2009 Forecast for the flexible display market

The flexible display market is beginning to be watched closely.

Early forecasts of market growth, built on the basis of reliable figures, are also outputs in 2008.

It seems that 2009 will be the switch that will see the market for flexible displays in a new dimension: that of the acceleration for an extension to the vast majority of consumers.

Thus, iSuppli has just released a diagram speaks for the growth of market revenue, taking care to consider all segments:

The study is thus in 2009 that the first figures interesting will come out, and help to attract enough interest in technology to trigger new investments ... in sight phase consumer public.

Rapid analysis of these figures:

• income in 2009 would be multiplied by 3 compared to 2008
• On this basis, revenues in 2013 (estimated at $ 2.8 billion) would be multiplied by 35 compared to those of 2007 (80 million)

The diagram shows that we are at the beginning of a wave very interesting.

The study is based on all the applications of flexible displays possible:

• readers to flexible displays and electronic paper (e-readers / e-paper)
• flexible displays cards (electronic display cards)
• electronic tags (electronic shelf labels)
• automotive applications (automotive applications)
• flexible displays of clothing, flexible displays (clothing / wearable displays)
• removable storage devices and point of sale (removable storage devices and point-of-purchase)
• media announcements and flexible reporting tool (public signage and advertisements)

One thing is sure, the era of flexible displays and applications is just beginning, we do not know to this day hundreds of opportunities that OLED technology (for example) will help to invent.