Flat Panel Display Analysts Launch New Firm

Ross Young, the founder of flat panel research specialist DisplaySearch, and former LG Philips Display exec Bob O'Brien have set up a new market research firm called Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) in Austin, Texas.

Young and his father Barry set up DisplaySearch in 1996 and sold it to NPD in 2005. It has since been acquired by IHS. After the NPD sale, the pair launched a specialist marketing intelligence and consulting firm for the solar, solid-state lighting and display industries called Young Market Research (YMR), which they then sold to IMS Research. O'Brien was previously Director of Market Intelligence and Strategy at Corning Glass Technologies, prior to which he worked in engineering, product marketing, finance, and business intelligence roles at Philips Display Components and LG Philips Displays.

The new firm will produce content and insights for marketing, procurement, financial analysts and other execs in the flat panel display supply chain. Commenting on the launch, O'Brien said: 'I have known Ross for many years as one of the foremost experts in the display industry and I greatly admire his work in building DisplaySearch from humble beginnings to be the leading company in the sector. I believe that our experience and skills complement each other, and will allow us to provide our clients with unsurpassed insights, intelligence, value, analysis and consulting covering the entire value chain'.

Web site: www.displaysupplychain.com .