JDI Launches Launch Large-Scale eLEAP Project in China

Japan Display Inc. (JDI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Wuhu Economic and Technical Development Zone (WEDZ) in Anhui Province, China, to launch a large-scale JDI eLEAP busi-ness deploying G6 and G8.7 fabs.

In 2022, JDI announced the development of its next-generation OLED eLEAP technology, which uses maskless deposition and lithography to deliver breakthrough improvements in OLED display brightness and lifetime. JDI is working to create an entirely new global display ecosystem based on its technologies, and is scheduled to begin eLEAP mass production at its Mobara, Japan G6 fab (1.3K sheets per month) in 2024.

JDI believes that eLEAP, with its extraordinary environmental advantages and cost competitive-ness, has the potential to deliver unprecedented customer and social value and transform the global display industry. JDI has thus decided to launch the Wuhu eLEAP project, quickly securing large-scale production capacity to meet huge customer demand.

WEDZ is a national-level economic and technological development zone that was established in 1993 with the approval of the State Council of China. It has highly advanced social, transportation, and IT infrastructure and an outstanding business and residential environment. As a result, WEDZ has attracted numerous companies from Japan, Europe, the U.S., and Asia.

Given these strengths, JDI has agreed with WEDZ to launch the Wuhu eLEAP project in WEDZ. After obtaining the requisite approvals from relevant authorities, JDI and WEDZ are targeting the signing of the final agreement by December-end 2023, and will establish the Wuhu eLEAP operat-ing company immediately afterwards.

Wuhu eLEAPCo is planning to construct both a G6 fab (10K sheets per month) and a G8.7 fab (30K sheets per month, with G8.7 sheets >2X the size of G6), expanding JDI’s eLEAP production capacity by more than 50X. G6 mass production is scheduled to start in November 2025 and G8.7 mass production in December 2026.