CES 2018: OE-A unites end users and suppliers
Numerous industry sectors, from automotive, consumer electronics and household appliances to packaging and healthcare, have products based on organic and printed electronics. Consumer electronics is currently the largest industry in which this technology is being applied. This technology can be found in e-readers, smartphones and tablets, and it is used to turn clothing and accessories into intelligent wearables, as well as making the operation of automobiles and many devices easier through the use of touch sensors.
Smart windows and lights for the house of tomorrow, OLED rear lights, sensors and displays which are seamlessly integrated into the dashboard, packaging which lights up or communicates with its consumers or intelligent patches with sensors for medical applications: These are just a few of the many applications which will be showcased at the OE-A pavilion “Flexible and Printed Electronics”. The OE-A (a working group within VDMA) will present the topic of printed electronics at one of the world’s largest consumer electronics trade fairs, CES 2018 in Las Vegas. From 9-12 January 2018, the OE-A and its members will have a pavilion at CES at Tech West, Sands Expo, Level 2, Halls A-D, Booth #40937.
Together with CDT; Coatema Coating Machinery; NovaCentrix; VTT; Merck; and InnovationLab, the OE-A will present the full range of technologies, applications and products of printed electronics. The organisation invites end users and suppliers to visit and to discuss how they can work more closely in future. “CES is the ideal platform to inform the manufacturers of consumer electronics about the latest possibilities of organic and printed electronics,” says Dr Klaus Hecker, OE-A managing director. “The rapidly increasing digitalisation of our daily lives, the Internet of Things, either at home with personal items, such as clothing or cars, or in professional life at the office or in production, opens up numerous new application possibilities for flexible and printed electronics.”
Caption: OLED rear lights for an elegant design (photo: Merck)