Belgium-based QustomDot developed Cadmium-free quantum dots technology that can be applied directly on small microLED chips, based on technology that originated from Ghent University.
QustomDot announced several collaborations, with XTPL, MICLEDI, Aledia, and others. We posted a spotlight article on QustomDot in 2023.
In December 2024, the company raised 5 million Euros to accelerate its QD development and commercialization.
US-based Adeia is an R&D company that develops innovative technologies for the media, entertainment and semiconductor industries.
For the MicroLED industry, Adeia develops high performance hybrid bonding solutions, DBI Wafer to Wafer Hybrid Bonding and Ultra Die-to Wafer / Die to Die Hybrid Bonding.
ALLOS Semiconductors, based in Dresden, Germany, and established in 2014, is a supplier of GaN‑on‑silicon microLED epiwafers.
ALLOS provides specialized materials for two areas of rapidly growing strategic importance: microLED displays, especially microdisplays, and microLED-based optical interconnects for AI computing. The company's materials are fully silicon fab-compatible and are available in both 200 mm and 300 mm wafer diameters. This enables microLED device manufacturing.
In 2017 ALLOS and Veeco demonstrated 200mm GaN-on-Si wafers for micro-LED production. In 2020 ALLOS sold its high-power electronics and RF business to AZUR SPACE to focus its business on the microLED market. In November 2022 we posted a spotlight article on ALLOS Semiconductors.
US-based Amorphyx develops amorphous-metals based display backplanes, which can be used to drive displays using quantum-tunneling. The company says that such backplanes will enable extremely fast conductivity and thus "unlimited" refresh rates.
Amorphyx's AMNR-based backplane are compatible with LCDs, OLEDs, microLED and e-paper displays.
US-based Avicena, established in 2019, develops high-speed optical chip-to-chip communication devices based on microLEDs. In 2025, Avicena launched its scalable and modular LightBundle interconnect platform.
In May 2025, Avicena announced that it has secured its Series B funding round, raising $65 million. Avicena raised a total of $120 million to date.
In March 2026, Avicena launched an evaluation platform for its microLED optical connectivity using ASIC-based transceivers with integrated microLED, photodetector (PD) and micro-lens arrays connected via a multi-core fiber bundle. The kit integrates 320 microLED data channels operating up to 3.5 Gbps.
Brewer Science, established in 1981 in the US, develops and produces next-generation materials for a wide range of application, mainly targeting advanced lithography, advanced packaging, smart devices, and printed electronics. The company also offers quality monitoring systems for water and air applications.
For the microLED industry, Brewer Science develops materials that enable the integration of microLEDs on various substrates, including temporary and permanent bonding solutions. The company also offers functional inks and printable dielectric materials for advanced additive manufacturing.
CEA-Leti is a non-profit research institute based in Grenoble, France. CEA-Leti is one of the world's largest microelectronics and nanotechnology organizations.
Leti develops micro LED displays, with a focus on high-performance microdisplays. Leti has implemented this LED technology to manufacture high-brightness μLED arrays hybridized on silicon circuits. CEA-Leti also developed microLED communication technology.
In 2017 Leti demonstrated the world's first 10-um GaN Microdisplay and in 2019 Leti researchers developed a new CMOS-based process to produce high performance Micro-LED displays. In 2011, Aledia was established as a spin-off from CEA-Leti to develop and commercialize its 3D Nanowire microLED display technology.
US-based Compound Photonics develops high-resolution microdisplay technologies for the AR and MR markets. The company's main products are LCoS displays.
CP used to collaborate with Plessey Semiconductor to apply its display backplane to Plessey's microLED frontplane. Following Plessey's acquisition by Facebook, CP developed its own microLED display technology.
In 2022, Compound Photonics was acquired by Snap.
Comptek Solutions, established in 2017 as a spin-off from the university of Turku, Finland, develops advanced technologies and equipment for semiconductor and photonics applications.
Comptek's portfolio combines its proven Kontrox surface engineering technology with emerging optical characterization capabilities, helping customers across compound semiconductors, photonics, optoelectronics, and microLED-related development.
Corning is one of the world leaders in glass and ceramics - working on these materials for 150 years. Corning is active in several markets - display technologies, Environmental technologies, telecommunications, life sciences and others.
For the display industry, Corning offers many glass products - as display substrates, glass covers, and more.
Crystalwise, established in 2000 in Taiwan, produces hard substrates for semiconductor applications. The company mass produces LiTaO3, LiNbO3 substrates for SAW Filter devices and sapphire substrates for blue-white LED epitaxy.
Crystalwise offers 6-inch polished wafers for Micro-LED growth.
Germany-based DELO, established in 1961, is a global producer of industrial adhesives, with subsidiaries in the USA, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. DELO targets many industries, including semiconductors, flat panel displays, automotive, consumer electronics, life sciences, aerospace, and more.
DELO's adhesives are used in the display industry, to bond and seal display panels, glass covers, and optical components. Specifically for microLEDs, the company develops conductive adhesives that can be used to connect microLEDs.
Eternal Materials Group, based in Taiwan, produces a range of materials, including resins, high-performance materials, electronic materials, and more.
For the microLED industry, Eternal Materials Group offers innovative silicone materials, used for device encapsulation, optical structures (lenses/films), and light-management/reflector structures.
The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) is Korea’s national research institute conducting advanced R&D across ICT, semiconductors, AI, and digital technologies.
ETRI conducts advanced microLED R&D, including SITRAB (Simultaneous Transfer and Bonding) - a laser-assisted technology enabling high-throughput, precise, and scalable MicroLED integration.
Austria-based FAMETEC, a member of the EBNER Group of companies, produces wafers grown using a McSap (multi net shape c-axis Sapphire boules) process. The company produces high-end 6", 8" and 12" epi-ready sapphire wafers.
FAMETEC produces wafers specifically for microLED growth, and is shipping wafers to a tier-1 Asian microLED developer.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP) develops bio-based and synthetic polymers, from the laboratory to the industrial scale. Applications are diverse across many markets, such as bio-based packaging, lightweight materials, truck tires and more.
The Fraunhofer IAP is active in the display industry, with its IAP functional polymer systems division looking into a broad range of materials, including light-emitting polymers and quantum dots. The focus lies in solution processing of these materials with a strong focus on printing methods.
Specifically for the MicroLED industry, the institute developed quantum dot materials as light converting materials for microLEDs. The IAP participates in the CoCoMe research project that develops printed QD color filters.
Germany-based Fraunhofer IZM specializes in applied and industrial contract research for packaging technology and the integration of multifunctional electronics into systems.
In the area of microLEDs, the Fraunhofer IZM focuses on bumping below 10 µm pitch (indium, gold, gold/tin, nanoporous gold), massive parallel assembly technologies, and microLED arrays (microdisplays).
FRONICS (Flexible electRONICS) was established in 2016 in Korea as a spin-off from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to commercialize smart acoustic sensors and wearable devices.
In February 2018 KAIST announced that FRONICS will also commercialize its new flexible Micro-LED technology.
HannStar Display, based in Taiwan and established in 1998, produced small-sized and medium-sized TFT LCD displays, for applications such as mobile phones, tablets and notebooks. The company also produces monitors and other products under its own brand.
In November 2020 it was reported that HannStar Display launched an R&D project to develop microLED displays.
Canada-based Hyperlume was established in 2022 to develop a low-energy optical interconnect solution for chip-to-chip communication. The company's technology relies on microLED arrays to enable high bandwidth and lower power consumption.
In early 2025, the company raised $12.5 million USD in its seed round. In September 2025, the company was acquired by Credo.
