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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.

First Heliatek OPV project in Japan – Ritsumeikan University bus stop

Thursday 10 December 2020
Products

In late 2019, Heliatek was announced as one of three winners of the “Japan Energy Challenge 2019”, a competition hosted by Japanese SMAP Energy who drives to identify key technologies for the energy transition of Japan. Now, one year later, Heliatek has realised its first project in Japan in cooperation with Looop Inc. and Ritsumeikan University. The installation was realised on a bus stop of the Biwako-Kusatsu Campus of the University in the Shiga Prefecture (near Kyoto). HeliaSol (prototype) solar films were glued on flat and round shaped metal substructures, which were then mounted on the rooftop of the bus stop.

ARMOR solar power films wins the German Sustainability Award

Wednesday 09 December 2020
Exhibitions / Events

ARMOR solar power films (ARMOR Group; Nantes, France) has won the German Sustainability Award in the category “Climate”. This prize is seen as a major success for the Franco-German company, which is a European leader in the OPV film market. The ceremony was held in Düsseldorf in the presence of the German Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Development Minister Dr Gerd Müller.

E Ink and Plastic Logic partner to provide world’s first flexible advanced colour ePaper-based display

Tuesday 08 December 2020
Products

E Ink (Billerica, Massachusetts), a leading innovator of electronic ink technology, and Plastic Logic, a leader in the design and manufacture of flexible, glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs), are partnering to provide the world’s first flexible colour displays based around E Ink's Advanced Color ePaper (ACeP) technology.