3M

3M

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3M is an innovative company with such diverse products as Post-it notes, Littmann stethoscopes and high tech abrasives. 3M's Optical Systems Division makes consumer electronic displays brighter, lighter-weight and more energy efficient. In the business since consumer electronics became popular, Optical Systems continues to bring new innovative solutions to customers. The latest innovation brings wide color gamuts to displays with a flexible, transparent barrier film. With $30 billion in global sales in 2012, 3M employs more than 85,000 worldwide.
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2012
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TCM 2012: 4th symposium on transparent conductive materials

Over the past few years, there has been an increase in interest in research and applications for transparent conductive materials (TCMs).
20 Aug 2012

Flexible barriers: A $1 billion opportunity by 2022

As more and more flexible devices are becoming available, the need for better performing barriers and encapsulation materials at lower cost points intensifies.
13 Jun 2012

3M and Nanosys use Quantum Dot film for LCD displays

QDEF is a drop-in film that LCD manufacturers can integrate with existing production processes.
12 Jun 2012

Traction batteries beyond Li-ion arriving early

Lithium-ion batteries involve lithium ions being intercalated and de-intercalated at electrodes during cycling. Other batteries involve lithium ions but are not called lithium-ion because they work in another way. There are single use versions but now there are rechargeable versions arriving earlier than most pundits thought possible.
16 Apr 2012

40% boost to battery life

3M has a new battery innovation that could enable gadgets to run for 40 percent longer once charged.
9 Mar 2012

Reaching a wider e-mobility community

IDTechEx is once again meeting its promise to allow a wider community of e-mobility players to compare notes. As its name implies, {{Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air USA 2012|www.idtechex.com/evusa}} in San Jose California March 27-28 lets you meet people not present at events with a narrower product and geographical focus. This unique forum is vital to those widening their scope in the EV value chain, leaving behind those with tunnel vision.
3 Feb 2012

Printed Electronics for Electric Vehicles

More and more giant corporations are buying into printed electrics by acquiring companies partly or wholly in the field. The world's second largest chemical company Dow bought Rohm & Haas (materials), 3M bought into Printechnologics (printed patterns read by mobile phones) and DuPont bought Innovalight (nanosilicon layers to increase photovoltaic efficiency).
30 Jan 2012

Giants buy into Printed Electronics

More and more giant corporations are buying into printed electrics by acquiring companies partly or wholly in the field.
3 Jan 2012

The T-Solar Group signs up $145m to fund its projects in Peru

The T-Solar Group has signed three loan agreements for a total of $145m to finance two photovoltaic power plants with an aggregate capacity of 44 MW in Peru.
2011
26 Oct 2011

Printechnologics connects luxury brands with Touchcode technology

The WELT Group is the first one to use Printechnologics' Touchcode technology by linking the sixth edition of its iPad magazine The ICONIST with the style magazine ICON.
23 Sep 2011

World's first indoor large scale solar system

A global hotel chain will install shading systems over 8000 of their windows using G24 Innovation's dye sensitized solar cell technology to power the automated shades.
21 Sep 2011

Ubisense Group plc, interim revenues up 41%

Ubisense Group plc has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2011.
29 Jul 2011

Growing LED lighting demand fuels strong order intake

2011 guidance confirmed despite short-term volatility Revenue & margins influenced by currency and mix effects
27 Apr 2011

Heavy VC Funding of EVs

A new analysis by Ernst & Young reveals where US venture capital for green projects is now being directed. In the first quarter of this year, venture capital investment into clean technology companies by US firms has increased by about two-thirds since the economic dip of early 2009.
15 Apr 2011

Heavy funding of photovoltaics and EVs

A new analysis by Ernst & Young reveals where US venture capital for green projects is now being directed.