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ALTANA AG acquires stake in technology startup SARALON GmbH

Tuesday 03 January 2023
Companies / Markets

The specialty chemicals group ALTANA (Wesel, Germany) has acquired a stake in the tech startup SARALON (Chemnitz, Germany). The young company specialises in the development of inks for printing electronics. In addition, it offers prefabricated electronic components that enable printers to quickly build capacities for printing electronics. The parties have agreed not to disclose the investment sum.

Canatu and ESA sign contract for the development of a fully carbon nanotube based optical filter for x-ray astronomy

Tuesday 20 December 2022
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Canatu (Vantaa, Finland) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a contract to develop an optical blocking filter using a unique carbon nanotube (CNT)-based support structure and investigate its applicability for the ATHENA (Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics) telescope.

E Ink becomes first display company to reach RE20 sustainability goal

Monday 19 December 2022
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E Ink Holdings Inc. (Billerica, Massachusetts), originator, pioneer, and global commercial leader in digital paper technology, has announced that by December 2022, its global operations and sales sites will have achieved RE20, where 20% of the energy used by the company is generated from renewable sources.

Meyer Burger establishes new partnerships for the development of high-performance solar modules with perovskite technology

Tuesday 13 December 2022
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For the development of next-generation, high-performance solar cells and modules, Meyer Burger Technology AG (Thun, Switzerland) has brought renowned partners on board and signed corresponding multi-year cooperation agreements. Together with CSEM from Switzerland, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, and the Institute of Photovoltaics at the University of Stuttgart, the company is working on the industrialisation of perovskite tandem technology, which is expected to allow the industrial production of solar cells with efficiencies in excess of 30 percent in the future.

LG Display’s automotive solutions receive SGS eco-product certification

Monday 12 December 2022
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LG Display (Seoul, Korea), a globally leading innovator of display technologies, announced today that its automotive displays are certified as eco-friendly. LG Display’s automotive P-OLED and Premium LTPS (Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon) LCD displays have received the Eco-Product Certification Mark from SGS, a Swiss-based global leader in inspection, verification, testing and certification, for the first time in the industry. The certification mark is given to products that adhere to global environmental regulations and minimise hazardous substances all the way from production to disposal.