The optoplasmonic sensor for milk testing (photo: Fraunhofer FEP)

Fraunhofer FEP – Rapid test to ensure high milk quality


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Standards of food safety and food quality have never been higher in Germany and throughout the European Union. This is especially true in the dairy industry. Yet despite such high standards, traces of impurities, pesticides and antibiotics can find their way into milk, with sometimes serious consequences for consumer health. In the EU-funded project MOLOKO, Fraunhofer researchers have teamed up with partners to develop a new optoplasmonic sensor designed to provide fast, on-site analysis of safety and quality parameters for milk. This early-warning system is expected to bring the industry substantial savings in time and money as well as a drastic reduction in wasted product, thereby helping to improve performance along the entire supply chain.

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Phil Jackman (photo: Sun Chemical)

Sun Chemical to demonstrate its wide range of solutions for industrial print at InPrint Munich 2019


Exhibitions / Events

Sun Chemical (Parsippany, New Jersey) will exhibit its portfolio for functional, industrial and specialty print applications suitable for a broad range of market sectors at InPrint 2019, in Munich, Germany from 12 to 14 November on stand 246 in Hall A6.

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bluSensor’s air quality device (photo: Sensirion / bluSensor)

Air quality device from bluSensor relies on Sensirion’s environmental sensors


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Sensirion (Stäfa, Switzerland), an expert in environmental sensing, has announced that bluSensor (Großgmain, Austria) is using environmental sensors manufactured by Sensirion in its innovative air quality device, bluSensor AIQ.

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Electroninks Circuit Scribe brand will begin offering 7-segment modular electrochromic displays as a component of their pen-on-paper prototyping kits (photo: Ynvisible)

Ynvisible Interactive and Electroninks bring electrochromics to educational consumer electronics


Companies / Markets

Ynvisible Interactive Inc. (Vancouver, Canada), a leader in in electrochromic interfaces and printed electronics, announces a partnership with Electroninks and their consumer product line, Circuit Scribe, a market leader in educational consumer electronics and electronic inks. The collaboration creates a unique opportunity to integrate electrochromics into the Electronink’s Circuit Scribe Kits aimed at consumer markets.

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Geographical mapping of the low carbon footprint HeliaSol aperture efficiency 10%, lifetime 20 years, degradation 1% [Conversion using Global Solar Atlas] (source: Heliatek)

Heliatek: truly green and organic solar films


Companies / Markets

Climate change is happening right now with proven negative impact on our environment, economies and societies. The key to slow down the global warming process is the significant reduction of greenhouse gases at all stages of industrial processes. Therefore, a massive turnaround of energy production towards low carbon technologies is essential. Heliatek (Dresden, Germany) brings an innovative organic solar film solution (HeliaSol) as a powerful means for the decarbonisation of the energy sector. HeliaSol is an ultra-thin, lightweight, flexible all-in-one solution that can add value to virtually any building surface — from glass, metal and concrete to polymer membranes — turning it into clean electricity generators, no matter if they are flat, curved or even semi-permanent.

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