Commercial Opportunities for printed OPV

Eitan C. Zeira, Director of Organic Electronic Printing Technology

 

Eitan Zeira brings more than 20 years of research and product development experience in the coating and printing industry to Konarka.

 

Zeira joins Konarka after 21 years at Nashua Corporation, a leading manufacturer of printed applications, where he was most recently Vice President of Technology. At Nashua, Zeira led teams covering all stages of new product introduction, from applied science to market research to initial sales at the corporate and group level for the Computer Products, Coated Products and Converted Products divisions. Among his accomplishments at Nashua, Zeira developed and commercialized projection screens and developed reel to reel printed circuit technology. As VP of the Coated Division, Zeira was responsible for generating more than 25% of gross sales from new products. Under Zeira's leadership, a joint development project between Nashua and a leading flex circuit manufacturer led to the commercialization of Press Printed Circuits. Prior to Nashua, Zeira developed thin film magnetic hard discs at Memorex Corporation.

 

Zeira holds 12 patents and patent applications in diverse technologies. Zeira received both his M.S. in Material Science, and his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from UCLA.

 

Biographical Sketch File: Eitan Zeira

 

Education and Training.

BS in Biomedical Engineering 1983,

 

MS in Material science both from UCLA 1984.

 

Professional Experience:

Director of Organic Electronic printing- Konarka Technologies, Inc. 2006-present

 

VP of technology- Nashua Corporation- 1998-2006

 

Director of technology Nashua Corporation- 1995-1998

 

Research scientist Nashua corporation- 1985-1995

 

Research Scientist Memorex Corporation 1984-1985

 

Publications.

Patent application- Fully printed solar cell array.

 

Patent application- Photovoltaic cell.

Konarka Technologies develops and manufactures solar plastic films that convert light to energy - anywhere. As the leading developer of polymer-based, organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology that provides a source of renewable power in a variety of form factors, Konarka has a broad portfolio of patents, technology licenses and an accomplished technical, scientific and manufacturing team. Manufactured at low cost and low energy consumption, the company's Konarka Power Plastic® technology is lightweight, flexible, scalable and adaptable for use in a variety of commercial, industrial, government and consumer applications. Konarka Technologies is headquartered in Lowell, Mass., U.S.A. and has a full scale production manufacturing facility in New Bedford, Mass. U.S.A., with European headquarters in Nurnberg, Germany, business development offices in Asia and a research and development facility in Austria. For additional information, visit http://www.konarka.com.