Nematic Liquid Crystal Material Suppliers
- Merck group (~50% of worldwide market)
- E. Merck (Germany)
- Merck-Japan
- Merck Ltd. (England)
- EM Chemicals (U.S.)
- RODIC (Japan)
- Hoffman-LaRoche, Ltd. (Switzerland)
- Dainippon Ink (Japan)
- Other Japanese companies:
Chisso, Bohusui, Hoechst, Kohusai Electric,
Mitsubishi Kasei, Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Nagase
Sangyo, Samco Int’l., Sumitomo Chemical
- Cost: < $10/gram (small percentage of LCD total cost)