Universal Display Corporation ABOUT UDC WHO WE ARE About UDC Company History Awards Careers Opportunities EHS & QMS Policies Supply Chain International Offices and Subsidiaries Contact Us Universal Display Corporation > About UDC About UDC Universal Display Corporation’s Story Vision – Innovation – Reality In 1994, our founder and visionary, Sherwin Seligsohn visited the electrical engineering school at Princeton University and he observed research by Drs. Forrest and Thompson in self-emissive organic materials. He saw a green dot, with a 9-volt battery hanging from it, light up for seconds before it expired. From that green dot, Sherwin saw the future of display technology, and so began Universal Display’s story. We were founded with a vision of creating the next generation of displays, back when TVs were still CRTs (cathode ray tubes). That technology was energy-efficient organic light emitting diodes, or OLEDs. In 1996, Universal Display became a publicly traded company with a research contract with Princeton University, 3 part-time employees and one patent pending. Fast forward almost two decades and we have grown from an R&D start-up to a global leader in the OLED industry. Today, we work with the largest consumer display panel manufacturers in the world. Our proprietary technologies and materials can be found in virtually every commercial OLED product in the world, from smartwatches and tablets, to smartphones and TVs, including Samsung’s Galaxy series and LG’s OLED TVs. Our leading-edge phosphorescent technology is also key in OLED lighting. With over 15% of the world’s total electricity and 5% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions stemming from lighting, more energy-efficient lighting products are in high demand. Based on our proprietary UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, OLEDs have the potential to offer power efficiencies that are superior to those for today’s incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes. The OLED industry is just beginning to take off, and we are excited to continue to have a critical role in this new era of display and lighting technologies. Universal Display’s Mission Our mission is to be a key enabler in the OLED ecosystem and help grow the OLED industry with our broad and deep experience and know-how, proprietary OLED technologies and UniversalPHOLED (phosphorescent OLED) emissive materials’ systems. <span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start">﻿</span> FAST FACTS Corporate Headquarters: Ewing, NJ, U.S. International Offices: China, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan Founded: 1994 Revenue: ~$405 million (CY 2019) Employees: ~311 (CY 2019) Nasdaq Symbol: OLED Patents: ~5,000+ (issued & pending patents worldwide, as of February 2020) Who We Are About UDC History Management Awards Careers EHS & QMS Policies Supply Chain Contact Us What We Do Innovation & Solutions Core Technologies UniversalPHOLED® Materials Licensing Technology Transfer What is an OLED OLEDs FOLEDs TOLEDs WOLEDs OLED Markets Display Lighting Flexible Form Future Shareholders Investor Relations Newsroom Press Releases Multimedia Follow us facebook twitter linkedin youtube ABOUT UDC INNOVATION & SOLUTIONS SHAREHOLDERS CONTACT US LEGAL PRIVACY © UNIVERSAL DISPLAY 2021 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Who We Are What We Do What is an OLED? OLED Markets Shareholders Newsroom Search for: