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LG Display

LG Display is investing heavily in OLED technology. Having lost the initiative to Samsung in the production of small OLED panels, LGD is eager to stay ahead on large OLEDs, particularly in TV. In 2013, LG commercialized a 55" OLED TVs in several regions, despite the fact that the price was much higher than that of the equivalent LCD model. LG Display is now setting up a new fab for the mass production of OLED TVs.

Kodak adds to transparent conductive films portfolio

Combined efforts by Eastman Kodak Company and Xymox Technologies, Inc. have yielded a new highly conductive film product - KODAK HCF-385 Film - for use in projected capacitive touch sensors found in home appliances, tooling and machine equipment, product packaging, signage, automotive displays and other interactive electronic devices.

Samsung Electronics

The first successful ultra high transparency barrier material, which was commercialized by Vitex, was originally developed by GE in a process designed to be used for capacitor fabrication. This process is called the Polymer Multi-Layer (PML) process. It was developed in the late 1970's and early 1980's at GE's capacitor division in Hudson Falls, NY for the fabrication of multilayer, polymer/aluminum capacitors. By2011, most of the company's IP had been acquired by Samsung

FUJIFILM

Fujifilm has been actively developing a flexible high barrier film and this profile focuses mainly on these activities.

Joint promotion of conductive films for projected capacitive sensors

Kodak and Xymox Technologies, Inc. have entered into a multi-year agreement to jointly promote Kodak's Highly Conductive Films (HCF) - the featured product in multi-touch sensor technology developed by Xymox.

Printed Electronics in Japan (part I)

From July through September 2013 we have visited 35 companies and interviewed many delegates at our Printed Electronics Asia event in Tokyo as well as reviewing the lectures and talking to the lecturers. This article shares some of the trends in Japanese printed electronics and allied subjects that have emerged. It is only a taster from the huge database of information acquired and interpreted by IDTechEx analysts. Over the years, the task has been made difficult by the Japanese predilection for changing company names and this cannot help their business activity.

ITO transparent conducting films-technology, drivers, and players

Sputtered ITO is the dominant technology used as a transparent conductive layer in a variety of applications, including LCD and OLED displays and touch screens. ITO has a well-established value chain as well as a high installed and largely-depreciated production capacity.

Embossing will influence the transparent conductive film business

Metal mesh is an emerging technology option for creating transparent conductive films. Metal mesh transparent conductors can offer low sheet resistance, reasonable optical transmission, value chain simplification, and low cost.

PEDOT:PSS for transparent conductive films- the progress so far

PEDOT:PSS is an organic conductor that can be used as a transparent conductive film material. PEDOT has already found high-volume commercial use as a capacitor electrode material, as well as the material used in electrostatic discharge films employed in the LCD industry. Its commercialisation progress as a transparent conductive material has, however, been slow to date. In this article, IDTechEx offers a detailed and independent assessment of the latest progress in PEDOT's performance improvement, patterning techniques, cost reduction, product and prototype development, and commercialisation success.

Inorganic flexible thin film solar cell fabricated by solution process

Scientists of Natcore Technology Inc. in collaboration with researchers at Rice University have successfully fabricated the first inorganic flexible thin film solar cell by solution processes.

Kodak demonstrates power of new transparent conductive films

The Commercial Films Group of Eastman Kodak Company, together with Heraeus Conductive Polymers, GSI Technologies and Azoteq have announced breakthrough capacitive touch screen technology that incorporates a new two-sided transparent conductive film and touch screen controller for use in a variety of printed electronics applications.

Kodak sued over ownership of 18 patents

Global OLED Technology LLC (GOT) has hit Eastman Kodak Co. with a lawsuit in New York bankruptcy court seeking a declaratory judgment that 18 patents Kodak has laid claim to actually belong to GOT, which said it bought the patents in a 2009 deal.

ITO alternatives to gain speed in the $2 billion TCF market

Today, only one type of film - Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) - is used for almost all transparent conductive films with a market size of over $2 billion this year.

Breakthrough graphene technology wins R&D Magazine award

Vorbeck Materials, in partnership with Pacific Northwest National Labs (PNNL) and Princeton University, was recognized last week by R&D Magazine for developing one of the 100 most significant scientific and technological products or advances of the year.

Eastman Chemical to buy Solutia for $3.4 billion

Eastman Chemical is buying Solutia Inc, chemicals provider for products from iPads to tires, for about $3.4 billion.

New touch screen technology

Kodak and Heraeus demonstrate first use of PEDOT in projected capacitive touch screens

Breakthrough in transparent conductive films

A resistive touch screen panel made with a Kodak transparent conductive film and featuring completely invisible conductive patterns was demonstrated for the first time today at the Printed Electronics USA 2011 Show.