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The FlexE Centre for R&D in flexible and printed electronics (photo: National Centre for Flexible Electronics, Kanpur)

RK Print announces collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Wednesday 15 March 2017
Companies / Markets

UK-based RK PrintCoat Instruments is now collaborating with the National Centre of Flexible Electronics (FlexE Centre) at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur (IITK) to design, manufacture and supply a bespoke roll-to-roll pilot line for their latest R&D and prototyping projects in the field of printed and flexible electronics.

Sumitomo Chemical invests in film-based touchscreen panels (photo: 663highland)

Sumitomo Chemical to boost production capacity of film-based touchscreen panels

Monday 13 March 2017
Products

The Japanese Sumitomo Chemical Company decided to expand the production capacity of film-based touchscreen panels at Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd., its wholly-owned subsidiary in South Korea. The production capacity is to be more than tripled, with the expanded commercial-scale production coming on stream in January 2018.

The technical team of IRLYNX in front of the new CERADROP machine

IRLYNX purchases CeraPrinter F-Serie from CERADROP

Friday 10 March 2017
Products

IRLYNX, a developer and manufacturer of low-cost human activity sensing modules for smart buildings based in Montbonnot, France, acquired a CeraPrinter F-Serie from the French machinery manufacturer CERADROP, which is specialised in materials deposition digital printers exclusively for the printed electronics industry and smart 3D printing.

VON ARDENNE FOSA LabX 330 Glass - a coating system for flexible glass (image: VON ARDENNE)

Fraunhofer FEP and VON ARDENNE introduce solution for coating flexible glass in a roll-to-roll process

Wednesday 08 March 2017
Companies / Markets

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP, which is based in Dresden, Germany, and the machinery company VON ARDENNE, also based in Dresden, will intensify their cooperation in the field of the coating of flexible glass. Due to its properties, this new material is ideally suited as a substrate for various applications in flexible electronics. Since October 2016, the two partners have been operating the roll-to-roll coating system FOSA LabX 330 Glass together.

The new atmoFlex line at Fraunhofer FEP in Dresden

Fraunhofer FEP enhances its facilities for coating plastic films

Monday 06 March 2017
Companies / Markets

A leader in thin-film technology R&D, the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP in Dresden, Germany, has significantly enhanced its capabilities with the so-called atmoFlex system.