Display maker JOLED files for bankruptcy with $250m in liabilities

Hoped-for Japanese champion in OLED panels fails to catch up to South Korean rivals

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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)

Nikkei staff writers

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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