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Ricoh 3D printer designed to support high functional materials

Businesses across Europe can accelerate their manufacturing innovation programmes following the European launch of Ricoh's first branded high-end 3D printer.

Siemens opens facility for 3D printing metal components

Siemens has opened a production facility for metal 3D printed components in Finspång. The investment of around 200 million Swedish Krona (€21.4 million) is the first step in the company's plans for the mass manufacture and repair of metal parts with additive manufacturing.

Solid Power

Established in 2013 as a spin-out company from the University of Colorado Boulder, Solid Power has been working on commercializing the company's next-generation all solid-state rechargeable batteries.

U-M opens world-class battery research lab

The open-access lab will provide space to build and test battery concepts while fully protecting the intellectual property of its users.

OLED materials scale-up facility for next generation TVs

DuPont Displays has announced the opening of a state-of-the-art, scale-up manufacturing facility designed to deliver production scale quantities of advanced materials that enable large-format, solution-based printed OLED displays.

Study explores nanoscale structure of thin films

The world's newest and brightest synchrotron light source has produced one of the first publications resulting from work done during the facility's science commissioning phase.

PURETi Group, LLC

PureTi was founded in 2004 to commercialize a photocatalytic coating based on nano TiO2. PureTi claim they have developed the first photocatalytic coating based on an aqueous solution which can be sprayed onto any construction surface.

Test environment for connected and driverless vehicles

he University of Michigan has opened Mcity, the world's first controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies that will lead the way to mass-market driverless cars.

Printing the office of the future

A team of engineers is planning to build a fully functional building using 3D printing technology.

Leading US funds invest USD 22 million in Thinfilm

Company to accelerate manufacturing ramp-up for Thinfilm's NFC OpenSense and EAS products.

Manufacturing facility to meet all-electric truck and bus demand

Motiv Power Systems has received $8.1 million in grant funding from the California Energy Commission to continue the commercialization of its award-winning All-Electric Powertrain, including a new manufacturing facility in Hayward, California.

Organic photovoltaics experiments showcase HPC 'superfacility' concept

A collaborative effort linking the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with supercomputing resources at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center and Oak Ridge National Laboratory via the Energy Sciences Network is yielding exciting results in organic photovoltaics research that could transform the way researchers use these facilities and improve scientific productivity in the process.

Improving electric vehicle sales

In 2011, an important national priority was declared: Put 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015.

Global Photovoltaic Capacity: Why Misunderstanding Leads to Oversizing

In 2014, the global photovoltaic industry is expected to ship 40.5-GWp of crystalline cells and modules and thin film panels, including 1.3-GWp of inventory from 2013, install >40.9-GWp globally and end 2014 with 1.2-GWp of supply side (cells and modules) inventory.

Braking energy recuperation in Spanish rail system

Maxwell Technologies, Inc has announced that Win Inertia is using its ultracapacitors for a stationary wayside braking energy recuperation system at an electric rail system in Cerro Negro, Spain.

3D printed flight-critical aerospace components go into production

GE Aviation, the world's largest manufacturer of jet engines, announced this month that they are investing $50 million to create a 3D printing production facility in Auburn, Alabama.

Partnership to reduce cost of automotive fuel cells

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and General Motors are partnering on a multiyear, multimillion dollar joint effort to accelerate the reduction of automotive fuel cell stack costs through fuel cell material and manufacturing research and development.

IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2014 Award Winners

Printed, flexible and organic electronics will eventually impact most aspects of human endeavour, with the enabling materials, equipment, components and manufacturing being developed and launched today. To recognize and award outstanding achievement to those involved in this rapidly growing business the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Awards are held each year. The annual awards were announced at the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics event this week in Berlin, Germany - Europe's leading event on the topic that brings together end users with suppliers.

Solvay undertakes major sustainability project

Solvay Specialty Polymers has announced the launch of the LIFE+ GLEE project, a highly focused sustainability program that aims to use water instead of organic solvents in the rechargeable lithium ion (Li-ion) battery manufacturing process.

New spectroscopic technique could accelerate push for better batteries

A new technique developed at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source could help scientists better understand and improve the materials required for high-performance lithium-ion batteries that power EVs and other applications.