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Nikkei: Samsung spending $6.8B to boost OLED capacity ahead of 2017 iPhone launches

  • Japan's Nikkei reports Samsung (OTC:SSNLF, OTC:SSNNF) plans to spend KRW8T ($6.82B) in 2016 to increase its smartphone OLED panel capacity by over 50%, or more than 200M/year. Samsung is believed to already have the capacity to produce 300M+ smartphone OLED panels per year.
  • The report follows ones indicating Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) plans to launch iPhones featuring OLEDs in 2017, with some of the reports stating Samsung and LG Display (LPL -0.3%) will be among the suppliers. A Korean news service reported in April Samsung will supply 100M 5.5" OLEDs annually to Apple starting next year. The Nikkei suggests Apple will partly rely on OLEDs for its 2017 iPhone lineup.
  • OLED materials/IP provider Universal Display (OLED +0.3%) has moved slightly higher following the report. Industrial laser maker Coherent (COHR -0.4%) also stands to benefit from major OLED investments, as does chip equipment giant Applied Materials (AMAT -1%).

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