The focus of the SEMICON Europa 2016 is materials and equipment for the semiconductor industry. The most significant European industry gathering will take place this year from 25 to 27 October in Grenoble, France. More than 400 exhibitors and 5500 visiting experts from all over the world are expected.
The wearable Bluetooth temperature monitor TempTraq from Bluespark Technologies (Westlake, Ohio) is now available for purchase at several large American retail chains such as Target, CVS and Walgreens.
Canadian-based Jones Packaging has entered into a commercial partnership with Thin Film Electronics from Norway, a global leader in printed electronics and smart systems. Together the companies will integrate Thinfilm’s NFC OpenSense technology into paperboard pharma packaging and establish key manufacturing processes for production on Jones’ high speed lines.
The Heliatek GmbH (Dresden, Germany) has reached an important milestone in its pilot project in Singapore. The organic solar film HeliaFilm is being rigorously tested under the tropical weather conditions of Singapore to provide new urban-fit energy solutions for the ever growing cities of Asia.
Cytocompatibility studies of OLEDs have been carried out on cell cultures for the first time at the Fraunhofer FEP (Dresden, Germany) to test how well OLEDs are tolerated by cells. The results offer promising prospects for the use of OLEDs in the medical field, such as in light therapy.