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Highlights from Printed Electronics Asia 2008 - part two

On the second day of the successful IDTechEx conference Printed Electronics Asia the subjects were OLED Display technology, E-Paper Display, Printing Technology, Material Advances and Future Possibilities.

BASF publishes offer to Ciba shareholders

BASF, Germany and Ciba Holdings, Switzerland who have both extended their portfolio into printed electronics may now combine there expertise with a planned public takeover offer to Ciba's shareholders by BASF.

Large niche markets for printed electronics

Printed Electronics Asia 2008 is open to 100 attendees from European and American companies only, with an unlimited number of Asian companies attending, which ensures you gain maximum networking benefits from your attendance at this select event.

Printed Photovoltaics in Japan

The approach to the new photovoltaics is different in Japan. Unlike Western car companies, Honda is making photovoltaics partly because it could help to create the car of the future. The Western car companies take a shorter term view and even struggle to catch up with Japanese hybrid vehicle technology and the batteries required.

Organic electronics in Germany getting a huge push forward

This week, the German ministry for Education and Research BMBF announced the 5 winners in a strategic program which aims to strengthen cooperation between science, research and industry with 200 million Euros over the next 5 years.

The new chemistry of printed electronics

Things have now become really exciting with a huge range of new chemicals, nanotechnology and printing technology brought to bear and sophisticated thin film deposition techniques other than printing being tailored to play a part.

Huge growth of Printed Electronics Asia conference

Printed Electronics Asia will display some of the latest manufacturing technologies from across the world.

Chemicals for printed electronics - Huge new market

Chemical companies have huge opportunities in the new world of printed electronics.

RFID and the Printing Industry

Printed RFID is only part of an emerging $300 billion business in printing many forms of electronics and electrics.

New strategy for printed electronics

It is now generally accepted that the printed electronics is headed to be a business of the order of $300 billion yearly in about twenty years time.

Dow acquires Rohm and Haas

$18.8 billion transaction marks pivotal point in Dow's transformation

UK Chemical Sector Initiative - part one

On 1st July, The UK Trade & Investment Chemical Sector Initiative on Printed Electronics hosted a Masterclass at Haydock Park Racecourse in North West England.

Printed electronics - the large companies move in

The IDTechEx conference Printed Electronics Asia in Tokyo on October 8-9 will reveal many new advances and initiatives by the giant corporations.

Electricity from sun and heat - printing the new photovoltaics

Reflecting the interests of this huge new industry, IDTechEx will now stage a conference Photovoltaics beyond Conventional Silicon in Denver Colorado 17-18 June.

Printed electronics focuses in Dresden

The vibrant new printed electronics industry is being created as energetically in Germany as anywhere else in the world.

New direction for printed electronics in 2008

The money spent on printed and potentially printed electronics doubled in 2007, as did the number of organisations participating.

Doubling of interest in printed electronics

The interest in printed electronics has doubled in the last year. This is the conclusion whether you measure it by organisations active in the subject, event attendance, patent filings or in some other way.

Plastic Logic UK announces new appointments

Plastic Logic announced last week that the company's Board of Directors has appointed Richard Archuleta to the position of Chief Executive Officer and member of the company's Board of Directors. In addition, the Board of Director's has appointed Stratton Sclavos as a Non-Executive Director.

OE-A Germany helps R&D activities and product plans

The second version of the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A) roadmap provides a forecast for the market entry of printed electronics through 2015 and beyond.

The good and bad news about printed electronics in Europe

Europe has far more organisations active in the subject of printed and potentially printed electronics than any other continent.