E Ink Holdings (Billerica, Massachusetts), a leading innovator of electronic ink technology, and SES-imagotag, a leader in digital price tags, announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate and expand their common growth objectives in the retail Internet of Things (IoT) market. As part of this strategic collaboration, E Ink has agreed to complete a €26M investment in SES-imagotag in the form of a capital increase of SES-imagotag.
At a recent gala event in Washington DC to celebrate US innovation, Kateeva’s (Newark, California) CTO Emeritus, Steven Van Slyke was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) for 2018. Van Slyke was recognised for his co-invention of the OLED device. He shared the accolade with his co-inventor, Ching Tang. Kateeva’s CEO, Alain Harrus, and president, Conor Madigan, joined the celebration to honour the two for their ground-breaking invention.
Labware (Civitanova Marche, Italy), a leader in point-of-sale solutions for the hospitality industry, has unveiled Papirus, a highly innovative handheld terminal designed for restaurants. Papirus employs Labware’s patent-pending technologies introducing new capabilities into professional hospitality devices.