Companies / Markets

“We have started 2023 with bulging order books,” says a delighted Frank Verhage, CEO of the Dutch SALD BV (Eindhoven). The specialist in the surface technology “Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition” (SALD) says it is experiencing sustained high demand from industry. “We are increasingly seeing our multi-patented technology for spatial atomic layer deposition leaving the laboratory and entering industrial production,” says Frank Verhage.

 


Exhibitions / Events

LOPEC will be all about flexible, organic and printed electronics at the Messe München ICM from 28 February to 2 March 2023. Dr Martin Lechner, Executive Director at Messe München, discusses the importance of the event, this year’s focus topics, and why LOPEC is a must for technology leaders.

 


Exhibitions / Events

TechBlick, a leading platform for emerging technologies, is hosting a live, virtual event on all the technology and applications aspects of digital and 3D additive manufacturing electronics.   The event takes place on 29 & 30 March on the TechBlick.com platform.

 


Products

Cleaning glass facades and solar installations is expensive and time-consuming. Dirt reduces the yield of solar modules. Reasons enough to research surfaces that minimise this effort. The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP has now succeeded within the European Union-funded NewSkin project (GA: 862100) in applying crystalline titanium oxide to ultra-thin glass using a roll-to-roll process, thus achieving hydrophobic surfaces that become superhydrophilic under UV light. Initial results of this showcase of some of the NewSkin open access upscaling facilities will be presented at the Fraunhofer joint booth, No. C2-528, during BAU 2023, 17-22 April, in Munich, Germany.

 


Companies / Markets

Civil aviation is committed to making progress on the road towards a climate-neutral future. To make current and future aircrafts more energy-efficient and use less jet fuel, the industry needs reliable data about the durability of materials and aerodynamics in actual flight. Researchers at Fraunhofer IZM (Berlin, Germany) are working on behalf of Airbus Central C&T to show how sensors could be integrated in the outer shell of aircraft fuselage to achieve robust and reliable measurements even in the tough conditions in the air.