OLEDWorks was established in July 2010 by former Kodak OLED business experts and has become a leading OLED lighting maker. In 2015 OLEDWorks acquired Philips' OLED lighting business.
OLEDWorks produces panels in both Rochester New York and Aachen, Germany (what was previously Philips' site). The company offers a wide range of OLED panels and related products, and in November 2018 OLEDWorks started to ship its first flexible OLED lighting panels. In 2025, the company launched bendable automotive OLEDs.
In 2019 the company signed a collaboration agreement with Audi, and since then the company supplied panels for several of Audi's cars.
OLEDWorks also develops technologies for OLED microdisplays, and together with JDI it plans to construct an OLED display fab in the US.
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OLEDWorks, together with researchers from Michigan and Pennsylvania use high aspect ratio surface textures to extend OLED performance
The 2026 Audi Q3 uses OLED taillights powered by OLEDWorks
OLEDWorks announced that the new 2026 Audi Q3 SUV will feature the company's OLED lighting panels, to enable personalization and intelligent lighting. The OLED lighting are optional for Q3 customers.
The Q3 rear lighting system features 6 OLED modules, each with 36 individually controllable segments, enabling up to four distinct digital light signatures. In total, there are 216 OLED lighting panels in each side of the car.
Researchers from OLEDWorks, RTX and the University of Michigan report on a breakthrough OLED NIR upconversion device
OLEDWorks launches bendable automotive OLED lighting panels
OLEDWorks launched the world's first automotive bendable OLED lighting panel. Branded as Atala Wave, OLEDWorks says that these new flexible OLEDs are now commercially available.
Atala Wave flexible panels are produced on 0.1 mm flexible glass, and can be bent to a minimum radius of 200 mm, so that these OLED units can be wrapped around vehicle contours. OLEDWorks say that the panels possess all the performance features of previous rigid Atala products: exceptional off-angle viewing, reliability, and unparalleled uniformity and contrast.
OLED lighting - will automotive applications enable a mass market for OLED lighting panels?
OLED has a lot of promise as a lighting technology: OLED technology enables uniform, high-quality area lighting devices. In this article, we will explore the history and current status of the industry, and see whether the automotive industry can finally enable a real OLED lighting market.
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- An introduction to OLED lighting
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- Automotive OLED lighting – history and current status
- Automotive OLED lighting producers
- Will the automotive market enable a mass OLED lighting market?
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OLEDWorks to invest $46 million to double its OLED lighting panel production capacity in Aachen
OLEDWorks announced that it is launching a new $46 million project to double its production capacity at its Aachen OLED lighting fab, as the company sees increased demand for its OLED lighting systems in the automotive sector.
The project involves expanding and modernizing the existing OLEDWorks production infrastructure, the building and the production lines. The goals of these measures are to reduce production cycle times and increase operational efficiency. Once complete, OLEDWorks will have a capacity to produce around 40,000 sqm of OLED panels per year.
The 2025 Audi A6 Sedan sports digital OLED taillights
Audi announced that the new 2025 Audi A6 Sedan will sport OLED lighting, its Digital OLED 2.0, powered by OLEDWorks' Atala panels.
Each module (right and left) includes a total of eight digital OLED panels, and 198 OLED segments (panels). The technology can refresh the 'image' created by the lighting panel several times per second, and offers communication light coupled with proximity detection for warning lights, unique signatures and more.
Japan Display announced a strategic investment in OLEDWorks, to jointly build an advanced OLED production line in the US
The Audi 2025 A5 and S5 cars to sport OLEDWorks' 2.0 digital lighting rearlights
OLEDWorks proudly announces that the Audi A5 and S5 vehicles are to incorporate its cutting-edge digital OLED 2.0 technology, powered by the Atala brand.
In the new A5 and S5, there will be 6 modules, each with about 60 red emitting OLED panels. The total number of panels is 364. The panels provide personalized lighting signatures and dynamic, adaptive communication on the road.
