Optomec (Albuquerque, New Mexico), an established leader in additive manufacturing solutions for 3D metal printing and 3D printed electronics, has recently received more than US$7M worth of new orders from its installed base. The orders include more than 10 new systems being added to increase capacity for existing users, together with a range of enabling software products and digital process recipes.
As of 1 June 2021, Prof Elizabeth von Hauff is the new director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP in Dresden, Germany. In addition, Prof von Hauff has been appointed to the Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), chair of Coating Technologies for Electronics.
Epishine (Linköping, Sweden) has developed a pioneering, patented process for printing organic solar cells with industry-leading low-light efficiency. They have just launched their first product on the world market: a small-scale solar cell that harvests indoor light to supply power to IoT products. They have received SEK 80M (€8M) to position themselves as the market leader in printed solar cells.