Press Releases LOPE-C (English)
- Friday, June 22, 2012
LOPE-C 2012 experiences rapid growth
Download PDF (59.7 kiB) | more »- 1,560 visitors – an increase of 36 percent
- Visitors from 46 countries – an increase of 58 percent
- 104 exhibitors from 17 countries – an increase of 14 percent
- 3,500 square meters of exhibition space – an increase of 40 percent
After three days, the LOPE-C (Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention) closed its doors on 21 June 2012 with a huge increase in attendance. Over 1,560 visitors from all over the world attended the 4th exhibition and conference for organic and printed electronics, …
- Monday, June 11, 2012
A New Industry Is Forming – LOPE-C as the International Market Place for Organic and Printed Electronics
More and more products and numerous industries – from consumer electronics to the automotive industry – are now incorporating organic and printed electronics, and investments are being made in production capacity worldwide. At LOPE-C, the leading international conference and exhibition, more than 100 exhibitors will be displaying the newest developments and applications from June 19th to 21st in Munich, Germany.
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Demo Center to present production techniques for printed electronics
When it opens its gates on June 19, LOPE-C 2012 (the Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention) will set a new record with more than 100 exhibitors from 17 countries. In addition, more than 180 speakers from 27 countries are making presentations at the conference. For the first time ever, LOPE-C will feature a Demo Center with live demonstrations showing how to print functional layers for OLEDs and OPVs and how to produce printed copper structures. Free workshops with subsequent hands-on sessions will also be held at the Demo Center.
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Organic and Printed Electronics Offers Solutions for Industrial and Consumer Systems
Organic and printed electronics is evolving as an attractive technology platform for comprehensive system solutions. Leading the way are extremely lightweight, flexible, and energy-efficient touch screens for smartphones and "intelligent packaging" techniques for consumer goods. These exciting developments are at the center of the 4th international exhibition and conference, LOPE-C. The event offers a comprehensive overview of market-ready products and the trends of industrial research and development. LOPE-C 2012 takes place June 19 to 21 in Munich, Germany.
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Focus on applications
The conference program at LOPE-C (Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention) reflects the latest market developments and focuses on concrete applications. More than 180 speakers from 27 countries will present applications, developments and advancements in organic and printed electronics. The conference is broken down into five events, i.e. the Plenary Session, the Business Conference including the Investor Forum, the Technical Conference, the Scientific Conference including Interactive Sessions, and the Short Courses. Representatives of leading user companies such as Janssen Pharmaceutica/Johnson …
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Industry’s international key players to present solutions
The amount of exhibition space occupied by LOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) has increased by 40 percent compared to 2011. This year, leading companies such as AGFA-Gevaert, Bosch Rexroth, Coatema, FUJIFILM Dimatix, Heraeus and Poly IC will present their products, solutions and developments on 3,500 square meters of exhibition space. At the conference, which is being held at the same time as the fair, prominent international experts will hold lectures on business, scientific and technical topics that pertain to organic and printed electronics. …
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Organic and Printed Electronics – from Vision to Mainstream
This year, the first TV sets with giant 55-inch screens based on organic LEDs will come to market. OLED TVs are the starting point into the era of organic and printed electronics. From June 19 to 21, at Messe München, LOPE-C (Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention) presents a comprehensive product overview, live demonstrations of manufacturing systems and the latest in research and development. LOPE-C 2012 is the industry’s leading international conference and exhibition, jointly organized by Messe München International and OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association).
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High level of bookings for LOPE-C in Munich
Munich/Frankfurt am Main, November 02, 2011. LOPE-C, the largest conference and exhibition for organic and printed electronics, takes place the first time in Munich from June 19-21, 2012. The event is being organized as a close strategic partnership by Messe München and the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association). Already at this stage – eight months before the start – the level of bookings is positive: there is great interest in both the trade show and the conference.
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Record results at LOPE-C 2011
Stuttgart, Frankfurt, June 30, 2011: After three successful days, LOPE-C 2011 – international conference and exhibition for organic and printed electronics - has come to a close with an exhibition space up to 30% on last year. From June 28-30, 2011 in Frankfurt, 91 companies demonstrated, on a display area of 1,500 square meters, their latest developments and products in the field of organic and printed electronics. The conference was with 130 presentations and more than 50 posters once again the forum for experts from science and industry.
With 1,150 participants LOPE-C grew by 35% and is again on successful courses. These facts show that the event has proved itself to become the worldwide premier conference and market place of the industry.The 2011 statistics at a glance:
Exhibition space:1,500 sqm Exhibitors:91 from 16 countries Conference presentations:182 from 27 countries Attendees:1,150 from 29 countriesDetailed analysis will be available after the in-depth evaluation of the event.
