BASF (China) Co Ltd

Additional investment secured by SmartKem

An additional £3m of funding has been secured from SmartKem's existing investment syndicate members, including BASF Venture Capital, Octopus Ventures and Entrepreneurs Fund.

New product announcements from the IDTechEx Show! exhibition hall

From the Exhibition Hall at the IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara last week came a wide variety of new product announcements and press releases. Here we summarize some of the announcements.

Keey Aerogel

IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Richard Collins interviewed Francisco Ruiz (CEO), Digambar Nadargi (CTO) and Kanda Philippe (Senior Engineer) from Keey-Aerogel. A company that provides bespoke aerogel synthetic solutions.

Enter the IDTechEx Show! Awards and celebrate your achievements

The IDTechEx Show! which will be held on November 16 - 17 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, will showcase the latest technology needs and advancements to over 3,000 attendees.

Is it critical to go supercritical for lightweight aerogel materials?

Last week, IDTechEx attended the international seminar on aerogels. It was held in Sophia Antipolis, France, with industrial and academic representatives displaying the latest properties, manufacturing techniques, applications and products in aerogel technologies.

Heliatek raises 80 million Euro

Heliatek, has put together an €80 million ($88 million) round to finance the expansion of its HeliaFilm manufacturing capacity by one million m² p.a..

Enter the IDTechEx Show! Awards and celebrate your achievements

The IDTechEx Show! which will be held on November 16 - 17 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, will showcase the latest technology needs and advancements to over 3,000 attendees. The technologies covered include flexible and hybrid electronics; wearable technology; 3D printing; sensors; graphene; Internet of Things; energy harvesting, energy storage; and electric vehicles. Each of these is a two-day executive conference, co-located with a common exhibition of over 200 exhibitors.

Heliatek successfully implements second phase of BIOPV pilot project

The second phase of Heliatek's large pilot installation of its award-winning BIOPV pilot project has been successfully completed in Singapore.

Universal Display Corporation acquires BASF's OLED IP

Universal Display Corporation has announced that through its wholly-owned subsidiary UDC Ireland Limited, it has acquired the OLED Intellectual Property assets of BASF SE.

Organic solar film from Heliatek on biogas plant

RWE has inaugurated a modern biogas plant in Bergheim-Paffendorf in the presence of Mr. Johannes Remmel, Minister for Environment in North Rhine-Westphalia. Besides the production of bio-methane, the large façade of the fermenters is used for a pilot installation of the organic solar film by Heliatek.

First large BIOPV project on African continent

Heliatek has implemented, with its partner Kandil Steel, its first Building integrated Organic Photovoltaic pilot project in Africa.

HP delivers production-ready 3D printing system

HP Inc has unveiled the world's first production-ready commercial 3D printing system, marking the next major step in its journey to bring disruptive manufacturing solutions to market.

HP finally launch Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solutions

Today HP has started taking orders for its new production-ready commercial 3D printing system. Multijet Fusion is being positioned as a truly industrial technology and poised to take a share of the $12 trillion global manufacturing market.

IDTechEx Show! Berlin grows 27%

IDTechEx Research announced today that Europe's largest event on emerging technologies, IDTechEx Show! held in Berlin on 27-28 April, grew 27% vs. last year's event. This year's exhibition and conference featured attendees from 57 countries with 171 exhibitors and 2,300 attendees.

IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2016 Award Winners

At the 12th IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe conference and exhibition, four companies were awarded for their great achievement in developing and commercializing printed electronics technologies. The awards were presented to the four winning companies by Mr Stéphane Egret, R&D Packaging Innovator at The Coca-Cola Company, who was also one of the judges of the awards. The two other judges were Dr Cristina Bertoni, Project Leader, Electrolux Italia and Ashutosh Tomar, Principal Engineer, Technology Strategy, at Jaguar Land Rover.

New semiconductor inks for printed electronics in LCD and OLED display

Printed electronic circuits will become more efficient in future with new semiconductor inks from BASF.

Sion Power next generation battery technology, Licerion batteries

John Kopera, Vice President Corporate Operations of Sion Power says Sion has long been known for Li-S technology but we are more than that. We are the protected lithium metal battery company; the Licerion rechargeable battery company.

Asia's largest building integrated organic PV phase 1 successfull

The first phase of Heliatek's pilot project in Singapore has been successfully completed.

Compostable electronics for printing

Researchers develop printed electronics made of compostable natural materials and processes for industrial production.

German Heliatek awarded as technology pioneer by World Economic Forum

Heliatek was awarded as one of the World Economic Forum's "technology pioneers", a selection of the world's most innovative companies.