The organic and printed electronics industry is also severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest business climate survey by the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association). While the figures at the beginning of the year were still very positive with a forecast sales increase of 8 percent, the survey participants now expect a sales loss of 20 percent this year. Main reasons: Cancellations of orders and a significantly reduced order intake due to the Corona pandemic.
Ynvisible Interactive Inc. (Vancouver, Canada) has announced the first commercial delivery of wholly customised roll-to-roll printed segment displays to Pickletech, LLC, a technology company providing portable scoreboards for use in Pickleball tournaments and events. A proprietary mobile application remotely operates the highly visible display in both indoor and outdoor applications. The successful delivery to Pickletech is the largest roll-to-roll display production order by size to date from Ynvisible's production facilities in Linköping, Sweden.
Driving digitisation forward in hospitals requires product solutions based on RFID technology. Schreiner MediPharm (Oberschleißheim, Germany) supports this trend with a product evolution and equips its tamper-evident specialty label “Cap-Lock” with an RFID inlay. The security concept for prefilled syringes consisting of a label and cap adapter now also enables automated inventory and supply chain management as well as digital first-opening indication. Cap-Lock plus RFID thus offers efficient and reliable product authentication and enhances patient safety.
