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Impress Public Relations to Support Flexible Display Center at ASU

Impress Public Relations, Inc., an international B2B agency, has been named agency of record for the Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University. The FDC is a partnership of ASU, the U.S. Army and private industry for the purpose of advancing development and commercialization of flexible display technologies. Impress will be involved in helping raise awareness of the FDC within government, academic and industry circles and the broader public.

27 Oct 2008

OC Oerlikon Sells Optics Business Unit at Balzers

OC Oerlikon is selling its Oerlikon Optics business unit at the Balzers site to the unit's management, supported by local private investors. The corresponding contracts were signed on Friday, October 24, 2008.

27 Oct 2008

Company Debuts New Vikuiti DBEF D3 300 Energy Efficient Optical Films

3M's Optical Systems Division will showcase a number of energy efficient exhibits at FPD International, to be held October 28-31 in Yokohama, Japan-further signaling the company's successful efforts in reducing power consumption with its Vikuiti(TM) Optical Films.

27 Oct 2008

Expert to Drive Imaging Technology for Better Health Outcomes

The University of Queensland has recruited a world expert in imaging to establish a centre that will use the latest scanning technology to work on cures for some of the most debilitating human diseases.

26 Oct 2008

"Oscars of Invention" Goes to NREL's Revolutionary Solar Technologies

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) took home high honors from Editors of R+D Magazine recently for two separate solar cell technologies that were named "th...

24 Oct 2008

Green Dopant Material Enables Low-Power, Full-Color, Long-Life OLED Displays

Eastman Kodak Company, a pioneer in organic light emitting diode technology (OLED), today announced the introduction of a highly efficient OLED material that will enable low-power, full-color displays with outstanding lifetimes.

24 Oct 2008

Patent Giving BioSolar Full Protection on BioBacksheet Breakthrough Technology

BioSolar, Inc. announced today that it has filed a patent application to protect the novel inventions and processes behind its proprietary bio-based backsheet, a protective covering for the back of photovoltaic solar cells traditionally made from expensive petroleum-based film.

24 Oct 2008

Prosilica Introduces High Performance 2-Megapixel Resolution Industrial CCD Camera

Lambda Photometrics are pleased to introduce the Prosilica GE1660 high performance 2-megapixel resolution, 4:3 aspect ratio, industrial CCD camera with Gigabit Ethernet interface.

24 Oct 2008

Swedish Government Give Green Light to MAX IV Synchrotron Light Facility

In the Swedish government's research bill for 2009-2012, that was presented today by the Minister of Research Lars Leijonborg, the building of MAX IV is seen as urgent, as it will be important for many scientific areas of strategic interest.

23 Oct 2008

Cree Anounces the Release of New-Generation High-Brightness Oval LEDS

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, announces the release of its new-generation high-brightness 4-mm and 5-mm oval LEDS in blue, green and red. These new oval LEDs feature optically-matched radiation patterns in blue, green and red, resulting in superior image quality for digital billboard and full-color sign applications.

23 Oct 2008

Significant Supplier in the Fast Emerging Flexible Display and OLED Markets

NexTech Solutions, Inc. and FAS Holdings Group, LLC, jointly doing business as "NexTechFAS," are pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at the 4th Global Plastic Electronics Conference and Showcase in Berlin Germany from October 27- 29, 2008. During the conference, they will be featuring their Advantage Series extrusion deposition (ED) system and the NexTStar automated optical inspection (AOI) tool.

23 Oct 2008

Integral Vision Receives Orders for SharpEye Inspection System from Largest Customer

Integral Vision, Inc., a leading global supplier of automated display inspection technology, today announced it has received orders for the Company's SharpEye(TM) inspection system from its largest customer. These systems will be used to inspect a new MEMS based display that will be manufactured in a new plant located in Taiwan. Delivery of these systems is expected to be complete by the end of the first half of 2009.

23 Oct 2008

First Silicon Solar Cell to Achieve Milestone of 25 Percent Effiency

UNSW's ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has again asserted its leadership in solar cell technology by reporting the first silicon solar cell to achieve the milestone of 25 per cent effiency.

23 Oct 2008

Extremely Powerful Lasers Pave Way for Cleaner Energy

Research that has provided a deeper understanding into the centre of planets could also provide the way forward in the world's quest for cleaner energy.

23 Oct 2008

SMIC Successfully Developed 0.11 micron CMOS Image Sensor

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, today announced that it has successfully developed a 0.11 micron CMOS image sensor (CIS) process technology. With this new production process, SMIC-manufactured CIS devices exhibit improved resolution, low noise, and enhanced image contrast for high performance CMOS imager applications.

23 Oct 2008