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Prof Ruyan Guo and the newly installed F-Series at UTSA’s MeMDRL (photo: CERADROP)

The University of Texas at San Antonio acquires CERADOP’s hybrid 3D digital deposition platform

Thursday 27 July 2017
Companies / Markets

CERADROP (Limoges, France), a MGI Group company which designs and markets materials deposition digital printers exclusively for printed electronics and smart 3D printing, has announced that the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will strengthen its multifunctional electronic materials and devices research with the acquisition of a CERADROP Hybrid 3D Digital Deposition platform.

TOPPAN FORMS establishes technology for forming 4µm wide printed wires

Tuesday 25 July 2017
Products

The digital hybrid company TOPPAN FORMS Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has developed a technology for forming printed micro wires, which enables a wire width of 4μm that is almost invisible to the naked eye. The company has established this technology by combining a conductive ink for micro wiring (silver salt ink) and a corresponding printing process technology. The new technology can be used for transparent electrodes for touch sensor panels, wearable sensors, sensors for the Internet of Things (IoT), and similar devices.

VIPs are pouring Merck pigments into the four letters of TANC, from left: Tom Song, head of Pigments & Functional Materials at Merck China; Joern Beissert, German deputy consul general in Shanghai; Ma Shuyan, vice director of Jinqiao export processing zon

Merck opens new application laboratory in Shanghai

Monday 24 July 2017
Companies / Markets

Merck, a leading science and technology company based in Darmstadt, Germany, announced the opening of its new application laboratory for the Performance Materials business sector in Shanghai, China. The expanded Technology Application Network China (TANC) underscores the company’s leading position in pigments and functional materials. It marks the continuation of a 20- year commitment of supplying materials and application technology services to China and Southeast Asia.

The award-winning flexible image sensor from Isorg and FlexEnable (photo: Isorg)

Isorg and FlexEnable win industry award for first high-resolution flexible image sensor designed on plastic

Thursday 20 July 2017
Products

Isorg (Grenoble, France), a pioneer in printed organic photodetectors and large-area image sensors, has announced that its first large-sized high-resolution (500dpi) flexible plastic fingerprint sensor, co-developed with FlexEnable (Cambridge, UK), won the 2017 Best of Sensors Expo – Silver Applications Award.

An OPV module from Eight19 (photo: Eight19)

Eight19 secures £1.3M funding

Wednesday 19 July 2017
Companies / Markets

The organic photovoltaic experts from Eight19 (Cambridge, UK) have announced that they have received a further £1.3M of investment. Lucros Investment (Netherlands) joined existing investors IP Group, Clarium and Providence in the round. The new investment follows two years of continued improvement in OPV performance, advances in manufacturing readiness and an increased engagement with customers in the retail, FMCG and IoT sectors.