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Identiv appoints new VP of marketing

Tuesday 02 February 2021
Appointments

Identiv, Inc. (Fremont, California), a leader in digital identification and security, recently announced the addition of Leigh Dow as Vice President of Marketing. Dow’s appointment to this newly created role is part of the company’s ongoing transformation to become the leading provider of security and identity solutions that make the world safer and smarter. She reports directly to Identiv’s CEO Steven Humphreys.

DKE goes “beyond expectation” to invest in Plastic Logic display technology

Monday 01 February 2021
Companies / Markets

Plastic Logic, a leader in the design and manufacture of flexible, glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs), has announced a significant investment in its business from DKE Displays, a China-based company specialising in the production of e-paper displays.

InnovationLab and Bitquadrat demonstrate smart mattress cover for real-time patient monitoring in hospitals and senior living facilities

Friday 29 January 2021
Products

InnovationLab (Heidelberg, Germany), the expert in printed electronics “from lab to fab,” recently demonstrated a smart mattress cover that may reduce by up to 88% the risk of developing decubitus ulcers, the potentially life-threatening pressure ulcers that affect up to 2.5M hospital patients in the US annually. Combining InnovationLab’s flexible printed sensors with Bitquadrat’s specialised health-monitoring software, the new cost-effective platform conducts personalised, real-time risk-assessment of pressure ulcers—providing the most efficient way to inform nurses and other caregivers when patients require repositioning on their mattress.

Global printed electronics community gathers online for TechBlick’s first virtual event

Thursday 28 January 2021
Exhibitions / Events

TechBlick has announced its first virtual conference on 10 & 11 March covering Printed, Flexible, Hybrid and InMold Electronics. The compelling speaker line-up includes leading global organisations such as JCDecaux, GE Research, Fiat, Jones Healthcare, Geely Design, SWAROVSKI, Jabil, Eastman Kodak and many more.

ITRI and DuPont jointly inaugurate semiconductor materials laboratory

Wednesday 27 January 2021
Companies / Markets

The Taiwanese Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and DuPont Electronics & Imaging (DuPont) recently celebrated the opening of a new semiconductor materials laboratory in Hsinchu, Taiwan.