See the latest OE-A video: ’Printed Electronics - Ready to Go!’. It presents the movers and shakers of the industry and offers a glance of the future world of organic and printed electronics:
About LOPE-C
http://www.vdma-webbox.tv/english/filmdatabase/printed-electronics-ready-to-go.htmlLOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) is the leading, fully industry-sponsored annual conference and exhibition of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C presents the economic trends and the scope of scientific achievements in the field. The convention focuses on the production and application of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C is jointly organized by the Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A) and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH. (www.lope-c.com)
About OE-AFormed in 2004 as a Working Group within VDMA (German Engineering Federation), the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is the foremost professional body representing the worldwide organic and printed electronics industry. With more than 180 members throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, OE-A represents the entire industrial value chain. (www.oe-a.org)
About Mesago Messe FrankfurtMesago, founded in 1982 and based in Stuttgart, Germany, is one of the world’s leading organisers of special interest exhibitions, conferences and seminars. The company is part of the Messe Frankfurt international network. It employs a staff of 60 and organises exhibitions and conferences all over the world attracting over 2,500 exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors annually. (www.mesago.de).
Press Information:For information on LOPE-C, contact
Ms. Astrid Wille
Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Rotebühlstr. 83-85,
70178 Stuttgart, Germany
Tel.: +49 711 61946-26
Fax: +49 711 61946-93
E-mail: astrid.wille@mesago.com
Internet: www.mesago.deFor queries regarding OE-A, please contact:
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Dr. Klaus Hecker, Managing Director
OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association)
A Working Group within VDMA
Tel.: +49 69 66 03-13 36
E-mail: klaus.hecker@vdma.org - Thursday, June 30, 2011
Final Report LOPE-C 2011
Stuttgart, Frankfurt, June 30, 2011: After three successful days, LOPE-C 2011 – international conference and exhibition for organic and printed electronics - has come to a close with an exhibition space up to 30% on last year. From June 28-30, 2011 in Frankfurt, 91 companies demonstrated, on a display area of 1,500 square meters, their latest developments and products in the field of organic and printed electronics. The conference was with 130 presentations and more than 50 posters once again the forum for experts from science and industry.
Download PDF (74.8 kiB) | more » - Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Vertical take off for LOPE-C 2011
Stuttgart, Frankfurt, June 29, 2011: 91 exhibitors covering a total exhibition space of 1,500 sqm (2010: 1,100 sqm) will be on show at LOPE-C 2011 (Large Area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention), taking place from June 28 to 30, 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany. This year many of the key exhibitors have booked larger spaces and many companies are exhibiting for the first time, among them, Agfa, Konarka, printechnologics and KIMM. The total exhibition space has increased by 30% on last year and reflects the positive outlook within the industry. With 51% of the exhibitors coming from outside Germany, the event leads the international field. Prominent international companies like FUJIFILM Dimatix, Germany Trade & Invest, PolyIC, Coatema, Heraeus, Merck Chemicals, Microchem and Plextronix will exhibit the complete range of products from innovative components, advanced materials and production methods to applications for end-users. With more than 1,000 participants expected (compared to 850 in 2010) LOPE-C is set to grow by 20% and is once again on course for success.
The LOPE-C Exhibitor Forum, an integral part of the exhibition floor, offers visitors an exciting discussion platform where companies presenting their latest developments will be fielding questions from the audience.
Taking place 28 to 30 June 2011, the LOPE-C conference, with over 130 expert presentations by industry leaders and technologists, offers a unique insight into the latest achievements in organic and printed electronics. The conference opens on 28 June with detail-packed, hands-on short courses and a Business Conference. Leading companies, such as Sumitomo Chemical (J), New Venture Partners (UK), Airbus (D) or Plastic Logic (D) will discuss market-entry strategies and commercial opportunities in organic and printed electronics.
Plenary presentations, opening the morning sessions, and featuring noted experts and business leaders, will alert the attendees to timely trend-setting topics. In the main technical conference leading companies, such as Plextronics, Solamer, PolyIC, 3M or Merck will introduce their latest R&D results and product developments in five parallel seminar tracks. More than 50 poster presentations and an Investors‘ Forum complete the LOPE-C conference program.
