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With the acquisition of Gwent Electronic Materials, Sun Chemical extends its offering for the printed electronics market

Sun Chemical and the DIC Corporation acquire Gwent Electronic Materials

Thursday 27 October 2016
Companies / Markets

Sun Chemical (Parsippany, (NJ), USA) and its parent company DIC have acquired Gwent Electronic Materials, a leading manufacturer of conductive inks, pastes and powders for the printed electronic market. With the acquisition of the UK-based company, Sun Chemical will expand its leading global position in the printed electronics marketplace.

A new funding round is expected to support PragmatIC's move from pilot production to volume manufacturing

Major funding for PragmatIC supports further growth of the company

Friday 14 October 2016
Companies / Markets

PragmatIC, a leader in flexible electronics based in Cambridge, UK, has secured £18M of funding including a strategic investment from Avery Dennison, a Fortune 500 company with leading global positions in labelling and packaging materials as well as radio frequency identification (RFID). Avery Dennison joins the existing shareholders Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) and ARM, who also participated in the round.

Peter Terium, CEO of innogy and Thibaud Le Séguillon, CEO of Heliatek

Heliatek raises €80M

Friday 23 September 2016
Companies / Markets

Heliatek, a world leader in organic photovoltaic and a manufacturer of solar films based in Dresden, Germany, has put together a €80M round to finance the expansion of its HeliaFilm manufacturing capacity by one million square-metres per year. This round comprises €42M in equity, €20M in debt, and about €18M in subsidies.

CYNORA and Juhua announce cooperation on OLED TVs

Wednesday 21 September 2016
Companies / Markets

CYNORA, a leader in highly efficient blue emitter materials for OLEDs based in Bruchsal, Germany, and Juhua, a Chinese open platform company aiming at the industrialisation of printing OLED technology to produce OLED TVs, have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on OLED TV development. CYNORA is joining the technology platform with Juhua, which is held by the two Chinese panel giants CSOT and Tianma.

Augmented reality and wearable displays are major topics at Fraunhofer FEP

Fraunhofer FEP develops OLED microdisplays in data glasses

Tuesday 20 September 2016
Companies / Markets

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP), based in Dresden, Germany, has been developing various applications for OLED microdisplays based on organic semiconductors. By integrating the capabilities of an image sensor directly into the microdisplay, eye movements can be recorded by the smart glasses and utilised for guidance and control functions.