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Universal Display Corporation and PPG to expand global production of UniversalPHOLED materials

Monday 01 March 2021
Companies / Markets

Universal Display Corporation (Ewing, New Jersey) and PPG (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) recently announced that UDC Ireland Limited and PPG will jointly establish a new manufacturing site in Shannon, Ireland, for the production of UDC’s highly efficient, high-performing UniversalPHOLED materials. The new facility will be designed to double the production capacity and diversify the manufacturing base for UDC’s phosphorescent emitters to meet growing organic light emitting diode (OLED) market demand and evolving industry requirements.

AUO to strengthen smart transportation deployment by partnering with SINTRONES

Friday 26 February 2021
Companies / Markets

The development of 5G, big data, IoT and artificial intelligence has driven innovation in the world and prompted displays and smart applications to continuously evolve, with the transportation sector also greatly influenced. AU Optronics Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) has obtained around 7.7% shares of SINTRONES Technology Corp. from a major shareholder through block trading. By acquiring the shares and forging an alliance, the two parties hope to establish strategic partnership for the AIoV ecosystem and jointly develop comprehensive solutions for smart transportation and commercial vehicle networking platforms.

Graphene Flagship: A scalable method for the large-area integration of 2D materials

Wednesday 24 February 2021
Companies / Markets

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have a huge potential for providing devices with much smaller size and extended functionalities with respect to what can be achieved with today’s silicon technologies. But to exploit this potential we must be able to integrate 2D materials into semiconductor manufacturing lines – a notoriously difficult step. A team of Graphene Flagship researchers in Sweden and Germany now reports a new method to make this work.

Brewer Science earns GreenCircle Certification for zero waste to landfill

Monday 22 February 2021
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Brewer Science (Rolla, Missouri), a leader in developing and manufacturing next-generation materials and processes, has earned the Zero Waste to Landfill Certification for the sixth consecutive year. The Zero Waste to Landfill Certification represents Brewer Science’s commitment to the responsible management of end-of-life materials and demonstrates the company’s commitment to waste diversion practices.

High-tech company with long tradition: 70 years of Schreiner Group

Friday 19 February 2021
Companies / Markets

For Schreiner Group based in Oberschleißheim near Munich, 2021 marks a very special year. Founded in 1951, the high-tech company is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The past seven decades have seen the family-owned firm evolve from a garage business into a hidden champion with international operations that it is today. Now, 1200 people are employed at four locations worldwide, most of them at the company’s headquarters in the north of Munich.