Heliatek, a world leader in organic photovoltaic and a manufacturer of solar films based in Dresden, Germany, has put together a €80M round to finance the expansion of its HeliaFilm manufacturing capacity by one million square-metres per year. This round comprises €42M in equity, €20M in debt, and about €18M in subsidies.
CYNORA, a leader in highly efficient blue emitter materials for OLEDs based in Bruchsal, Germany, and Juhua, a Chinese open platform company aiming at the industrialisation of printing OLED technology to produce OLED TVs, have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on OLED TV development. CYNORA is joining the technology platform with Juhua, which is held by the two Chinese panel giants CSOT and Tianma.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP), based in Dresden, Germany, has been developing various applications for OLED microdisplays based on organic semiconductors. By integrating the capabilities of an image sensor directly into the microdisplay, eye movements can be recorded by the smart glasses and utilised for guidance and control functions.