External press release
21 Mar 2013

PhotoNvoltaics to develop a new, sustainable thin-film solar cell
Seven European partners with complementary expertise have started the development of a disruptive solar cell concept that relies on integrating advanced light-trapping schemes into thin crystalline-Si (c-Si) based solar cells by nanoimprint lithography.
External press release
20 Feb 2013

Low-power chip for intra-cardiac ventricular fibrillation detection
Imec has demonstrated a low-power (20µW), intra-cardiac signal processing chip for the detection of ventricular fibrillation.
15 Feb 2013

Evonik and Holst Centre partner to extend thin-film electronics
Holst Centre and Evonik Industries AG announce a partnership to extend the range and performance of thin-film electronics applications.
External press release
18 Jan 2013

PragmatIC's imprinted planar nano-devices in Holst Centre programme
PragmatIC Printing Ltd, the pioneer in imprinted logic circuits, and Holst Centre,an open-innovation initiative by imec and TNO, has announced an extension of their collaboration in the research, development and exploitation of flexible electronics.
Full profile interview: SWOT
14 Jan 2013

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
inert atmosphere printing line, hot embossing, metal evaporation, laser ablation, sintering. Typical web width is 300 mm.
The CPI works on all types of applications, not just a few like OLED and transistors. This means they are able to adapt to a greater range of customers.
External press release
14 Jan 2013

Paul Heremans Technology Director Flexible Electronics at Holst Centre
As per January 7, imec-Fellow Paul Heremans has become Technology Director for the Flexible Electronics Research activities at Holst Centre.
10 Jan 2013

Largest flexible memory arrays to date
The EU-funded eMbedded Organic Memory Arrays (MOMA) project has announced the largest re-programmable non-volatile memory arrays yet produced on flexible substrates.
External press release
19 Dec 2012

Solliance Day: strong program, more participants
On Friday 14 December 2012 more than 130 visitors from industry, research institutes and government experienced the strong progress of Solliance.
External press release
17 Dec 2012

Innovative power amplifier for a MEMS-based energy harvester
Imec and Holst Centre have used a secondary mass-spring system to increase the power (or bandwidth) of a MEMS-based energy harvester.
External press release
4 Dec 2012

Solliance and Forschungszentrum Jülich join forces in thin film solar
Forschungszentrum Jülich and Solliance announce a new partnership in the field of thin film photovoltaics.
External press release
4 Dec 2012

Organic photovoltaics on steel
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance are counting on a highly promising form of power generation: organic photovoltaics.
External press release
3 Dec 2012

Organic photovoltaics on steel
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance are counting on a highly promising form of power generation: organic photovoltaics.
External press release
27 Nov 2012

Imec and Holst Centre present research breakthroughs
Highlighting breakthroughs in different areas of imec's comprehensive research portfolio, imec will discuss the latest developments achieved in collaboration with its industrial partners.
External press release
25 Sep 2012

Imec and Solvay announce world record efficiency for organic PV module
Imec and the chemicals company Solvay have announced an organic photovoltaic module with a world-record certified efficiency of 5.5 percent.
19 Sep 2012

Imec demonstrates electronics that flex and stretch like skin
Imec has announced that it has integrated an ultra-thin, flexible chip with bendable and stretchable interconnects into a package that adapts dynamically to curving and bending surfaces.
External press release
12 Jul 2012

Imec's industrial-level silicon solar cells exceed 20% efficiency
Imec's proprietary PERC process maximizes the conversion efficiency of the cell through structure and material optimizations while maintaining cost effective device concepts and processing.
External press release
13 Jun 2012

Imec and Kaneka achieve breakthrough
Kaneka and imec report a large area (6 inch semi-square) heterojunction silicon solar cell with a certified power conversion efficiency of 22.68%(*) with an electroplated copper contact grid on top of the transparent conductive oxide layer.
External press release
12 Jun 2012

Tohoku University and imec partner on research and collaboration
Tohoku University and imec have signed a collaboration agreement in the presence of his Royal Highness Prince Philip of Belgium during the Belgian economic mission to Japan.
External press release
23 May 2012

EpiGaN starts production on Research Campus Hasselt
The new production site of EpiGaN was officially opened in the presence of Flemish Minister Mrs Ingrid Lieten and Limburg Governor Mr Herman Reynders. The company selected the Research Campus Hasselt as the ideal location for the volume production of their gallium nitride epitaxial material.