Expansion of OLED applications in automotive, wearable and new-use markets
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- 2026-05-12OtherEarnings
「Sales of OLED displays fell below the previous fiscal year because the business was in a transitional phase following the change from in-house production and sales to a new business model.」
The transition away from in-house production and sales continued in the OLED business, resulting in lower sales than in the previous fiscal year. - FY2026-H1Revenue declined during the transition to a new business modelAnnual report
「For OLED displays, sales were below those in the same period of the previous year as the business was in a transitional phase following the change from in-house production and sales.」
For OLED displays, the company was in a transitional phase of changing its business model from in-house production and sales, resulting in lower revenue. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「In the electronic equipment business, we carried out the planned wind-down of the out-cell touch sensor business and the planned end of in-house production of OLED displays, while working to establish a structure for improving the efficiency of our business base and creating new value.」
For OLED displays, the company ended in-house production as planned and advanced preparations for a shift in its sales and business model. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Ending in-house production of OLED displays and promoting the transfer of technology to RiTdisplay Corporation」
For OLED displays, the company progressed from its policy of ending in-house production to the stage of promoting the transfer of technology to RiTdisplay Corporation. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「For OLED displays, overseas acoustic and video applications remained firm, but sales were below those in the same period of the previous year because office equipment applications remained weak.」
Overseas acoustic and video applications remained firm while office equipment applications were weak, reaffirming the divergence by application that led to lower overall OLED revenue. - FY2024-Q2Diverging trends by OLED applicationAnnual report
「For OLED displays, overseas acoustic and video applications remained firm, but sales were below those in the same period of the previous year because office equipment applications remained weak.」
Overseas acoustic and video applications remained firm, while office equipment applications were weak, resulting in lower overall OLED display revenue year on year. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Decision to end domestic production of OLED displays and dissolve the manufacturing subsidiary」
For OLED displays, the previous policy of ending in-house production was given concrete form through the decision to end domestic production and dissolve the manufacturing subsidiary. - FY2023ReframedAnnual report
「In addition, we will end in-house production of OLED displays in fiscal 2024 and promote sales of OLED displays with enhanced added value by combining the high production capacity and cost competitiveness of RiTdisplay Corporation, with which we entered into a business alliance agreement in October 2022, with our automotive reliability technology. We will also promote sales of display modules manufactured and assembled by us.」
For OLED displays, the company gave concrete form to its policy of shifting to a business model centered on ending in-house production and outsourcing all production to RiTdisplay Corporation. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「For OLED displays, overseas automotive and video applications, which account for a large proportion of the business, remained strong, and sales exceeded those in the same period of the previous year, partly due to the impact of the weaker yen. To strengthen the cost competitiveness of OLED displays, we entered into a business alliance with a Taiwanese company covering manufacturing, technology and sales.」
We confirmed strong overseas automotive and video applications and entered into a manufacturing, technology and sales alliance with a Taiwanese company to strengthen cost competitiveness. - FY2023-Q2Strong overseas automotive and video applicationsAnnual report
「For OLED displays, overseas automotive and video applications, which account for a large proportion of the business, remained strong, and sales exceeded those in the same period of the previous year, partly due to the impact of the weaker yen.」
From the previous quarter's situation of weak Wi-Fi router applications and firm automotive and video applications, the current quarter saw strong overseas automotive and video applications, with sales exceeding those in the same period of the previous year. - FY2023-Q1Weak Wi-Fi router applications and firm automotive and video applications coexistedAnnual report
「For OLED displays, Wi-Fi router applications remained weak due to difficulty procuring components, but automotive and video applications were firm and the yen remained weak, leaving sales at approximately the same level as in the same period of the previous year.」
For OLED displays, Wi-Fi router applications, including those that had been strong through the previous fiscal year, were weak due to difficulty procuring components, while automotive and video applications remained firm, leaving sales at approximately the same level as in the same period of the previous year. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「For OLED displays, we began launching high-brightness automotive display products and color film products.」
