Companies / Markets

OE-A Business Climate Survey – Printed electronics industry braves the storm

Monday 28 March 2022
Companies / Markets

The signs are set for growth in the flexible, organic, and printed electronics industry. This is the clear message from the latest business climate survey conducted by the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association), with 86 percent of the survey participants expecting the industry to continue its positive development in 2022. “We have seen that innovation has continued through the pandemic, and our members throughout the supply chain and product cycle are looking forward to positive near-term growth,” summarises Stan Farnsworth, chair of the OE-A board and chief marketing officer of NovaCentrix, regarding the results of the latest OE-A Business Climate Survey for the international press at LOPEC 2022 in Munich, Germany.

PragmatIC Semiconductor leads project to digitise reusable packaging

Friday 11 March 2022
Companies / Markets

PragmatIC Semiconductor (Cambridge, UK), a world leader in flexible electronics, is leading an Innovate UK, Smart Sustainability Plastic Packaging business project that will make reusable plastic packaging systems a reality at scale. The project code-named TRACE (Technology-enabled Reusable Assets for a Circular Economy) will use PragmatIC’s ultra-low-cost NFC technology to give reusable containers unique digital identities (UIDs) so that the packages can be efficiently and effectively returned and reused.

Refocused Canatu launches new brand and website

Thursday 10 March 2022
Companies / Markets

Carbon nanotubes are here to stay. They have evolved from their beginnings to being able to provide a transformative impact in breakthroughs. Likewise, Canatu (Vantaa, Finland) has evolved from its early start-up days to a solid company with a firm foundation and sharp focus.

Schreiner Group: Climate-neutral by 2030

Wednesday 09 March 2022
Companies / Markets

Climate-neutral production from 2023 on and achievement of full climate neutrality by 2030—this is the strategic sustainability goal of Schreiner Group based in the district of Munich. As a result, the internationally oriented family-owned company for innovative high-tech labels and functional parts assumes a pioneering role in German industry.

FlexEnable raises $11-$25M to take flexible displays and active optics to mass production

Tuesday 22 February 2022
Companies / Markets

FlexEnable (Cambridge, UK), a leader in the development and industrialisation of flexible organic electronics, has raised $11M Series B financing. Coretronic, a major Taiwanese LCD backlight module manufacturer, has made a strategic investment alongside significant European family offices. The initial $11M investment includes options for a further $14m and is expected to finance FlexEnable through to mass production ramp up of flexible displays and liquid crystal optical modules at Asian display manufacturing partners. The funds will also be used to scale up the company’s organic materials production capacity to meet the growing needs of display manufacturing partners entering volume production.