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Kateeva

Founded in 2008, Kateeva is headquartered in Menlo Park (Silicon Valley), backed by equipment companies (Applied Materials & Veeco) and venture investors (Sigma Partners, Spark Capital & Madrone Capital). In Nov 2013, Kateeva unveiled the YIELDjet, their first inkjet printing equipment designed for OLED display production, showing pictures of a system that can handle Gen 8 substrate glass. Kateeva's printer can be used for the deposition of OLED materials but also thin film encapsulation.

IDTechEx summarises SID Display Week

As the development of flexible displays continues, companies are starting to focus on optimizing manufacturing processes and reducing costs.

Outlook on the OLED TV market

Remember CES back in January. There was a widespread sentiment that LG was winning the OLED TV battle against Samsung. How did LG take the lead in OLED TV? And what does it mean for the other TV panel manufacturers?

Wearable technology and sensors changing the world

The conference Samsung Future Technology Needs, London 16/6/14 consisted of about 50 people. Primarily,

Ford and Samsung research next generation battery technology

Ford Motor Company and Samsung SDI, an affiliate of Samsung Group, have announced research on different levels of hybrid technology that could one day be produced in high volume on non-hybrid vehicles for greater fuel savings.

New open reference sensor module

Imec has announced that it is collaborating with Samsung Electronics to accelerate innovation and collaboration among technology companies and researchers working in the burgeoning mobile wearable field.

Impressions from SID Display Week 2014, San Diego, California

IDTechEx recently attended the SID Display Week 2014 in San Diego, California. Here, IDTechEx summaries the latest developments from the display world, covering (a) activity by Chinese companies such as BOE, which are transforming the OLED and the display business landscape; (b) flexible displays including the latest work by AUO, BOE, Samsung and LG; and (c) wearable electronics.

Cambrios announces strategic investment by Samsung Ventures

Cambrios Technologies Corporation has announced a second round of strategic investment by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation of $10M to help fuel the company's growth.

Improving a new breed of solar cells

Researchers have set a new record for the most efficient quantum-dot cells — a type of solar cell that is seen as especially promising because of its inherently low cost, versatility, and light weight.

IDTechEx research: The race for flexible and wearable phones

Mobile phones and associated wearable electronics are now part of what is called the Internet of People. The Internet of Everything (IoE) is a term that describes the massively connected world ahead of us.

Flexible, transparent thin film transistors for flexible screens

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory reported the creation of the world's thinnest flexible, see-through 2-D thin film transistors. These transistors are just 10 atomic layers thick—that's about how much your fingernails grow per second.

Improving a new breed of solar cells

A new record has been set for the most efficient quantum-dot cells — a type of solar cell that is seen as especially promising because of its inherently low cost, versatility, and light weight.

Terra Motors expands into Asian electric vehicles market

Terra Motors Corporation, Japan's top electric two & three wheeler developer, manufacturer, and retailer announced the completion of a ＄10 million round of financing for the expansion of its business into the Asian electric vehicle (EV) market.

Wearable technology $50 billion investment frenzy

Many giant electronics manufacturers, computer services companies and conglomerates are heavily investing in wearable technologies, the internet of things, and the internet of people. IDTechEx predicts massive growth in these areas in the coming years.

Wearable electronics: success factors for 12,000 developers

Wearable electronics is a very fragmented industry when it comes to manufacturers. Even mature sub-sectors have no clear leaders in what will be a $70 billion plus business in 2024 with 12,000 developers and manufacturers as newly calculated by analysts IDTechEx.

Groundbreaking method to commercialize new material for electronics

Samsung Electronics announced a breakthrough synthesis method to speed the commercialization of graphene, a unique material ideally suited for electronic devices.

Smartphone battery fully charges in thirty seconds

A ground-breaking battery capable of charging smartphones and other devices in just 30 seconds.

Tesla's Battery Coup - Winners and Losers

Ground breaking news were announced by Tesla at the end of February 2014. This is their intention to build a lithium battery manufacturing plant with a capacity of 35 GWh/year by 2020, this is the so called "Gigafactory". Read this article in order to understand what is the impact of these plans to the whole industry.