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Daimler and Evonik restructure lithium-ion activities

Daimler AG and Evonik Industries AG are restructuring their activities in the field of electric mobility in Kamenz and Kirchheim/Teck, and are thus reflecting the changed market conditions.

New award for Plastic Logic and ISORG's sensor

Plastic Logic and ISORG were jointly awarded the IDTechEx Product development award at the Printed Electronics Show in Berlin.

IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2014 Award Winners

Printed, flexible and organic electronics will eventually impact most aspects of human endeavour, with the enabling materials, equipment, components and manufacturing being developed and launched today. To recognize and award outstanding achievement to those involved in this rapidly growing business the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Awards are held each year. The annual awards were announced at the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics event this week in Berlin, Germany - Europe's leading event on the topic that brings together end users with suppliers.

Archipelago Technology debuts new ink manufacturing process in Berlin

Archipelago Technology, at St John's Innovation Centre, has developed a new ink manufacturing process to help unlock the huge potential of printed electronics.

Mitsubishi Motors' Outlander PHEV available soon

Mitsubishi Motors' new Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) will make a dramatic entrance into Mitsubishi showrooms across the UK next month although customers can place orders from this week.

AZ Electronic Materials & Axium Nanofibers LLC sponsor joint research

AZ Electronic Materials, a leading global producer of high quality, high-purity specialty chemical materials used in the manufacturing of semiconductors, flat panel displays and LEDs, and Axium Nanofibers LLC, a material science company headquartered in Austin, TX commercializing a novel class of nanomaterials for a broad range of applications including energy storage, announce that they have initiated co-sponsored research at Cornell University with the goal of developing materials based upon AZ's graphene nano-ribbons (GNRs) and silicon-based materials to address applications in energy storage devices and other fields.

NovaCentrix Acquires PChem Nano Conductive Ink Products

NovaCentrix and PChem Associates (formerly of Bensalem, PA) are pleased to announce NovaCentrix's acquisition of PChem's nano silver ink technology, IP and other key assets. T

Microfluidic fuel cells on paper

Medical diagnostic devices could be taken to the next level with the development of microfluidic fuel cells on paper.

How energy harvesting can make the Internet of Things happen

Energy harvesting wireless is just starting to unfold its potential. The rapid improvement of components and system design setup will open up new applications in many aspects of life. Together with the Internet moving towards IPv6, the batteryless approach can even lay the foundation for an Internet of Things.

Volvo and Flybrid conduct UK testing of flywheel KERS technology

Volvo Car Group and engineering company Flybrid Automotive, part of the Torotrak Group, have been conducting UK tests of lightweight Flybrid® flywheel KERS technology that boosts performance while cutting fuel consumption and emissions.

Summary from the Printed Electronics Event in Paris, 26 March 2014

IDTechEx attended the printed electronics conference organised by the French Printed Electronics Association in Paris. Here is a round-up of the latest developments in the field.

Components to advance battery technology

Johnson Controls and Fraunhofer Gesellschaft have signed a collaboration agreement to develop the next generation of more energy efficient, cost effective cooling systems for vehicle batteries.

Rainbow-catching waveguide could revolutionize energy technologies

More efficient photovoltaic cells. Improved radar and stealth technology. A new way to recycle waste heat generated by machines into energy. All may be possible due to breakthrough photonics research.

Supercapacitors Europe 2014 is next week!

IDTechEx's Supercapacitors Europe 2014 conference External Link is bringing the best of supercapacitor developments in the region and internationally - 1-2 April, Berlin.

Half of li-ion battery business will be for hybrid and electric cars

Hybrid and pure electric cars will be much more than half of the value of this market by the end of the decade. About 70% of the relatively small number of manufacturers of these have committed to only three suppliers over the next three years. However, everything about Li-ion is changing.

See-through SolarWindow capable of generating electricity on glass

New Energy Technologies Inc, developer of see-through SolarWindow™ coatings, capable of generating electricity on glass and flexible plastics, has made public never-before-seen images of the Company's largest area, high-performance SolarWindow™ arrays.

Solvay acquires Plextronics to accelerate its OLED display development

Solvay has completed the acquisition of U.S.-based Plextronics Inc. to bolster its Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) electronic display technology and launch a new development platform with a strong Asian foothold.

Ground-breaking system for the serial connection of solar cells

A consortium consisting of CCM, IBSPE, Smit Ovens, SPGPrints and the Solliance partners TNO and ECN has produced a prototype process station for the production of solar cells.

New reliable source of graphene products announced at Berlin show

Thomas Swan will introduce two new high quality graphene products to the market at Printed Electronics Europe 2014 in Berlin, Germany.

Third generation photovoltaics forging ahead

As developments on organic photovoltaics continue worldwide, the amount of attention paid to this 3rd generation photovoltaic technology remains unwaning, with many important announcements from all over the world keeping the levels of interest high.