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***** TactoTek granted 250th patent for structural smart surfaces *****
***** The Battery Show Europe 2024 returns to Stuttgart (Germany), the "cradle of the automobile" *****
***** ams OSRAM and DOMINANT Opto Technologies team up to facilitate smart automotive ambient lighting *****
***** Heliatek achieves ICE 61215 certification for lightweight and flexible HeliaSol solar film *****
***** E-car market: Fewer new registrations in Germany, but long-term global growth *****

E Ink signs joint development agreement with MICROVIEW Electronics for ePaper applications

Thursday 17 December 2020
Companies / Markets

E Ink Holdings (Billerica, Massachusetts), a leading innovator of electronic ink technology, has signed a joint development agreement with MICROVIEW Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. for the development and sale of ePaper modules for retail shelf labels, healthcare, wearables and various IoT applications.

CPI announces project on wearable electronics

Wednesday 16 December 2020
Companies / Markets

UK-based CPI will collaborate with Dycotec Materials and KYMIRA Ltd to develop a scalable industrial method to produce and integrate flexible electronic systems into comfortable, smart garments for remote biosensing and monitoring within healthcare and professional sports.

Repsol and TactoTek to develop smart surfaces with polyolefins

Tuesday 15 December 2020
Companies / Markets

Polyolefins are the most widely used polymers in the automotive sector due to their exceptional versatility, superior physical and mechanical characteristics, and lightweight, which reduces fuel consumption and emissions. At the end of 2019, Repsol made an equity investment in the Finnish start-up TactoTek, through its investment fund Repsol Corporate Venturing. The two companies are currently developing the technology to manufacture smart surfaces using polyolefins intended mainly for the automotive sector, representing an innovation in materials that enables new design and integration opportunities to different vehicle parts.

LG and ASSA ABLOY to develop transparent OLED automatic door

Monday 14 December 2020
Products

LG Electronics has signed a memorandum of understanding with ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems, a global leader of automated pedestrian, industrial and residential doors and service, for the development of transparent OLED automatic doors. The innovative, first-of-its-kind customer experience solution has been designed with specialized commercial applications in mind.

Standardised medication tracking with RFID: Schreiner MediPharm joins DoseID healthcare consortium

Friday 11 December 2020
Companies / Markets

RFID technology has been gaining traction in the healthcare sector, but standardised tools for tracking medications, devices and consumables are lacking. DoseID, a US consortium and the first industry association dedicated to standardising the use of RFID tags in healthcare, was established for the purpose of introducing an industry-wide standard. Schreiner MediPharm (Oberschleißheim, Germany) has joined this alliance of leading players in the healthcare sector.