[News] Korea’s Next-Gen OLED Push Gains Steam With LG FLiPP, Samsung Wide View Debuts
South Korean display makers are stepping up next-generation technology development. According to ZDNet, LG Display announced that it will publicly showcase its FLiPP technology for the first time at IMID (International Meeting on Information Display) 2026.
Conventional OLED patterning relies on a fine metal mask (FMM) to precisely deposit RGB materials, while LG Display’s FLiPP replaces the mask with UV-based patterning. MoneyToday notes that eliminating the FMM can reduce related costs and defects, avoid sagging and alignment issues on larger substrates, and reduce unused space between pixels, improving both light-emitting and production efficiency.
As noted by ZDNet, FLiPP increases the aperture ratio by 55% compared with the FMM process and can deliver 1.6x higher brightness, 2.4x longer lifetime, or 13% lower power consumption. Notably, LG Display is reportedly aiming to eventually apply the technology to OLED panels for Apple IT products.
Samsung Display Debuts Wide View OLED, 20-Inch Stretchable Display
Samsung Display is also unveiling new technologies at IMID 2026. According to ZDNet, the company is showcasing its next-generation “Wide View Display” alongside a larger 20-inch “Wide Stretchable” display.
The Wide View Display is Samsung Display’s latest wide-viewing-angle OLED technology for mobile devices. On current foldables, brightness around the curved areas on either side of the central crease can appear at only around 40% of the level seen from directly in front. The new 7.6-inch display addresses this limitation with a redesigned organic light-emitting layer that maintains more uniform brightness across curved areas. ZDNet adds that the technology could be applied to foldable, slidable, and rollable devices.
Samsung Display is also showcasing its 20-inch Wide Stretchable display, which it says is the world’s largest. Based on Micro LED technology, it uses tiling to combine two stretchable displays into a single screen, more than doubling the previous display area. ZDNet highlights potential applications including automotive digital cockpits, humanoid robots, and digital signage.
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