Atsugi Micro have increased their capacity to produce electrode substrates for OLED automotive lamps. The electrode substrates manufactured and sold by the Atsugi Micro are a key component in the electrical circuits that make OLEDs emit light. A fine wiring pattern is formed by laminating metal films of chrome and aluminium onto a glass substrate.
To accommodate this production increase, Atsugi Micro has invested several hundred million Yen to introduce automatic feeding and receiving equipment, which has reduced the number of workers required, thereby addressing the labour shortage. This will improve production efficiency by approximately 30 per cent, allowing the supplier to meet the increasing demand for OLED tail lamps. Atsugi Micro plan to produce around 70,000 units in FY25, and aim to achieve annual production capacity of 200,000 units within a few years.
Atsugi Micro have about four decades’ experience in processing technologies related to LCDs, plasma displays, and touch panels. Their core strengths lie in etching and patterning technologies for a variety of metals, including chrome, aluminium, gold, and silver, and Atsugi Micro can form special processed films which are difficult for other companies to handle. The high-precision micro-processing technology Atsugi Micro have developed for display markets is also highly regarded in the automotive field. and the European customers have called Atsugi Micro’s technology ‘irreplaceable’.
Atsugi Micro, a group company of Micro Technology Research Institute, are based in Atsugi City, in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture. Since their start in 1987, the company have been a technology partner in the development of groundbreaking products including LCD displays, plasma panels, electronic paper, smartphones, and OLEDs, using photolithography and other techniques to create thin-film etching. The company obtained ISO 9001 certification in 2002, and ISO 14001 certification in 2008.
