Latest Roll-to-roll processing Stories
PHOENIX and SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FlexTech Alliance today announced the recipients of the 2013 FLEXI Awards. American Semiconductor, Corning Incorporated, and Plastic Logic were recognized for significant contributions to innovation and R&D. The awards celebrate organizations that are leading development in flexible and printed electronics with innovative and commercially viable products and technologies. FLEXI nominations are open to all organizations...
ESPOO, Finland, November 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Picosun Oy, leading Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment manufacturer expands its product portfolio by introducing new, innovative Picosun(TM) roll-to-roll ALD coating system (patent pending). The demand for continuous ALD processing stems from the fields of flexible, printed electronics, OLED lighting, third generation thin film photovoltaic devices, high energy density thin film batteries, smart textiles, organic...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com For whatever reason, it seems people expect their glass devices to allow for some level of flexibility. Be it in the name of durability or design, companies have tried to bring a flexible form factor to our glass and LCD devices. Now, Corning has announced such a development in their glass lineup. Called Willow Glass, this new material is only 100-microns thick and is said to be a flexible substrate for LCDs and OLEDs. According to Corning, this new...
TOLEDO, Ohio, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Xunlight Corporation, a leader in the design, development and manufacture of flexible and lightweight thin-film silicon solar modules and production equipment, announced today that it has been granted US utility patent "AN ISOLATION CHAMBER AND METHOD OF USING THE ISOLATION CHAMBER TO MAKE SOLAR CELL MATERIAL" by USPTO on May 08, 2012. This patent protects the Gen II roll-to-roll thin film silicon solar cell manufacturing machines now...
GLEN ALLEN, Va., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets is announcing the release of its latest report on flexible substrates that estimates that the total market for flexible substrates will grow to $1.2 billion by 2017. Demand for these materials is being driven by a wave of interest of adding flexibility in displays, solar panels, sensors as a way to expand markets in difficult times. Additional details about the report, Flexible Substrates Markets - 2012...
Singapore, Nov 23, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - SIMTech established Singapore's first Large Area Processing Research Programme as it sets sights on creating a new industry to produce innovative large area printed electronics and functional films that are cost-effective, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. Key sectors such as advertising, building, consumer electronics, healthcare and printed media will be transformed from roll-to-roll manufacturing capability to tap the global market...
In this month's edition of Physics World, Paul Blom and Ton van Mol from the Holst Centre in Eindhoven describe a way of creating thin, flexible sheets of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) using a cheap, newspaper-style "roll-to-roll" printing process. These bendable materials could oust the conventional light bulb and revolutionize the way we illuminate our surroundings, being used for everything from lighting tiles and strips in homes and offices to windows that can simulate sunrise...
In this report NanoMarkets quantifies the opportunities for ultra-thin glass that is sufficiently flexible for use in roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing and in lightweight displays, as well as intrinsically flexible products such as rollable displays and conformable solar panels. Glen Allen, VA (PRWEB) October 26, 2011 Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets announces the release of its latest market report on substrate and encapsulation materials titled, Markets for Flexible Glass – 2011....
GLEN ALLEN, Va., Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets announces the release of its latest market report on substrate and encapsulation materials titled, Markets for Flexible Glass - 2011. In this report NanoMarkets quantifies the opportunities for ultra-thin glass that is sufficiently flexible for use in roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing and in lightweight displays, as well as intrinsically flexible products such as rollable displays and conformable solar panels....
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- NovaCentrix, a leader in printed electronics manufacturing technologies, announced today that U.S. Patent #7,820,097 entitled "Electrical, Plating and Catalytic Uses of Metal Nanomaterial Compositions" has been issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. NovaCentrix's patent covers in part the use of flash lamps to sinter metal-based inks and materials on low-temperature substrates such as paper and plastic and includes high-speed and...
