Important steps towards the production of organic electronics were made by several OE-A members during 2005. Roll-to-roll processes for the production of organic electronics were shown. A number of demonstrators e.g. for keyboards, RFID-tags, solar cells, displays, batteries or sensors were presented, producers announced first products for 2006.
“OE-A is an important platform for this new industry and has gained much interest – nationally and internationally. We are pleased that already 53 companies and institutes covering the whole value chain, from the material supplier and the equipment industries to possible users, have joined OE-A,” says Wolfgang Mildner, Chairman OE-A and Managing Director of Poly IC. “Our members collaborate on roadmapping, technical and strategic projects to leverage this enabling technology. The common interest is to build up this new market together.”
“Organic Electronics is more than just simple low-cost electronics. New high-volume production processes that enable the integration of various functions together with polymer electronics will change our way of thinking. Sensors, logic circuits, photovoltaic cells, keys, displays or batteries on film or even paper substrates can be combined to ´smart plastics´,“ says Dr. Karlheinz Bock, Vice-Chairman of OE-A and head of Polytronics department at Fraunhofer IZM.
Organic Electronics – a new concept to make electronic devices using plastic materials and printing processes – is rapidly moving from lab-scale activities to production. Thin, lightweight, flexible and produced at ultra low-cost, these are the keys to new applications that open up multi-billion dollar markets in the next years. Displays, intelligent packaging, medical applications or RFID-Tags for logistics are only a few examples for applications that will integrate organic electronic components and make electronics possible everywhere.
“A huge information demand exists in science, industry and politics, and with the first products appearing on the market, the community needs an international market place. Therefore, OE-A helps to fill this gap. We are partners of the ´Plastic Electronics 2006 Conference & Showcase´,“ says Wolfgang Mildner.
´Plastic Electronics 2006´, the leading event for organic electronics, will be held on October 24/25, 2006, at the Messe Frankfurt.
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