For more information on LOPE-C conference and exhibition please visit: www.lope-c.com
See the latest OE-A video: ’Printed Electronics - Ready to Go!’. It presents the movers and shakers of the industry and offers a glance of the future world of organic and printed electronics:
About LOPE-C
http://www.vdma-webbox.tv/english/filmdatabase/printed-electronics-ready-to-go.htmlLOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) is the leading, fully industry-sponsored annual conference and exhibition of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C presents the economic trends and the scope of scientific achievements in the field. The convention focuses on the production and application of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C is jointly organized by the Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A) and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH. (www.lope-c.com)
About OE-AFormed in 2004 as a Working Group within VDMA (German Engineering Federation), the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is the foremost professional body representing the worldwide organic and printed electronics industry. With more than 180 members throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, OE-A represents the entire industrial value chain. (www.oe-a.org)
About Mesago Messe FrankfurtMesago, founded in 1982 and based in Stuttgart, Germany, is one of the world’s leading organisers of special interest exhibitions, conferences and seminars. The company is part of the Messe Frankfurt international network. It employs a staff of 60 and organises exhibitions and conferences all over the world attracting over 2,500 exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors annually. (www.mesago.de).
Press Information:For information on LOPE-C, contact
Ms. Astrid Wille
Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Rotebühlstr. 83-85,
70178 Stuttgart, Germany
Tel.: +49 711 61946-26
Fax: +49 711 61946-93
E-mail: astrid.wille@mesago.com
Internet: www.mesago.deFor queries regarding OE-A, please contact:
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Dr. Klaus Hecker, Managing Director
OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association)
A Working Group within VDMA
Tel.: +49 69 66 03-13 36
E-mail: klaus.hecker@vdma.org - Thursday, June 9, 2011
Megatrends at the heart of LOPE-C 2011 Conference
Stuttgart, Frankfurt/Main, Germany June 9, 2011: The spotlight will be on two key megatrends - organic photovoltaic (OPV) and OLEDs (organic light emitting diodes) – at the annual LOPE-C (Large Area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention) conference and exhibition which is being held from June 28-30, 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany. OLED lighting will receive particular attention, with a special conference session dedicated to the latest developments and market trends. Osram, Konica Minolta, Moser Baer and DuPont are just some of the companies presenting their ideas as part of this session.
“With more than 1,000 visitors and 90 exhibitors, LOPE-C will exceed all expectations this year. Offering lectures from more than 130 leading companies including end-users like BMW, Airbus and Stora Enso, the LOPE-C conference will provide a unique overview of the sector; and has become a key event in the community’s diary” says Wolfgang Mildner, chairman of the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) and Managing Director of PolyIC.
As a sign of the willingness to invest in this young industry, LOPE-C will provide, through its investor forum, an optimal platform for investors and start-up companies. The investor forum will be organized by the OE-A in cooperation with the European Commission (DG INFSO), Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI), the European Investment Fund (EIF) and ACCESS ICT. This year 13 international companies including NTERA (IR), Eight 19 (UK), Metalonix (USA) and Thin Film Electronics (N) will deliver presentations. A plenary session: “Financing Opportunities in Organic and Printed Electronics” with leading experts from the industry will open the investor forum.
For more information on LOPE-C and to register please visit: www.lope-c.com
See the latest OE-A video: ’Printed Electronics - Ready to Go!’. It presents the movers and shakers of the industry and offers a glance of the future world of organic and printed electronics:
About LOPE-C
http://www.vdma-webbox.tv/english/filmdatabase/printed-electronics-ready-to-go.htmlLOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) is the leading, fully industry-sponsored annual conference and exhibition of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C presents the economic trends and the scope of scientific achievements in the field. The convention focuses on the production and application of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C is jointly organized by the Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A) and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH. (www.lope-c.com)
About OE-AFormed in 2004 as a Working Group within VDMA (German Engineering Federation), the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is the foremost professional body representing the worldwide organic and printed electronics industry. With more than 180 members throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, OE-A represents the entire industrial value chain. (www.oe-a.org)
About Mesago Messe FrankfurtMesago, founded in 1982 and based in Stuttgart, Germany, is one of the world’s leading organisers of special interest exhibitions, conferences and seminars. The company is part of the Messe Frankfurt international network. It employs a staff of 60 and organises exhibitions and conferences all over the world attracting over 2,500 exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors annually. (www.mesago.de).
Press Information:For information on LOPE-C, contact
Ms. Astrid Wille
Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Rotebühlstr. 83-85,
70178 Stuttgart, Germany
Tel.: +49 711 61946-26
Fax: +49 711 61946-93
E-mail: astrid.wille@mesago.com
Internet: www.mesago.deFor queries regarding OE-A, please contact:
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Dr. Klaus Hecker, Managing Director
OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association)
A Working Group within VDMA
Tel.: +49 69 66 03-13 36
E-mail: klaus.hecker@vdma.org - Thursday, May 26, 2011
Expansion necessitates change of location
Stuttgart, Frankfurt, 26 May 2011: Due to an increased demand for exhibition space, LOPE-C (Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention) is moving from the Forum into Hall 5.1 and the Conference Centre at the Messe Frankfurt Exhibition Grounds. The current figure for booked space stands at 1,500 sqm and this is up by about 37% on last year’s final total (1,100 sqm). The demand for exhibition booths continues and the relocation means that all requests for space can now be accommodated.
