The BenQ booth at Touch Taiwan 2018 (photo: BenQ)

BenQ Materials showcases innovative functional film applications at Touch Taiwan 2018


Exhibitions / Events

BenQ Materials participates at Touch Taiwan 2018 and showcases its award-winning product Advance True Black Functional Film (ATBF) and a unique dual-side projection film.  A full line of functional film solutions for different applications, including mobile device, automobile and indoor applications, are demonstrated as well.

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Comparison of display manufacturing processes with OLED materials (photo: Sumitomo Chemical)

Sumitomo Chemical acquires shares of JOLED


Companies / Markets

The Sumitomo Chemical Company has invested ¥5bn in JOLED Inc., a Japan-based developer and manufacturer of printed OLED displays, by way of acquiring some of JOLED’s new shares issued through third-party allocation.

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Oxford PV’s 156x156mm perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells at the company’s industrial pilot line in Germany (photo: Oxford PV)

Oxford PV leads consortium to prepare perovskite solar cells for high volume manufacturing


Companies / Markets

Oxford PV, a leader in the field of perovskite solar cells, announced a new consortium to further demonstrate the manufacturability of perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells. The project has received €2.8M from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy as part of its wider investment programme into renewable energy development. The consortium led by Oxford PV additionally comprises VON ARDENNE GmbH, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, and the Technical University of Berlin.

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Robot car Martti (photo: VTT)

VTT’s robot car “Martti” now “speaks 5G”


Products

The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Nokia have joined forces to hook VTT's robot car, Martti, up to a 5G network, which allows the car to detect objects with improved range and share its observations with other vehicles. This also takes Martti a step closer to highly automated driving. The safety of road users also improves as new solutions and services based on 5G technology become more widely available.

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A flexible OLED display (photo: JOLED)

JOLED, Panasonic and SCREEN Finetech Solutions cooperate in printed OLED displays for TV use


Products

JOLED Inc. (Tokyo, Japan), which develops and manufactures OLED displays, Panasonic Production Engineering Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan), a developer and designer of production equipment, and SCREEN Finetech Solutions Co., Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan), a supplier of various types of equipment used in display manufacturing processes, have concluded a business cooperation agreement. The contract relates to the development, manufacture, sales and service of printing equipment for the manufacture of large-sized printed OLED displays, intended mainly for use in TVs.

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