As a means to rely less on Samsung Electronics for orders, Samsung Display aims to increase its proportion of flexible OLED panels shipped to customers outside of Korea up to 30% by the beginning of 2016.

Additionally, Samsung is starting to see orders from outside vendors pick up as they aim to release more smartphones equipped with OLED heading into 2016.

Samsung is also highly considering increased investments in flexible OLED facilities due to increased demand for smartphone, tablet, smart watch and virtual reality (VR) applications, said industry sources.