22 Apr 2009

Snapshot of Polymer Electronics meeting IET London 21 April
This one day meeting organised by the Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Institute of Nanotechnology started with Professor Sir Richard Friend explaining the theory behind printed polymeric transistors, OLEDs and photovoltaics.
External press release
6 Apr 2009

Organic and Printed Electronics - Excellent Packaging
Researchers at the Center for Printed Intelligence (CPI) of the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed an electronic spoilage sensor concept for poultry.
10 Mar 2009

End-user needs important for growth in printed electronics industry
IDTechEx spoke at iPak workshop where it was agreed how important it is to understand end users and interact with them, so as to be able to better comprehend their needs and requirements for Printed Electronics.
11 Dec 2008

OLED displays could be used in smart product packaging
OLEDs may find their way into all manner of everyday items - the biggest of several markets for cheap, flexible OLED displays may be in product packaging.
External press release
18 Jun 2008

The OLLA project delivers its final milestone
At the end of the project period, the OLLA project consortium presents its final milestone: the basic technology for a white OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) light source, with an efficacy of 50.7 lumens per watt at an initial brightness of 1.000 cd/m² based on the Novaled PIN OLED technology. The OLLA project is a joint basic research consortium, headed by Philips Lighting.
22 Nov 2007

2nd report on Printed Electronics USA
$300 billion by 2027 predicted by IDTechEx at Printed Electronics USA for new post-silicon electronics.
4 Oct 2007

Organic and Large Area Electronics - A European Commission Meeting
The European Commission holds its second working session on organic and large area electronics to direct EC funding efficiently, creating a major new European industry.
30 Aug 2007

Finland Prints Organic Electronics on Paper
In Åbo Akademi University in Finland there is a program on Organic Electronics run by Professor Ronald Österbacka in the Applied Physics department. Electronics on paper, board, plastic and fiber based materials is in their sights.
16 Jul 2007

Printed Electronics is More Disruptive than we Realised
More savvy developers are now realizing that printed electronics can be a completely new way of doing things and we are only just beginning to understand how revolutionary and wide ranging this is.
16 May 2007

OLED Lighting Has a Bright Future
Two and a half years after its start, the European research project OLLA* presents its second milestone: a prototype white Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) light source, with an efficacy of 25 lumen per watt and a lifetime of over 5.000 hours
8 Dec 2005

New annoucements at Printed Electronics USA 2005
An avalanche of printed or partly-printed products has been announced for the first time by presenters at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2005 conference.
12 Oct 2005

RFID Copying Nature
Biomimetics is the mimicking of nature to create manufactured products. In RFID it is not new but there is much more to come and nature has lessons for those going in the wrong direction.
29 Sep 2005

Organic and printable electronics: 2010 and 2025
Printed Electronics - announcing the breakthroughs