For OLED displays, development progressed to the stage of launching high-brightness automotive displays and color film products. - FY2022-Q3Strength by application offset weakness caused by semiconductor procurement difficultiesAnnual report
「For OLED displays, overseas office equipment and video applications remained firm, but sales were below the same period of the previous year due in part to the impact of production adjustments resulting from customers' difficulty procuring semiconductors for automotive applications and Wi-Fi routers.」
For OLED displays, overseas office equipment and video applications remained firm, while automotive and Wi-Fi router applications declined in revenue due to production adjustments resulting from customers' difficulty procuring semiconductors. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Market rollout of high-value-added products through the development of small color OLED displays」
For OLED, the company described the stage of developing small color products and rolling them out in the market as high-value-added products, in addition to reviewing sales trends by traditional application. - FY2022-Q1Strong office-equipment and visual applications coincided with easing demand for Wi-Fi routersAnnual report
「Demand for OLED displays for Wi-Fi routers eased, but sales exceeded the year-earlier period because office-equipment and visual applications performed well.」
In OLED, demand for Wi-Fi routers, which had previously been strong, eased, while office-equipment and visual applications performed well, resulting in higher revenue. - FY2021Strong Wi-Fi router and office-equipment applications coincided with weakness in automotive and visual applicationsAnnual report
「OLED displays performed well in applications for Wi-Fi routers, driven by increased working from home, and in office-equipment applications, but sales fell below the previous period because automotive and visual applications remained weak.」
While strength in Wi-Fi router and office-equipment applications continued, automotive and visual applications were weak, resulting in a year-on-year decline in overall OLED sales. - FY2021-Q3Strong Wi-Fi router and office-equipment applications coincided with declines in other applicationsAnnual report
「OLED displays performed well in applications for Wi-Fi routers, driven by increased working from home, and in office-equipment applications, but sales fell below the year-earlier period because other applications declined.」
Office-equipment applications also performed well in addition to Wi-Fi router applications, but overall OLED sales fell below the year-earlier period because other applications declined. - FY2021-Q2Growth in Wi-Fi router applications coincided with declines in other applicationsAnnual report
「OLED displays performed well in applications for Wi-Fi routers, driven by increased working from home, but sales fell below the year-earlier period because other applications declined.」
In OLED, while applications for Wi-Fi routers benefited from the increase in working from home, in contrast to the overall trend in traditional communications-equipment applications, other applications declined, leaving total sales below the year-earlier period. - FY2021-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「Going forward, the company decided to withdraw from this business in order to concentrate management resources on the OLED display business and further strengthen it.」
In connection with the withdrawal from the vacuum fluorescent display business, the company clearly positioned the OLED display business as a focus for its management resources. In addition, communications-equipment applications exceeded the year-earlier period this quarter due to increased demand for smartphone secondary displays and Wi-Fi routers associated with working from home. - FY2020-Q3Growth in overseas visual and communications-equipment applications coincided with weakness in domestic automotive applicationsAnnual report
「Domestic automotive applications were weak, but sales exceeded the year-earlier period because overseas visual and communications-equipment applications increased sharply.」
While weakness in domestic automotive applications continued, overseas communications-equipment applications increased sharply in addition to the previously growing overseas visual applications, lifting overall OLED sales above the year-earlier period. - FY2020-Q2Weak domestic automotive applications and sharp growth in overseas visual applicationsAnnual report
「Domestic automotive applications were weak, but sales exceeded the year-earlier period because overseas visual applications increased sharply.」
In OLED, domestic automotive applications were weak, while a sharp increase in overseas visual applications lifted sales above the year-earlier period. - FY2020-Q1Growth in visual applications coincided with declines in overseas automotive and communications-equipment applicationsAnnual report
「Visual applications grew, but sales were roughly in line with the year-earlier period because both overseas automotive and communications-equipment applications declined.」
In OLED, visual applications grew while overseas automotive and communications-equipment applications declined, leaving sales roughly in line with the year-earlier period. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「Production of transparent OLED products, characterized by high transmittance, will begin this fiscal year. The company is also producing optical devices using OLED and working on elemental and product development to expand applications.」
