19 Mar 2014

Europe at the heart of innovations in printed electronic sensors
As the next Printed Electronics Europe event is now less than 2 weeks away, it is opportune to take a closer look at the successes of the printed electronics industry in Europe. One of the areas where Europe is making a huge impact is in printed sensors.
Full profile interview
17 Feb 2014

BASF
This profile focuses on the activities of BASF New Business in the space for organic materials for optoelectronic applications
12 Feb 2014

The tipping point
2014 has only just begun and already discussions abound on how a "tipping point" has been reached in the field of printed and flexible electronics, a statement mostly backed by the significant interest and accompanying investment by LG and Samsung into the commercialisation of flexible displays.
10 Feb 2014

Impressions: 2014Flex, Flexible & Printed Electronics Event
This article covers the main impressions of the 2014 Flex conference, organized by the Flextech Alliance in Phoenix, Arizona. Approximately 600 attendees visited the conference and exhibition, and the consensus was that a "tipping point" has been reached in the field of printed and flexible electronics. IDTechEx will discuss this and its latest learning about barriers, printed sensors, and wearable electronics.
7 Feb 2014

Plastic Logic, Novaled partner to demonstrate world first for displays
Plastic Logic and Novaled have announced a partnership which will transform and accelerate the market for flexible and wearable displays.
14 Jan 2014

Organic Semiconductors: So Where Now?
Organic semiconductors have been in development for around two decades but are not used in any commercial product today, despite heavy investment and research efforts. This article discusses the early promise versus unmet expectations from this technology.
11 Dec 2013

Feedback from Printed Electronics USA 2013
The IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event in Santa Clara in November was attended by approximately 2,200 people and featured 160 exhibitors. The following is some of the feedback from the event, which will be held again in Santa Clara in 2014 on November 19 and 20. Exhibition space is being pre-booked now.
12 Nov 2013

Plastic image sensor to be demonstrated at Printed Electronics USA
ISORG will demonstrate a working plastic image sensor at Printed Electronics USA next week in Santa Clara. The device was developed in collaboration with Plastic Logic, combining ISORG's organic photodetectors (OPD) with Plastic Logic's organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) backplane.
Full profile interview
23 Oct 2013

Germany Trade & Invest
Germany Trade and Invest is a government organisation under the German ministry of economics and technology. Germany Trade & Invest is a foreign trade and inward investment agency. The organization provides close-to-market information to international companies looking to enter German markets. Germany Trade & Invest also supports international companies from market entry to business start-up in Germany.
8 Oct 2013

Plastic Logic PaperTab a runner-up for T3 Innovation of the Year
Plastic Logic's 'flexible multi-display' earns runner-up position for T3 Innovation of the Year in Gadget Awards.
17 Sep 2013

Printed Electronics in Japan (part II)
In this second report based on 35 company visits and our conference in Tokyo, July through September 2013, we look at some more trends identified.
10 Sep 2013

Two new features for electrophoretic displays?
IDTechEx's Technology Analyst, Dr Guillaume Chansin comments on recent news on electrophoretic displays.
9 Sep 2013

Pocketbook and Plastic Logic develop the next PocketBook CoverReader
Next generations of CoverReader are planned to be developed for use with smartphone brands such as Samsung, HTC and Sony.
6 Sep 2013

Research of highly rugged and lightweight liquid crystal displays
Displays for smartphones or tablet-PCs should be highly ruggedized at little overall weight. For curved displays, that might play a role in advertising or the automotive sector, a certain flexibility of the display materials is mandatory.
31 Jul 2013

Oxide semiconductors - where do they fit?
This article summaries some of the technology and market analysis from the IDTechEx research report "Metal Oxide TFT Backplanes for Displays 2013-2018: Analysis, Trends, Forecasts".
23 Jul 2013

Oxide semiconductors- where do they fit?
Several major trends have been driving technological innovation in the display industry since its early days. These trends include image quality, screen size, portability and form factor. These have determined the direction of technological innovation and shaped entire value chains.
Full profile interview: SWOT
29 Jun 2013

Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University
27 Jun 2013

Cambridge Graphene Centre and Plastic Logic announce partnership
Cambridge University's Graphene Centre and Plastic Logic have signed a formal collaboration agreement, marking Plastic Logic joining the Centre to start work on a specific research programme, aimed ultimately at revolutionising the commercial exploitation of graphene in flexible plastic electronics, where the UK enjoys a world-leading position.
13 Jun 2013

New integrated plastic display system
deZign enables the user to change the content of a timetable at the push of a button, instead of having to manually replace paper timetables at stations and stops.
External press release
12 Jun 2013

World's first image sensor on plastic
ISORG and Plastic Logic have co-developed the first conformable organic image sensor on plastic, with the potential to revolutionise weight/power trade-offs and optical design parameters for any systems with a digital imaging element.