erck and LG Chem Ltd. of Seoul, Korea, will receive the “Silver Honor for the Display Component of the Year Award” at the SID Display Week, which will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from June 3-8, 2012. This award recognizes Merck’s and LG Chem’s Film-Patterned Retarder incorporating Merck’s proprietary reactive mesogens (RM), which have set a new standard in superior performance 3D displays.
“Merck is extremely honored to have been recognized by the Society for Information Display again this year. Winning the sector’s most important award is further proof that continual, user-focused research pays off,” said Roman Maisch, Senior Vice President Marketing & Sales for Merck’s Liquid Crystals business unit. “The results are cutting-edge products that benefit our customers and end users equally. The close professional ties between the members of the international Merck team as well as the highly constructive partnerships and cooperation we enjoy with customers like LG Chem are key success factors.”
Jeongsu Yu from LG Chem, Head of R&D Center, IT&E,commented: “We are proud and grateful to have received this prestigious award. The brilliant 3D applications that we can offer our customers thanks to reactive mesogens from Merck make it possible for us to supply the global mass market with innovative technologies and to further enhance our image as a pioneering leader in the display industry.”
The Society for Information Display (SID), headquartered in San Jose, California, has been granting the Display of the Year Awards annually since 1995. Considered to be the most prestigious prize in the display industry, they distinguish the most innovative, future-oriented products, components and applications with either gold or silver. Over the past several years, Merck has been distinguished on numerous occasions for its contributions to liquid crystal display development – in 2009 Merck was awarded a prize for its PS-VA materials. The “Silver Honor for the Display Component of the Year Award” will be conferred to Merck and LG Chem during this year’s Display Week, the 50th SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, on June 6.
