Sep 12 2007
Organic electronics — thin, lightweight, flexible and produced at low cost - are on the way to being used in first products now. The OE-A - the key industry association for organic and printed electronics - supports its members and the community by providing a platform for the exchange of information, initiating technical cooperations and informing the public.
Also for the first time, a set of organic electronics devices will be distributed as an inlay in the new OE-A brochure, including printed batteries, displays, radio-frequency-tags, sensors, switches, transistors. Additionally, flexible demonstrators combining multiple organic electronic devices will be shown. Acreo, Agfa, BASF, COPACO, Fraunhofer IAP, H.C. Starck, HDM-Stuttgart, MAN Roland, Mitsubishi Polyester, Plastic Electronic, PolyIC, Thin Film Electronics and VARTA Microbattery are all working together on these projects. Interactive electronic paper cards by Printed Systems are also included in the brochure.They enable easy access to a number of websites, cross-linking the paper and the digital world.
OE-A members updated and expanded the roadmap for organic electronics. This second version gives an overview of future product generations, material and technology requirements, and identifies “red brick walls” – principle challenges on the way towards mass production.
“The roadmap and technical projects are key activities of the OE-A. Additionally, we have largely enhanced our global activities during the last twelve months. With meetings in Europe, North America and Asia, we are on the way to a truly global network for organic electronics,” says Wolfgang Mildner, chairman of the OE-A.
The recent results of the OE-A will be presented in a keynote presentation and a press conference on September 25 at OEC-07.