and expand design capabilities, and high performance solution-processable materials that enable low-cost/large-area manufacturing.

About NanoMarkets:
NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in solid-state lighting, energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts of this kind and has been covering the OLED and OLED materials space for more than six years.

Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Media Contact:
Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets, LC
PO BOX 3840
Glen Allen, VA 23058
(804) 938-0030

Art Gallery Announces Michael Schertz as Featured Artist

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery (LST) is very proud to announce that fine art photographer Michael Schertz is now the gallery's featured artist and he will be presented in the Light Space & Time's Artist Showcase for the next 30 days.

Jupiter, Florida, USA - October 15, 2012 -- Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery (LST) is very proud to announce that fine art photographer Michael Schertz is now the gallery's featured artist and he will be presented in the Light Space & Time's Artist Showcase for the next 30 days.

Since Michael's initial entry into the 2011 Abstracts Art Competition he has entered into several different LST art competitions. As indicative of Michael's photographic skill and talent, he has placed in every LST competition that he has entered. Most recently, Michael received an Honorable Mention award for his photograph titled "Griz Up Close" in the Gallery's 2012 Animals Art Competition. He also received a 3rd Place award his "Spray Park Trail" image in the Gallery's All Photography Art Competition which was conducted in September 2011.

Michael states that, "Our dynamic earth's natural places are in constant state of change. The images reflected here are merely semblances of what will be in the decades to come. A capture of just a moment in the journey that provided me with inspiration and I hope it fosters it in you as well. It is my aspiration and goal to create Fine Art Photography images. A Fine Art Photograph is a culmination of inspired artistry and my technical proficiency. The integration of technical and artistry provides the viewer with a memorable experience. The lack of either component can leave the viewer missing the vision and intent of the image."

It is Michael's passion to view and record the dynamic and amazing natural world as he tries to capture the moment and share with others the light and magic that he sees and experiences on his adventures. He lives in Eatonville, Washington and he has been a life-long explorer of wild places and for the last 6 years, been photographing and recording his experiences and travels. His website and blog can be found at http://www.dynamic-earth-photos.com.

About Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery conducts monthly art competitions and monthly art exhibitions for new and emerging artists on a worldwide basis. It is Light Space & Time’s intention to showcase this incredible talent in a series of monthly themed art competitions and art exhibitions by marketing and displaying the exceptional abilities of these worldwide artists.

The art gallery website can be viewed here: http://www.lightspacetime.com

Media Contact:
John R. Math
Light Space & Time Online Gallery
118 Poinciana Drive
Jupiter, FL 33458
888-490-3530