The Japanese Konica Minolta corporation has recently started mass producing flexible OLED lighting. In the wake of this decision, the company has shipped 15 000 flexible OLEDs to a Japanese Tulips Festival, the “Shining Tulip Festival” at the Huisch Tembosch theme park. This marks by far the largest OLED installation to date and will be on display until 13 April.
The OE-A, the Organic Electronics Association, has recently unveiled its programme for the upcoming LOPEC trade fair (4-5 March in Munich). In its fifth year, the OE-A Demonstrator Competition will show what organic and printed electronics can make possible. Prizes will be awarded in five categories.
Optomec, a leading global supplier of production grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D printed metals and 3D printed electronics based in Albuquerque (NM), USA, has announced the signing of an agreement with Ceradrop to be its exclusive representative in France for Aerosol Jet systems used for printing electronics. Ceradrop, a subsidiary of the MGI Group, designs and markets material deposition inkjet printers for advanced printed electronics systems and is headquartered in Limoges, France.
