Merck Ltd. Korea has announced  that its new Application Development Laboratory has gone into operation at the Advanced Technology Center in Poseung, Pyeongtaek in southwestern Gyeonggi Province.

The multinational company started the operation after holding an opening ceremony for the laboratory, built to facilitate research and development of organic light emitting dioxide, on Oct. 5 with the attendance of a number of senior government officials and customers.

“The Application Development Laboratory design, based on the newly built OLED laboratories in the Materials Research Center at Merck in Darmstadt, will offer a perfect platform for developing world-class OLED materials in close collaboration with our Korean customers,” said Merck Korea President Juergen Koenig during his opening speech.

The company said the new lab offers chemical synthesis, refinement and material analysis. 

Merck ADL vowed to take a bigger role and become a platform for developing world-class OLED materials and large OLED products.

So far, AMOLED TV makers, LG Electronics and Sony, have been only introducing pilot lines. Through its operation in Seoul, Merck looks forward to collaborating with IT companies in launching full-fledged large AMOLED products, according to officials. (Source: Korea Herald)