A consortium of four industry associations and two academic networks in Europe have started ADRIA (advanced displays research integration action), a project to enhance the competitiveness of the display community. Funded by the European Commission, ADRIA aims to create a one-stop-shop for information display technologies and applications for Europe. European research and supply are global drivers in display innovation; however, R&D is scattered and lacks both collaboration and a strong production base. In a clear statement, this means that almost 100% of all displays are currently manufactured in Asia. “We want to mobilise the European display community to create one strong and coherent voice”, said Eric Maiser, coordinator of the project. The six partners are the German Flat Panel Display Forum (DFF), the Semi organization, the Scottish Optoelectronics Association (SOA), the French Club VISU also representing the European chapters of the International Society for Information Display (SID), the Swedish LCD Center and the University of Dundee/Scotland.
Other goals include a Europe-focused technology roadmap for the display sector, the development of a coherent approach to education and training of display engineers as well as the consolidation and enhancement of standards knowledge. “Everybody who actively helps to create our knowledge base by feeding in significant information will get free access to it”. ADRIA will soon approach the European display community with calls for information input, and will set up meetings, conferences and workshops to kick-off the planned activities and services.
www.displayforum.de, DFF/Germany
www.vdma.org, VDMA/ Germany
www.semi.org, SEMI International/USA
www.optoelectronics.org.uk, SOA/UK
www.eurodisplay.org, Le Club Visu/France
www.sid.org, SID International/France
www.lcdcenter.com, Swedish LCD Center
www.displaymasters.ac.uk, Dundee University/UK
EPP EUROPE 421
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