Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working with photonics in life sciences markets can benefit from the support offered by CPI and other European partners, as part of the Horizon 2020 project EPRISE (Empowering Photonics through Regional Innovation Strategies in Europe). The 30 month long project, which finished at the end of June 2019, focussed on removing barriers to commercialisation for photonics SMEs in four market sectors in which Europe is a market leader, namely: medical technologies, pharmaceuticals, food and agriculture.
Ynvisible Interactive Inc. (Vancouver, Canada) has successfully delivered a first commercial production run of prototypes to a globally leading healthcare and diagnostics company. The client case involves the use of Ynvisible’s printed one time activated electrochromic displays. The display is intended as a replacement to the electronic display currently in use in the client’s globally recognised consumer product.
TactoTek (Oulu, Finland) and LS Automotive Technologies (LSAT) have signed a licensing agreement for the design and manufacturing rights of TactoTek’s injection moulded structural electronics (IMSE) technology. The agreement includes rights to use TactoTek’s intellectual property and a technology transfer that enables LSAT to design and manufacture IMSE parts in Korea and globally.
