Look at the Future of Display in the Post-Epidemic Era at DIC FORUM in July

Release Date: July 3, 2020

The 11th 2020 (Shanghai) Display Innovation China Forum (referred to as “DIC FORUM” for short) jointly hosted by China Optics and Optoelectronics Manufactures Association Liquid Crystal Branch (CODA) and Nikkei BP will be held at InterContinental Hotel and Hall 4.1 in National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) from July 21 to 22, 2020. At that time, leaders from leading companies in the global display industry, experts and scholars will gather together to give speeches, authoritatively interpret cutting-edge technologies, bring together wisdom of the global display industry, promote cross-border cooperation, seek industry ecology, and explore the next development opportunity for the display industry in the post-epidemic era.

Post-Epidemic Era: New Displays are Greeted with New Changes

The Covid-19 epidemic in 2020 brings a broad and profound impact on the global economy, including the display industry, and affects the entire display industry chain. This will further increase the uncertainty of the development of the global display industry. Therefore, the market price, supply and demand, and corporate profitability of the global display industry will all be challenged.

At the Global Display Industry Spring Trend Release (2020) held by CODA on May 18th, many participants said that due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, in the short term, global TV and smartphone sales would be affected, and the demand for related panels would decrease, but the industry would continue to develop steadily in the future. With China’s accelerated development of new infrastructure such as 5G and industrial Internet, large-size panels and commercial displays would have broad application prospects, and the display industry would be greeted with a new transformation.

Experts attending the conference pointed out that China’s display industry has the core advantages of turning crises into opportunities: First, China’s huge production capacity attracts investment from global peers and has formed a complete supply chain system. The huge terminal processing capacity can digest the display panel production capacity; second, China will keep pace with South Korean and Japanese manufacturers on the new track in the future, and there is an opportunity to realize “corner overtaking” due to the advanced layout and leading advantages in some areas; third, Chinese display panel companies have taken various measures to ensure continuous production, and it is one of the few industries that have not completely stopped production during the epidemic period. Most companies have resumed work and production, and still maintain strong market competitiveness.

Liang Xinqing, the executive vice chairman and secretary-general of China Optics and Optoelectronics Manufactures Association Liquid Crystal Branch (CODA), said, “In the post-epidemic era, display will have a closer connection with people's lives. The Covid-19 epidemic has promoted the realization of some new application products and application scenarios, such as live systems, online meetings, video education, face recognition, and medical displays, etc., bringing opportunities to the industry.

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The display industry accelerates reshuffle and the global industry is restructured

At the same time, the global display industry has accelerated its reshuffle due to the influence of the Covid-19 epidemic. In the process of global industry restructuring, companies of Chinese mainland have achieved leading advantages in the TFT-LCD industry. In terms of new display technologies, such as AMOLED, QLED, and Mini/Micro LED, etc. Chinese companies are also actively deploying and trying to catch up.

Chinese mainland currently dominates the TFT-LCD market, while South Korea is accelerating its transformation to AMOLED. Both Samsung Display and LG Display, two giants in the South Korean panel industry, have promoted AMOLED as their strategic priority. Samsung Display is accelerating the breakthrough of QD-OLED and QNED technology on the basis of occupying a dominant position in the small and medium-sized AMOLED market. It plans to mass produce QD-OLED in 2021 to make up for the lack of large-size business caused by the closure of the TFT-LCD production line. LG Display takes the lead in the large-size OLED market, and is working with downstream manufacturers of TV brands to promote the popularization of OLED TVs. At the same time, it is improving its technical strength in small and medium-sized AMOLEDs to gain more brand customers.

Faced with South Korea’s transformation to AMOLED, Chinese panel manufacturers are also catching up quickly. In the past four to five years, the small and medium-sized AMOLED industry in Chinese mainland has developed rapidly. At the same time, panel manufacturers in Chinese mainland are also planning production lines of large-size AMOLED. Next, China and South Korea may have more cooperation in the industry, and the development of China's AMOLED industry is worth looking forward to.

Listen to the future of the display at DIC FORUM, and witness the display everywhere at DIC EXPO

The influence of the Covid-19 epidemic on the display industry, the challenges and opportunities it brings, and its impact on the global display industry chain are what the industry urgently wants to know, and they are also problems that cannot be evaded in the post-epidemic era. DIC FORUM has specially invited authoritative associations such as China Electronics Chamber of Commerce, Korea Display Industry Association, International Semiconductor Industry Association, etc.; leading enterprises in the industry such as BOE, Tianma, LG DISPLAY, Visionox, Merck, Corning,etc.; experts and scholars such as CODA Chairman Chen Yanshun, CODA Executive Vice Chairman/Secretary-General Liang Xinqing, Academician Ouyang Zhongcan of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Yang Xueshan, Academician Peng Shou of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, etc.; consulting agencies such as Sigmaintell, DSCC, DISCIEN, and TrendBank, etc. to share their insights in their professional fields on topics such as “post-epidemic restructuring of the global industrial chain, “impact of the Covid-19 epidemic on the display industry”, etc. It will show the research and judgement on the future development trend of the display industry in the post-epidemic era, discuss the challenges and opportunities of new display technologies and new applications in the post-epidemic era...  We can hear the future of display after the breakout of Covid-19 epidemic at DIC FORUM.

2020 (Shanghai) Display Innovation Convention & EXPO (referred to as “DIC EXPO” for short) will be held from July 22 to 24, during the same period as DIC FORUM. DIC EXPO is the only display exhibition hosted by the authoritative association CODA and fully supported by top domestic and foreign associations and institutions. It is the first large-scale exhibition in the global display industry after the breakout the Covid-19 epidemic. The exhibition area is 20,000 square meters. It is expected that there will be more than 1,000 exhibitors from all over the world, bringing together more than 50,000 professional visitors of the industry from all over the world. At present, BOE, Tianma, Visionox, HKC, MANTIX, Everdisplay Optronics, InfoVision Optoelectronics, Merck, OFILM, Almaden, Fuyin Group, Shuangxing New Materials and other leading enterprises in the display industry chain have all confirmed their participation in DIC EXPO. It will show products such as new display panels, modules, upstream materials, equipment and application terminals, etc., and displays are everywhere.