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Polymer Vision pioneers world's first production of rollable displays

Polymer Vision, a spin out of Royal Philips Electronics, announced first production level rollable electrophoretic displays from its recently acquired manufacturing facility, Polymer Vision (UK) Ltd in Southampton, England - previously owned by Southampton University and called Innos.

Printed electronics for active RFID and RTLS

IDTechEx look at aspects relevant to printed electronics from the Active RFID and Real Time Locating Systems RTLS conference.

Sony Japan launches world's first OLED TV

Sony launched in Japan last week the world's first OLED (organic light-emitting diode) TV, "XEL-1".

RFID is Poised for Change

The prosperous RFID business is on track to grow from about $5 billion in 2007 today to over $25 billion in 2017. Without collusion, most analysts agree to figures in that region and several of them see huge volumes of extremely low cost tags forming a part of the growth - even hundreds of billions in ten years from now. This seems to sit awkwardly with some press reporting that RFID retail initiatives have stalled. As one of those analysts, let IDTechEx explain.

Germany using photovoltaics to help reduce fossil fuel consumption

Germany is the world's largest photovoltaic (PV) market with approximately 1,150 MWp of newly installed PV power and a turnover of €3.7 billion in 2006 - continued double-digit growth is expected, forecasts "Invest in Germany" the inward investment promotion agency of the Federal Republic of Germany.

A step closer to ultra low-cost disposable printed organic RFID tags

Organic materials are of great interest for electronics applications, as they have many advantages over their inorganic counterparts.

Printed power for printed electronics

Printed electronics still use conventional sources of power but this may change in the future with the newly developed printable batteries printed onto a surface with

Carbon 60 transistors perform at higher levels than amorphous silicon

Using room-temperature processing, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have fabricated high-performance field effect transistors with thin films of Carbon 60, also known as fullerene.

Boost to inorganic printed electronics at Darmstadt University Germany

The researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany will be focusing on printing processes for electronic and photovoltaic products whilst working towards developing technologies for printed electronics and 'functional packaging' over the next 3 years.

Electroactive polymers in Sweden and USA

In Sweden, Micromuscle AB relies on ionic effects in polymers whereas the acrylics and silicones of Artificial Muscle Inc of the USA, that can be stretched to 1000 times the area, rely on the electroactive forces in a capacitor-like structure with around 1200 volts applied.

Printed Electronics Arena meeting report - Sweden

On 20 November, the Printed Electronics Arena had a one day meeting in Norrkoping Science Park Sweden

Novaled Germany - 100,000h lifetime for a highly efficient white OLED

Novaled, Germany achieved significant improvements for white OLEDs for lighting applications. An efficiency of 35lm/W and a lifetime of 100,000h were reached at a brightness of 1000 cd/m2.

2nd report on Printed Electronics USA

$300 billion by 2027 predicted by IDTechEx at Printed Electronics USA for new post-silicon electronics.

Sony releases next generation 'electronic paper' display in Japan

Sony has now come up with their next generation 'electronic paper' display - PRS-505 which delivers an even faster response and contrast ratio, making it easier for getting stuck into a good read on bright sunny days due to its electrophoretic display.

Printed strain and stress sensors could be used in sports medicine

Printed strain & stress sensors on textiles may provide information about the actions of the body

Printable circuit assembly materials

Emerson & Cuming has added the well-known series of polymer thick films, conductive inks and coatings of sister company Acheson Electronic Materials to its own circuit assembly materials offerings.

Clear future for transparent electronics

Inorganic semiconductor technologies with conventional patterning offer immediate solutions, according to Kodak, which offers Chemical Vapor Deposition CVD to make it happen.

Silver inks for memory cell electrodes

InkTec Co., Ltd. (

IDTechEx announce the winners of the Printed Electronics 2007 Awards

557 delegates from 20 countries were present at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event in San Francisco - the industry's largest conference and exposition on the topic. The show featured the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Awards in recognition of outstanding achievement. See who won here and why.

Game-changing printed electronics technology announced

Kovio Achieves Printed Electronics Milestone with World's First All-printed High-performance Silicon Thin-film Transistor.