TOKYO -- Japan's JOLED, a company formed in a 2015 merger of the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) businesses of Panasonic and Sony, said Monday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection at the Tokyo District Court.
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JOLED will close two plants in Japan and let go of around 280 employees as it withdraws from OLED panel business. (Photo courtesy of JOLED)
TOKYO -- Japan's JOLED, a company formed in a 2015 merger of the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) businesses of Panasonic and Sony, said Monday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection at the Tokyo District Court.