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Holst Centre/TNO (www.holstcentre.com), set up by the TNO and IMEC, is an independent shared-innovation R&D Centre for Flexible Electronics and Sensor Technologies in the Netherlands. A key feature is its partnership model with industry and academia comprising more than 40 international companies. Holst Centre/TNO has major activities in the areas of TOLAE, (hybrid) printed electronics, flexible OLEDs, photovoltaics and oxide transistor technology. Holst Centre has demonstrated solutions for numerous hybrid and printed electronics products, varying from printed temperature and humidity sensing devices, paper electronics, health-patches, smart garments, and (thermoformed) stretchable products
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2012
21 Sep 2012
Latest progress on solution-processed OLEDs
IDTechEx recently attended the SID Organics meeting held at Imperial College London. Here we will provide a brief update on the activities of several major chemical companies that are actively pursuing OLED.21 Sep 2012
Sumitomo Chemical joins Holst Centre OLED research program
Sumitomo Chemical has joined Holst Centre's shared research program on Printed Organic Lighting and Signage. The move will speed efforts to develop manufacturing processes for low-cost, flexible OLEDs.5 Sep 2012
Rolic joins Holst Centre research on protective barriers
Rolic Technologies Ltd, Swiss material and technology supplier for LCD applications and optical security elements - and Holst Centre announce their research partnership on protective moisture barriers for flexible electronics applications such as OLED and OPV.29 Aug 2012
Plextronics partners with Holst Centre to drive OLED lighting
Plextronics and TNO (NL), have announced their partnership on shared research towards flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting and signage.15 May 2012
The Clean4Yield project
The Clean4Yield project will work to develop new technologies capable of inspecting moving foils for micro- and nanoscale dust particles and defects, and for cleaning / repairing layers as necessary.21 Mar 2012
New: The printed electronics manufacturing forum
Printed electronics manufacturing is becoming increasingly integrated as companies work on putting together different printing, lamination, substrate handling, curing and finishing processes.8 Mar 2012
Flexible Organic lighting reaches high energy efficiency
Solvay, Holst Centre and several other partners demonstrate flexible 69cm2 Organic LED (OLED) lighting tiles with an efficiency of 30lm/Watt.1 Mar 2012
Bidirectional communication for thin-film RFIDs
Thin-film RFID chips are made on plastic foil, with organic or oxide thin-film semiconductors27 Feb 2012
New record low-power multi-standard transceiver for sensor networks
Imec and Holst Centre announce a 2.3/2.4GHz transmitter for wireless sensor applications compliant with 4 wireless standards (IEEE802.15.6/4/4g and Bluetooth Low Energy).19 Jan 2012
Holst Centre and imec launch research program on flexible OLED display
A new research program launched by Holst Centre and imec plans to develop a low cost process for high-volume manufacturing of flexible active-matrix OLED displays. The shared program will bring together partners from across the value chain to tackle the challenges of large area displays, high resolution, low power, outdoor readability, flexibility and light weight.10 Jan 2012
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2011
9 Dec 2011
MEMS energy harvester for shock-induced energy harvesting in car tires
Imec and Holst Centre have announced that they have made a micromachined harvester for vibration energy with a record output power of 489µW.17 Nov 2011
EU project IMOLA starts R&D on large-area, intelligent OLED lighting
OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) are paper-thin, flexible and lightweight electronic devices. They consist of organic materials which emit light in response to an electric current.15 Nov 2011
Shirt to power low energy wearable electronics
Holst Centre and imec have developed a shirt with a completely hidden integrated thermoelectric generator (TEG).12 Oct 2011
Imec unveils innovative technology for an ECG patch
Imec and Holst Centre announce an innovative body patch that integrates an ultra-low power electrocardiogram (ECG) chip and a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio.27 Sep 2011
nTact & Holst Centre partner for innovations in roll-to-roll coating
In a joint research effort with the existing partners at Holst Centre, technologies will be developed to enable patterned deposition of homogeneous film layers on flexible foils.19 Aug 2011
Faster roll-to-roll with photonic curing of specialized conductive ink
DuPont Microcircuit Materials advances printed electronics development efforts by employing NovaCentrix PulseForge® Tools faster roll-to-roll processing possible with photonic curing of specialized conductive inks.6 Jul 2011
OE-A elects new Board of Directors
The members of the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) elected a new Board of Directors at their annual General Assembly meeting.5 Jul 2011
PragmatIC partners with Holst Centre on printed logic technology
PragmatIC Printing Ltd, the pioneer in imprinted logic circuits, and Holst Centre,an open-innovation initiative by imec (Belgium) and TNO (Netherlands), have recently announced their collaboration in the research, development and exploitation of flexible electronics.26 May 2011
Pressure sensor foils for smart shelves
Smart shop shelves may soon be helping with inventory management, stock control and even pest control using pressure sensor foils with integrated components.