8 May 2015

Tesla opens duck hunting season with their new house battery system
What ducks and batteries have in common? The answer is Tesla's new home energy storage system. I will explain why.
21 Apr 2015

Companies with One Trillion Euros sales present at the IDTechEx Show!
Companies with over One Trillion Euros in combined sales will present at IDTechEx's Event on Emerging Technologies. Tesco, Qualcomm, Ericsson, United Technologies, Jaguar Land Rover, Shell provide insights, products and use cases on printed electronics, energy harvesting, wearable technologies, IoT and more.
Youtube
17 Apr 2015

OLED Lighting at Panasonic: Video interview with IDTechEx
IDTechEx interviews Prof Komoda of Panasonic, finding out more about their work with OLED lighting.
2 Apr 2015

3D printing jet engines and electric vehicles
At the major event IDTechEx Show! in Berlin April 28-29 there is a conference, Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing. It will reveal radical new advances such as structural electronics replacing components-in-a box, 3D printing of electric cars by Local Motors of the USA and 3D printing of small jet engines as range extenders for electric vehicles, land, water and air, by Microturbo Safran of France. IDTechEx has the world's largest selection of reports on electric vehicles and their components and systems.
6 Mar 2015

Different electric vehicles pioneer best technology first
To benchmark new technology for electric vehicles it is vital to look at all of the off-road, on-road, water and airborne e-vehicles.
4 Mar 2015

Cameras in drones: Rapid progress for $1bn plus non-military market
Most drones are and will remain electric as detailed in the new IDTechEx report, "Electric Drones: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) 2015-2025."
6 Feb 2015

Fuel cell vehicles feel the pressure
It is not much of an achievement to make a fuel cell powered vehicle any more. They have been made for over 25 years and they work well.
6 Jan 2015

Major carbon nanotube project in Republic of Azerbaijan
A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Azerbaijan Investment Company OSJC, Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park LLC , and SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc. to begin long-term cooperation on a major carbon nanotube production facility.
External press release
23 Dec 2014

Thinfilm hires former NXP executive, Claus Hansen
Thin Film Electronics ASA, a leader in the development and commercialization of printed electronics and smart systems, has announced the hiring of Claus Hansen to head the Company's sales initiatives throughout Asia.
12 Nov 2014

From the mouths of CEOs
The reasons why CEOs want to come to the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event.
8 Oct 2014

Printed Electronics USA tradeshow exceeds 150 exhibitors
Whether you are trying to find customers, establish an eco-system of partners, raise funds or sell your company, Printed Electronics USA is the tradeshow for you.
7 Oct 2014

Smallest pin shaped lithium ion battery
Panasonic Corporation has announced that it has developed a Pin Shaped Lithium Ion Battery (CG-320, nominal capacity 13mAh) with a diameter of 3.5mm and a weight of 0.6g suitable for powering small devices such as wearable devices.
Background
7 Oct 2014

Panasonic
Panasonic has invested in inkjet printing manufacturing methods, using polymer OLED from Sumitomo. At CES 2013, they demonstrated a 56" printed TV. The details of the printing process were not disclosed.
Full profile interview
7 Oct 2014

Sony
Sony was one the early pioneers in AMOLED displays. Initial development started in 1994 and was housed at the Atsugi design center (south of Tokyo). Sony introduced the world's first OLED TV in 2007, using a 11" panel. It was only produced in small quantities. Sony is currently producing OLED panels for professional monitors (used during film/video production)
Background
7 Oct 2014

Japan Display Inc.
A joint Venture between Hitachi, Sony and Toshiba (LCD businesses put together). In November 2012 the company unveiled their first OLED prototype (4.5" 1280x720, 326 ppi, WRGB), using a WRGB architecture (white OLEDs with color filters) and a top-emission device structure. In 2013 JDI unveiled a 5.2" Full-HD OLED panel, using White OLED technology and LTPS backplane.
Full profile interview: SWOT
2 Oct 2014

MicroOLED
External press release
30 Sep 2014

Evonik and Holst Centre enter next phase of joint partnership
One of Evonik's key customers will introduce the revolutionary iXsenic® S material combined with the well-established slot-die (slit) coating process in one of its fabs. This will be facilitated by Holst Centre and supported on-site in Asia also by Evonik's recently inaugurated Application Technology Center.
23 Sep 2014

OLED lighting market- latest updates and market forecasts
Interest in OLED lighting is picking up again. This year LG Chem announced that it was cutting costs from 600 $/klm to $200/klm in an attempt to carve out a market for its OLED lighting panels in the face of stern competition from inorganic LED lighting.
17 Sep 2014

Electric vehicle news from Battery Osaka, PV Expo, Smart Grid Expo
The Reed Exhibitions event last week consisting of PV Expo, Battery Osaka and Smart Grid Expo successfully extended an event that started with photovoltaics last year.