2018 is the predicted year that OLEDs will become a $6 billion industry. 2011 is when they’re predicted to start going mainstream.

This comes from a recently report by Jennifer Colegrove, who works at DisplaySearch.

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Confused as to what OLEDs (Organic light-emitting diode) are and why they’re so important? Colegrove explains it pretty simply in her report:

OLED lighting devices emit from the surface, can be made flexible/rollable, and even transparent like a window or reflective like a mirror. OLED lighting is thin, rugged, lightweight, and has fast switch-on times, wide operating temperatures, no noise and is environmentally friendly.