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International Display Workshop IDW Japan 2013: Conference Findings

IDTechEx has spent ten days in Japan this month in order to meet with companies to learn of the latest progress with printed electronics and related technologies. We also attended the IDW 2013 conference in Sapporo, Japan. This article summarises some of the relevant presentations given.

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.

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.

Large-area, flexible EPD signage and world's first 42 inch prototype

TOPPAN Printing Co Ltd and Plastic Logic will together showcase the first large-area, flexible digital signage prototype, based on Plastic Logic's innovative flexible plastic displays in Tokyo.

Lumiotec & Universal Display license agreement for OLED lighting

Under the license agreement, Universal Display grants Lumiotec license rights under various patents and associated know-how owned or controlled by Universal Display for Lumiotec to manufacture and sell certain OLED products for lighting applications.

Lumiotec to begin sample shipment of OLED lighting panels

Move toward evolution into OLED panel business entity -

Lumiotec to start delivery of 10 types of OLED lighting panels

Lumiotec will start to deliver in January 2011 ten types of OLED panels - five shapes with two colors.

IDTechEx Hong Kong event award winners

IDTechEx held their Printed Electronics Asia and Wireless Sensor Networks, Energy Harvesting & RFID conference in Hong Kong last week. This was the first time all these topics were brought together at one event.

Researchers break new ground in nanotechnology

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has shown that sandwiching a simple layer of silver nanoparticles can significantly improve the performance of organic transistors which are commonly used in consumer electronics.

Darmstadt University of Technology & Heidelberg extend joint research

Functional printing - new print applications launched for innovative print products Print applications for printed electronics of the future