Sumitomo Chemical

Konarka appoints organic electronics veteran to Board of Directors

Dr. David Fyfe's career in chemical Industry spans 40 years with extensive experience in commercialization of printed electronics polymer based technology

New OPV company launched

Cambridge Enterprise, the University of Cambridge's commercialisation office, and the Carbon Trust have announced the launch of Eight19 Limited, a new solar energy company which will develop and manufacture high performance, lower cost plastic solar cells for high-growth volume markets.

Development of roll out solar cells

Rhodia, an international chemical company, has joined with the UK's Carbon Trust in a £4.5 million investment in solar energy start-up Eight19 to develop organic photovoltaic technology.

eMagin building next generation OLED deposition machine

eMagin Corporation a leader in OLED microdisplays and virtual imaging technologies has signed an agreement to build its first production OLED deposition machine, one that will leverage the latest advances in the Company's proprietary manufacturing processes.

UK's first printed lighting panel to start in November 2010

An initiative to develop low-cost OLED lighting in the UK has secured government funding and will officially start in early November.

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.

Where art thou OLED?

David Fyfe, the ex CEO of CDT who now works as a consultant for its parent company Sumitomo, gave a presentation on the OLED market at LOPE-C this week. Speaking to the history of OLEDs, he says that LCDs have drastically closed the performance gap, perhaps fuelled by the threat of OLEDs.

OE-A's 5th anniversary

With its 135 members all over the world, the OE-A has become a highly dynamic and constantly growing network of leading international companies and institutes in the past five years", said Wolfgang Mildner, Chairman of the OE-A and Managing Director, PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, on the occasion of the 5th anniversary celebration of the OE-A - the industry association for organic and printed electronics - in late February at the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. In December 2004, 35 members founded this working group within VDMA. "One of the founding principles of the OE-A five years ago was the goal to build an international industry association to jointly develop this future multi-billion Euro market", emphasized the Chairman of the OE-A. "Cooperation all along the value chain is essential in this phase; no company can achieve it alone."

OLEDs and the competition

One of the biggest obstacles for large OLED panels is the rapid improvement in the performance of competing LCD panels. So what now for OLED displays?

Kodak to sell OLED business to LG

Eastman Kodak Company is to sell their OLED business to a group of LG companies in a move to tighten Kodak's business portfolio.

Size unlimited for Mitsubishi's 155 inch OLED screen

Mitsubishi created a flurry of interest at Japan's consumer electronics exhibition, CEATEC earlier this month with their 155 inch OLED Screen.

Shakeout of organic transistor developers

Following on from the shakeout in OLED developers, IDTechEx sees the same thing happening now in Organic FETs.

Seiko Epson in OLED breakthrough

Seiko Epson Corporation has developed inkjet technology that represents a major breakthrough in realising 37-inch and larger full-HD OLED TVs by resolving the uneven layering that had previously been an issue with the inkjet method.

The evolution of television

IDTechEx looks into electronic devices that have "evolved", starting with the Television.

CDT and Semprius to develop new OLED backplane technology

Semprius, Inc., announced that it has entered a joint development agreement with Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) to develop new technology for the manufacture of OLED (organic light emitting diode) backplanes for flat panel displays.

Dr David Fyfe joins Soligie board

Soligie, a market leader in design and manufacture of Printed Electronics, has announced that industry veteran Dr. David Fyfe has joined Soligie's Advisory Board.

CDT develops organic thin film transistor software model

In collaboration with Silvaco Data Systems, CDT has developed a model to design and simulate circuits using OTFT (organic thin film transistor) technology.

Chemicals for printed electronics - Huge new market

Chemical companies have huge opportunities in the new world of printed electronics.