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Finnish consortium led by VTT joins €40M EU project to address global challenges of e-waste and finite electronic materials with sustainable solutions


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Collaborating on wearables, health monitoring, automotive dashboards, smart product passport labels and single-use diagnostics, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is part of an unprecedented effort with altogether 46 partners from 11 EU countries. With new EU legislation concerning the sustainability of products around the corner, the push for more environmentally friendly electronics intensifies. Canatu participates in a single-use diagnostic pilot which seeks to revolutionise home glucose metabolism testing by introducing an environmentally advanced solution.

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Epishine unveils world’s most resource-efficient solar cell factory


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Epishine, a pioneering Swedish energy impact company, has announced the launch of their new solar cell factory with a capacity of one hundred million modules per year. This expansion into a larger state-of-the-art roll-to-roll facility is a direct result of the growing market interest across industries and a wide range of applications.

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OE-A Business Climate Survey – Mixed feelings despite positive expectations


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“The forecast for the Printed Electronics Industry remains positive and stable. We are slightly less optimistic than in the spring survey in March of this year, with an expected sales increase of 16 percent for 2023. Nevertheless, a promising 18 percent increase is projected for 2024,” says Dr Klaus Hecker, OE-A Managing Director, about the results of the latest business climate survey.

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Identiv augments IoT design and prototype capabilities at Engineering Excellence Center in Germany


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Identiv, Inc. (Fremont, California), a global digital security and identification leader in the Internet of Things (IoT), has expanded design and prototyping capabilities at its cutting-edge IoT engineering centre outside Munich, Germany, offering companies of all sizes a fully optimised development platform for specialty radio frequency identification (RFID)-based IoT devices.

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Dracula Technologies unveils GreenMicroPower Factory, revolutionising indoor IoT energy harvesting


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Dracula Technologies (Valence, France), a pioneer in energy harvesting through indoor light, announces its new “Green MicroPower Factory“—a state-of-the-art, fully automated facility. The largest of its kind in Europe (2500m²), this factory will produce up to 150 million cm² of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices per year, using inkjet printing to simultaneously lower costs and increase customization. Dracula Technologies’ new facility will cater to high-volume IoT customers from early 2024, while also preparing to license its groundbreaking technology.

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