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Moser Baer & Universal Display's technology & licensing agreement

Moser Baer Technologies and Universal Display Corporation announce technology & licensing agreement for energy-efficient white OLED lighting

Printed Electronics in Korea

IDTechEx recently visited Korea to learn more about the progress with Printed Electronics there - find out more.

Ulvac sees demand for small OLED panel gear

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Ulvac Inc said on Tuesday that demand for gear used in making small and next-generation OLED display panels for smartphones is strong, making up for a fall in demand for large liquid-crystal display (LCD) equipment.

UDC and LG Display extend their PHOLED commercial supply agreement

Universal Display and LG Display have renewed their commercial supply agreement. The current agreement will run for 6 months, until June 30, 2011.

Ford to launch electric car later this year

Ford Motor Company's all-new Focus Electric - the company's first-ever all-electric passenger car is due to be launched in late 2011. It will be one of five new electrified vehicles Ford will deliver by 2013 in North America and Europe.

Battery technology could spur the renewal of American battery industry

Automaker can use cutting-edge battery technology throughout supply chain

The growing EV market will fail without battery size standards support

The growing EV market will fail without battery size standards supported by OEM's and battery companies

OLED displays built on thin flexible metal foil

Novel wrist-mounted phosphorescent OLED displays built on thin flexible metal foil are being evaluated by U.S. Army Communication Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center's (CERDEC).

Winning EnerDel strategy?

Lithium polymer construction - whatever the cathode chemistry - is also taking market share because it can have lightweight plastic casing and tolerate high pressure and it is highly unlikely to leak.

Traction battery price war

News is coming in that the predicted car traction battery shakeout has begun.

Printed Electronics in Asia - the hot sectors

There are about 3,000 organizations worldwide actively involved in the development of printed electronics. By number of organizations, Europe has the edge over the U.S., then comes Asia. However, this disguises the fact that those involved in Asia tend to be large conglomerates that can invest much more than those in the West.

Pure electric manned aircraft: Ukraine, Europe

In previous articles in EVR we have described the new electric stunt plane from EADS in France and the production pure electric sport plane from in China. Here we wind the clock back a little to show how the early work on pure electric aircraft is spawning many other very different aircraft, a common factor being the use of lightweight lithium polymer batteries that need no metal enclosure.

Solar powered air conditioning

LG Electronics has announced Korea's first eco-friendly residential hybrid air conditioner that utilizes solar energy as part of its power supply.

RTLS and WSN innovator Decawave secures investment from LG

DecaWave, the pioneering fabless semiconductor company, has announced it has secured investment from LG, the Korean global electronics company.

Electric Vehicles in East Asia

The Western media obsess about electric cars to be made in the West, many of them being both overpriced and underperforming in global terms. This misses the fact that 56% of the value of sales of electric vehicles is and will remain in East Asia and cars only account for about half of the value of the electric vehicle business worldwide.

Centrotherm Photovoltaics concludes successful ramp-up at LG

Reporting a further success in Asia, centrotherm photovoltaics AG is underlining its position as an internationally leading provider of turnkey production lines

LG Display number one in the e-reader market by 2012 - and in color

LG Display plan to take the global number 1 position in the e-reader market by 2012 with the introduction of a flexible, color Electronic Paper Display (EPD) stated the Company yesterday.

IRex files for bankruptcy

E-reader maker IRex Technologies has filed for bankruptcy. According to some press reports, the device was too technology focussed, repeatedly delayed (missing out on key sales seasons) and not enough effort was given to services, the critical factor as Sony had learnt to their cost initially and as Amazon had achieved so well.

IDTechEx report back from SID - Day two

As the interest in electronic paper technologies continues some of the major developers where present in the exhibition.

IDTechEx exhibiting at SID later this month

Visit IDTechEx at our booth at SID (1309), where you will have a chance to speak with the IDTechEx team as well as the opportunity to discuss specific developments with our analysts.