Canatu Oy, a leading Finnish manufacturer of flexible and 3D formable transparent conductive films and touch sensors, receives a €22M late stage investment from the European Investment Bank. This is one of the largest investments in history in a Finnish start up. The funding will enable Canatu to respond to solid market demand and to invest heavily in R&D and manufacturing expansion.
Merck, a leading German science and technology company, announced that it has opened its new production plant for OLED materials in Darmstadt, Germany. After a 14-month construction period, high-purity OLED materials for use in state-of-the-art displays and lighting systems are being produced in the approximately 3600m2 building.
The wearable Bluetooth temperature monitor TempTraq from Bluespark Technologies (Westlake, Ohio) is now available for purchase at several large American retail chains such as Target, CVS and Walgreens.