Sumitomo Corporation

New Drug Created Using AI Begins Clinical Trial

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd. and Exscientia Ltd announce that a phase I clinical study of DSP-1181, that was created using Artificial Intelligence, has been initiated in Japan for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder as an initial indication.

Nanophotonica

Nanophotonica is a small team of 15 or so R&D persons exclusively focused on QLED devices. They were incorporated around 2009, but work didn't really start until around 2017.

Nanosys

Nanosys is the leading player in QDs. They were founded in 2001 (historical overview in next slides). It has raised some $160M over the last 15 years.

Hacarus

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao spoke with Hacarus CTO Takashi Someda.

UL issues world's first certification for repurposed EV batteries

UL announced that 4R Energy Corporation, a joint venture of Nissan Motors and Sumitomo Corporation focusing on the effective reuse of EV batteries for energy storage systems, is the first organization worldwide to be certified to UL 1974, the Standard for Evaluation for Repurposing Batteries.

Energy storage system uses EV battery packs

Investment into a stationary, energy storage system which uses electric vehicle battery packs after they have completed their useful lives on-board vehicles.

Frankfurt Laser Company

Frankfurt Laser Company are an international distributor of laser diode products and a custom laser solution provider.

Alliance Ventures invests in Enevate

Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, has announced that it has invested in the latest round of funding in Enevate Corporation, an advanced lithium-ion battery technology company based in Irvine, California.

Printed Electronics World Firsts in 2018

With the end of the year in sight IDTechEx looks back and reviews what has been new in the world of printed electronics in the last 12 months.

Enevate Secures Funding from LG Chem

Enevate Corporation announced that LG Chem has participated in Enevate's recent funding. This investment is a nod to the viability of Enevate's technology which could enable Electric Vehicles to charge in the same time as gas cars without compromise.

Remotely piloted aircraft completes transatlantic mission

A Medium-altitude, Long-endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft produced by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc made history as it landed at the Royal Air Force, Fairford in Gloucestershire, UK and became the first MALE RPA to successfully complete a trans-Atlantic flight.

Recycled car batteries power street lights

Japan's first plant specializing in the reuse and recycling of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles is set to open amid growing demand for electric cars.

Emerging Technology at CES 2018

IDTechEx has attended CES 2018. This article will show the highlights in various emerging technologies.

Dynamics

Dynamics is a company working on powered smart card. At CES 2018, Dynamics showed their Wallet Card with the latest high-techs integrated.

A report from IBA 2017

IBA is a yearly conference where the best battery scientists from academia gather to discuss innovations and challenges in the energy storage space. Technology analyst Dr. Lorenzo Grande was there to report any new developments in terms of applied and fundamental electrochemistry on behalf of IDTechEx.

Sumitomo Chemical boosts production of film-based touchscreens

Sumitomo Chemical has decided to expand the production capacity of film-based touchscreen panels at Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd., its wholly-owned subsidiary in South Korea. The production capacity is to be more than tripled, with the expanded commercial-scale production coming onstream in January 2018.