External press release
31 Oct 2011

European collaboration efficient, low-cost tandem organic solar cells
Imec and its 16 project partners announce that they have launched the European FP7 project X10D, a project aiming at developing tandem organic solar cells with an increased conversion efficiency and lifetime, and a decreased production cost.
External press release
12 Oct 2011

Imec unveils innovative technology for an ECG patch
Imec and Holst Centre announce an innovative body patch that integrates an ultra-low power electrocardiogram (ECG) chip and a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio.
27 Sep 2011

nTact & Holst Centre partner for innovations in roll-to-roll coating
In a joint research effort with the existing partners at Holst Centre, technologies will be developed to enable patterned deposition of homogeneous film layers on flexible foils.
19 Aug 2011

Faster roll-to-roll with photonic curing of specialized conductive ink
DuPont Microcircuit Materials advances printed electronics development efforts by employing NovaCentrix PulseForge® Tools faster roll-to-roll processing possible with photonic curing of specialized conductive inks.
External press release
6 Jul 2011

OE-A elects new Board of Directors
The members of the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) elected a new Board of Directors at their annual General Assembly meeting.
5 Jul 2011

PragmatIC partners with Holst Centre on printed logic technology
PragmatIC Printing Ltd, the pioneer in imprinted logic circuits, and Holst Centre,an open-innovation initiative by imec (Belgium) and TNO (Netherlands), have recently announced their collaboration in the research, development and exploitation of flexible electronics.
26 May 2011

Pressure sensor foils for smart shelves
Smart shop shelves may soon be helping with inventory management, stock control and even pest control using pressure sensor foils with integrated components.
12 May 2011

Intense interest in energy harvesting for electric vehicles
Two forthcoming events in Germany reflect the intense interest in energy harvesting for electric vehicles. Energy Harvesting Europe 21-22 June covers many forms of harvesting for other applications as well and drills into the technology, investment and other aspects of harvesting in general. On the other hand Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air in Stuttgart 28-29 June is entirely vehicle oriented.
6 May 2011

Comprehensive line-up for Electric Vehicles Land, Sea & Air
Analysts IDTechEx have added a number of carefully chosen best-in-class speakers to the lineup for their unique event that covers the whole subject for the first time. There are six on-road vehicle manufacturers plus two companies involved in off-road electric vehicles. Six organisations describe electric aircraft work and four speakers cover their inland and seagoing electric boats.
21 Apr 2011

Intense interest in energy harvesting for electric vehicles
Two forthcoming events in Germany reflect the intense interest in energy harvesting for electric vehicles.
18 Apr 2011

Henkel will join the Holst Centre in the field of flexible electronics
Their expertise in adhesives will be useful to the Holst Centre's shared research programs for large-area flexible OPV and OLED lighting and signage.
11 Mar 2011

Versatile ultra-low power biomedical signal processor
The efforts of a Holst Centre and NXP collaboration were presented last month in the form of the CoolBioTM. This low power biomedical signal processor is designed to efficiently monitor essential body parameters during the patients' daily lives at home.
External press release
23 Feb 2011

Versatile ultra-low power biomedical signal processor
At yesterday's International Solid-State Circuit Conference imec, Holst Centre and NXP presented a versatile ultra-low power biomedical signal processor, CoolBioTM, meeting the requirements of future wearable biomedical sensor systems.
18 Feb 2011

DuPont expands printed electronics research with Holst Centre
DuPont Microcircuit Materials expands printed electronics research with Holst Centre collaboration - New focus on flexible substrates to benefit printed electronics and organic photovoltaics.
16 Feb 2011

Energy harvesting network
The Energy Harvesting Network held its first one-day dissemination event on 7th February 2011 at the IET, Savoy Place, London. The Network is EPSRC-funded, and is for academia, industry and end-users of energy harvesting technology.
External press release
28 Jan 2011

Philips Research, Holst Centre, imec on autonomous smart windows
At the 17th International Display Workshops (IDW '10) in Fukuoka, Japan in December 2010, a demonstration was presented that showed how an e-Skin panel, developed by Philips Research, could be powered by energy harvested from a mobile phone.
External press release
24 Jan 2011

Energy Harvesting 2011
Interested in advances in energy harvesting research and development? Want to understand whether or not energy harvesting can address your particular applications? If so then the following event could be a great opportunity to find out more.
29 Sep 2010

Coherent supports Holst Centre research on smart-foil integration
Coherent and Holst Centre announced their cooperation in the field of flexible electronics.
External press release
16 Jul 2010

Bayer MaterialScience joins Holst Centre flexible electronics research
Bayer MaterialScience AG and Holst Centre announce their partnership.