Thin Film Electronics ASA, a leading developer of printed electronics and smart systems from Oslo, Norway, has announced a partnership with the G World Group, a global authentication company based in Australia specialising in transparency and accountability solutions. The partnership will unveil the industry’s first “smart wine bottle” with printed electronics technology.
Merck KGaA, a leading company for innovative healthcare, life science and performance materials based in Darmstadt, Germany, has announced that it is acquiring the remaining stake in Qlight Nanotech Ltd. (Jerusalem, Israel), and will hold 100% of the company. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Poly-Ink, a French-based company which develops and commercialises carbon nanotubes (CNT) and silver nanowires-based transparent and conductive materials to be printed and/or coated on various substrates, has come up with a new solution to substitute indium tin oxide (ITO). Nanowire-based material combined with crystal micro fibrils (MFC) creates Poly-Ink’s so-called PolyBioWire, which is reported to offer performances that are identical or better than ITO.