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16 July 2010 |
Heliatek has announced that they will begin building its first production site in Dresden. Construction will be carried out in co-operation with FHR Anlagenbau GmbH.
FHR has developed a highly integrated production line for organic solar cells that has a very small footprint. This production line uses a novel coating system that combines complex vacuum process technology used for depositing organic molecules.
Heliatek and FHR plan to have the new manufacturing facility set up by mid 2011. The first products to be produced by the new foil coating system are expected to be available at the start of 2012. The construction of the first production site is being supported financially by the European Union.
According to Heliatek the company moved into its ‘new home’ in May 2010, giving it the space to carry out everything ‘from lab to fab’. The facility has a floor space of about 1,700 m², and provides enough room not only for production but also to accommodate future expansion of the laboratories and research units.
Heliatek is pursuing the goal of becoming the world’s first manufacturer of organic, oligomer-based solar cells and the supplier of the most efficient, stable and productive organic solar cells.
Dr. Andreas Rückemann, CEO Heliatek, said, “We have found a professional partner in FHR who has the capability to support us in our strategic long-term capacity expansion plan and with whom we are able to ensure the implementation of the organic based PV-module production.”
Dr. Reinhard Fendler, Managing Director FHR, said, “We are very proud of the integrative work we have done here and are very happy to have found Heliatek, an ideal partner situated close by, which already has a top position within the OPV industry. Organic photovoltaic is a new business area for FHR and our roll-to-roll systems. Strategically it is very interesting and has a very promising future.”
www.heliatek.com www.fhr.de
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28 June 2010 |
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Canon Inc. ("Canon") and Tokki Corp. ("Tokki") has announced that their respective Boards of Directors at their meetings held on June 28, 2010 have adopted resolutions for a share exchange under which Canon would make Tokki its wholly owned subsidiary. The share exchange will become effective on October 1, 2010 after approval is granted at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of Tokki to be held on August 20, 2010.
According to information released by Canon the company
- Tokki's core organic EL and solar cell manufacturing equipment business is considered essential to the future growth of Canon's industry equipment business
- Canon also recognises that organic EL operates as a powerful key component in the Office and Consumer Business Segments that would substantiate highly value-added and differentiated products of the Canon Group
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07 June 2010 |
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According to a recent announcement Plextronics has developed a novel manufacturing method that allows for low-temperature processing of OPV devices. The company said that current industry manufacturing methods required a glass substrate to be annealed at temperatures at or above 110° C, in contrast the proprietary method developed at Plextronics enables annealing at less than 65° C. This new method is expected to lower product costs by enabling the use of less expensive substrates, especially once the process is transferred to flexible substrates such as plastic.
Jim Dietz, Vice President of Business Development at Plextronics, said, "Our customers and partners all over the world are looking to OPV as the way to manufacture low-cost, flexible solar devices. One of the major hurdles facing the industry in that regard is being able to manufacture devices in an environment that doesn't require high temperatures because it is expensive to process inks at these temperatures and it could damage flexible substrates." Jim added, "The low-temperature process we are developing at Plextronics is expected to be fully compatible with roll-to-roll manufacturing equipment so we see that as one possible pathway for our customers."
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07 June 2010 |
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Under the terms of the agreement, Unidym and TEL will develop a coating tool for LCD and solar manufacturers to use in coating Unidym's carbon nanotube based electronic inks into their devices.
The companies intend to cooperate in marketing the carbon nanotube based electronic inks and coating equipment to their joint customers.
Mark Tilley, President and CEO of Unidym, said, "The partnership with TEL is critical in providing a complete manufacturing solution to our customers in the LCD and solar industries." Mark added, "TEL is one of the world leaders in wet coating technology, and they have direct channels to market in the display and solar industries."
Taku Kawauchi, marketing group leader, Tokyo Electron Flat Panel Display business unit, said, "We are impressed with Unidym's leadership in expanding CNT applications into the electronics, display and PV markets. We believe Unidym's CNT ink and our coating platform solution will present a great value to our customers."
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07 June 2010 |
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It has been reported that Visionox, based in China, has begun trial production of its recently installed AM-OLED manufacturing line. The company is acknowledged as opening the first AM-OLED production facility in China. It is expected that the production facility will initially produce 3- inch to 12 inch OLED panels, and at a later date up to 17 inch panels.
Currently, Samsung Mobile Display dominates the supply of AM-OLED accounting for more than 95% of all panels shipped worldwide. Samsung recently forecasted huge growth in AM-OLED shipments and has ambitions for retaining the leading position. The company recent announced that it plans to invest more than $2 billion USD in expending capacity to deal with greater than forecasted market demand. It has also been reported that cell phone manufacturers are keen to see more suppliers of AM-OLED panels.
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07 June 2010 |
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 The Holst Centre has announced that in this year’s 24 hours Le Mans race (June 12-13), the ORECA01 car from French racing team Oreca will be using rear view mirrors with an integrated thin film encapsulated flexible OLED sign.
The OLED itself displays the logo Araldite® - a brand which belongs to Huntsman - and was provided by Holst Centre. At the Holst Centre, leading industrial and academic partners from across the world collaborate in mixed teams to solve shared research challenges. At present the Holst Centre, and its partners, are considered to be one of only a few centres worldwide with the facilities and know-how to make flexible OLED lighting and signage devices, and for advanced research and development of encapsulation and barrier technologies.
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31 May 2010 |
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CVD Equipment Corp. has announced that they have signed an exclusive Distribution Agreement with Graphene Laboratories, Inc. for Chemical Vapour Deposited (CVD) Graphene products. Under this Agreement CVD Equipment Corp. will manufacture CVD grown Graphene based materials and products and Graphene Laboratories, Inc. will market and sell them on a worldwide basis.
Dr. Elena Polyakova, CEO of Graphene Laboratories, Inc., said, “The ability to mass produce CVD Graphene is a key milestone for Graphene commercialisation.” Elena added, “Currently, the progress in development of Graphene-based commercial products is largely stalled by a lack of supply of high-quality wafer-size Graphene films. CVD grown Graphene is well positioned to address this market demand. We anticipate strong interest from academic and industrial customers in our CVD Graphene products and this is an extremely important partnership for our Company. By selecting CVD Equipment Corporation as our partner, we will be able to expand our Graphene based product offerings and greatly advance the development of various Graphene enabled products.”
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17 May 2010 |
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The Flexible Display Center (FDC) has announced that Sunic System, Ltd. (Sunic) has become an industry partner of the FDC and the two companies will jointly pursue the development of flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) and electronics technologies.
As part of the agreement, the FDC has purchased a Gen-II OLED SUNICEL Plus 400 vacuum evaporation and encapsulation process tool from Sunic for its Tempe development facility. The companies will collaborate to improve the processes and tools related to the manufacture of flexible displays and electronics.
The two companies are already actively engaged in research and development activities. The deposition tool will be installed at the FDC facility in Tempe in the fall of this year with prototype devices anticipated in the first quarter of 2011. To support the partnership, Sunic will also open a U.S.-based office onsite at the FDC. Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University
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