For OLED, the company reported the start of production of transparent products in the current fiscal year, as well as production of optical devices and efforts to expand their applications, advancing its product rollout. - FY2019-Q3Growth in domestic automotive applications coincided with declines in visual and communications-equipment applicationsAnnual report
「Domestic automotive applications grew, but sales fell below the year-earlier period because visual and communications-equipment applications declined.」
Domestic automotive applications grew, while visual and communications-equipment applications, which had previously also been growing, declined, leaving total OLED display sales below the year-earlier period. - FY2019-Q2Automotive applications were flat, while visual and communications-equipment applications remained weakAnnual report
「Automotive applications were roughly in line with the year-earlier period, but sales fell below that period as demand declined in both visual and communications-equipment applications.」
Automotive applications remained roughly in line with the year-earlier period, while visual and communications-equipment applications, which had previously been growing, declined in revenue due to weaker demand. - FY2019-Q1The main areas of growth shifted by applicationAnnual report
「Automotive applications grew, but sales fell below the year-earlier period because visual and communications-equipment applications declined.」
Unlike the previous weakness in automotive applications, automotive applications grew while visual and communications-equipment applications declined. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Communications-equipment and visual applications grew, but sales fell below the previous period because automotive applications declined sharply.」
In OLED, growth in communications-equipment and visual applications coincided with a decline in automotive applications, prompting a renewed review of business conditions by application. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Although communications-equipment and visual applications grew, sales fell below the year-earlier period because automotive applications declined sharply.」
Growth in communications-equipment and visual applications coincided with a decline in automotive applications, leaving overall OLED sales below the year-earlier period. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Although communications-equipment and visual applications grew, sales fell below the year-earlier period because automotive applications declined.」
Growth in communications-equipment and visual applications coincided with a decline in automotive applications, leaving overall OLED sales below the year-earlier period. - FY2018-Q1Recovery in communications-equipment applications coincided with weakness in automotive applicationsAnnual report
「Although communications-equipment applications for wearable products and other devices grew, sales were slightly below the year-earlier period because automotive applications declined.」
Unlike the previous strength in automotive applications, communications-equipment applications grew this quarter while automotive applications declined, leaving overall OLED sales slightly below the year-earlier period. - FY2017ReframedAnnual report
「For OLED displays, the company will strengthen earnings power and accelerate growth by concentrating on markets and products that capitalize on its distinctive strengths, including automotive applications and transparent products.」
The company clearly shifted its focus from an approach centered on wearable devices and communications-equipment applications to distinctive markets and products such as automotive applications and transparent products. - FY2017-Q3Growth in visual applications offset the decline in communications-equipment applicationsAnnual report
「Although communications-equipment applications, including wearable products, declined, sales of OLED displays were roughly in line with the year-earlier period because visual applications grew.」
While communications-equipment applications such as wearable devices declined, visual applications grew, leaving overall OLED sales roughly in line with the year-earlier period. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「OLED displays performed steadily in automotive applications, but sales fell below the year-earlier period as communications-equipment applications, including wearable products, were affected by weak demand.」
The divergence by application continues, with automotive applications remaining solid while communications-equipment applications such as wearable devices remain weak. - FY2017-Q1Performance diverged by applicationAnnual report
「OLED displays performed steadily in automotive applications, but sales fell below the year-earlier period as communications-equipment applications, including wearable products, were affected by weak demand.」
Automotive applications remained solid, while communications-equipment applications such as wearable devices declined in revenue due to weak demand. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「In OLED, the company aims to expand sales through the development of new applications, expansion in the automotive market, and expansion into the wearable-device market for film-type displays.」
New applications, automotive applications and film-type wearable devices were identified as means of expanding OLED sales.