Company Visits
Last year attendees to the tours reported:
"I congratulate IDTechEx for managing to offer the tour
option, because I am sure that it could not have been easy to convince the
Japanese to open their doors as willingly as they did. I find the meetings that
you put together, both for their technical content and the networking
opportunities, to be precisely what I am looking for: a quick update on what is
going on at the leading edge of a very rapidly growing field."
Ben Patel, General Electric
Visit 1: Dai Nippon Printing - Tuesday October 7th
The tour will introduce DNP's activities in relevant fields, and provide you with opportunity to meet DNP's
senior staff.
About Dai Nippon Printing
DNP is a world-class printing conglomerate with 1.5075 trillion yen in annual revenues and approximately 35,000 employees. Based in Tokyo, Japan, DNP offers a broad range of products and services for publishing, commercial printing, smart cards, networking, and electronics components, among others. Its products in the electronics field include color filters and other components for LCDs, photomasks, PCBs and semiconductor-related components. In the photomask market DNP is a world leader, utilizing its time honored printing techniques and know-how in the fabrication of cutting-edge photomasks.
Visit 2: Tokyo University - Takao Someya Group - Tuesday October 7th
The Takao Someya Group tour provides an overview of the lab, its research projects and its people with a walk-through of its facility.
About Takao Someya Group
Takao Someya Group is a new research laboratory, which started from May 1st 2003 when Associate Prof. Someya moved from Komaba Research Campus to the main campus of the University of Tokyo. The group affiliates with Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase electronics Center, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. Their research activities focus on organic thin-film transistors and their application to flexible, large-area electronics. In particular, they are intensively studying area sensors based on organic transistors, which include electronic artificial skins.
Visit 3: Toppan Forms - Tuesday October 7th
The tour will showcase Toppan Forms' achievement so far in printed
electronics.
About Toppan Forms Co., Ltd
Toppan Forms Co., Ltd. is Japan's largest producer of business forms and related systems. It is the leader in the Data Print Service sector, in which the company does everything from processing client data to printing and mailing it. Toppan Forms' large customer base is increasingly turning to the company to provide once purely paper-based business solutions electronically and online. In addition to business forms and related services, Toppan Forms provides cards, including IC cards, and card-related equipment, computer systems management services and office supplies.
Visit 4: Sony - Friday October 10th
About Sony Corporation
Sony Corporation is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, game, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, computer entertainment and on-line businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be the leading electronics and entertainment company in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $88 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. Sony Global
Visit 5: Toppan Printing - Friday October 10th
Printing Museum, Toppan Koishikawa building, Tokyo
Toppan Printing's expert in Printed Electronics area will guide you through the company's research and activities in this technology.
About Toppan Printing
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. was founded in 1900 in Japan. From modest beginnings, it gradually climbed into a leading position in the printing industry; the company has recently been shifting its focus into the electronics and multimedia industries in line with the advances made in information technology. Toppan is determined to become a leader in the information and communications sector. Toppan Printing has 7 major business fields: Security and Cards, Publications Printing, Commercial Printing, Packaging, Industrial Materials, Electronics, and Multimedia. In its color filter business, Toppan is No.1 color filter supplier in the world.
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