The new location means that the Exhibitor Forum will be in the exhibiting area. This will provide additional interest for visitors to the event, with companies showcasing their latest developments and taking questions from the trade audience.
For more information on LOPE-C and to register please visit: www.lope-c.com
See the latest OE-A video: 'Printed Electronics - Ready to Go!'. It presents the movers and shakers of the industry and offers a glance of the future world of organic and printed electronics:
About LOPE-C
http://www.vdma-webbox.tv/english/filmdatabase/printed-electronics-ready-to-go.htmlLOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) is the leading, fully industry-sponsored annual conferences and exhibition of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C presents the economic trends and the scope of scientific achievements in the field. The convention focuses on the production and application of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C is jointly organized by the Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A) and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH.
About OE-AFormed in 2004 as a Working Group within VDMA (German Engineering Federation), the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is the foremost professional body representing the worldwide organic and printed electronics industry. With more than 170 members throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, OE-A represents the entire industrial value chain. www.oe-a.org
About Mesago Messe FrankfurtMesago, founded in 1982 and based in Stuttgart, is one of the world’s leading organisers of special interest exhibitions, conferences and seminars. The company belongs to the Messe Frankfurt international network, employs 60 staff and annually organises exhibitions and conferences all over the world attracting over 2,500 exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors (www.mesago.de).
Press Information:For information on LOPE-C, contact
Ms. Astrid Wille
Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Rotebühlstr.83-85,
70178 Stuttgart, Germany
Phone: +49 711 61946-26
Fax: +49 711 61946-93
E-mail: astrid.wille@mesago.com
www.mesago.deFor queries regarding OE-A, please contact:
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Dr. Klaus Hecker, Managing Director
OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association)
A working group within VDMA
Phone: +49 69 66 03-13 36
E-mail: klaus.hecker@vdma.org - Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Organic and Printed Electronics: Conductive Films for Flexible Touch Display Sensors and Solar Cells
Stuttgart, Frankfurt, May 18, 2011: - It works like a charm – easy, intuitive touch navigation within the screens of smart phones and tablets. Touch control, based on innovative large-area capacitive sensors, is enjoying exponential market growth. The new capacitive touch sensors are transparent and flexible. They are films of organic materials, functionally coated with nearly invisible conductive polymers or metallic grids in micrometer dimensions. LOPE-C 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany, will present the state of the art and the trends of touch.
Displays With Touch ControlLarge-area capacitive touch sensors, integrated in the screens of data appliances, are replacing the traditional buttons and switches. They are among the many conveniences that users have come to expect in their smart phones and tablet PCs. Just a slight touch or waving a finger in front of the screen will call up a function or select the desired content from a menu.
Enjoying the magic of intuitive touch control, few users will realize that there is a research-intensive, rapidly advancing technology behind the navigational elegance. Underneath the smart-screen surface there is a new kind of micro-electronics. It is based on organic and printed materials so thin and flexible that they smoothly fit any surface, rounded or sharply bent, of portable appliances or the cockpits and interiors of stylishly designed premium automobiles.
Organic and printed electronics offers one decisive advantage: It doesn't use the brittle silicon of today's processor and memory chips. Instead, it's based on semiconductors of functionalized plastic materials, which are cost-efficiently produced by mass-printing them roll-to-roll. Conductive polymers, such as PEDOT, are delivered in large quantities by manufacturers such as Heraeus Clevios or Agfa.
They make reliable anti-static coatings. They are used in OLED and electroluminescence displays, and in organic photovoltaics (OPV). As PEDOT has reached a conductivity of 1,000 S/cm, it has become a material of choice for transparent electrodes in sensors and displays. Navigation devices and mobile phones with PEDOT touch sensors are entering the market right now.
Rapidly Growing Market Organic ElectronicsOrganic and printed electronics is one of the important growth areas of future high-tech industries. Europe, due to its broad-based research infrastructure, is excellently positioned in this technology segment. The annual conference and exhibition LOPE-C (Large Area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention) in Frankfurt, Germany, is the worldwide meeting point of researchers, developers, producers and users of organic and printed electronics. From June 28 to 30, LOPE-C 2011 will show the latest progress in organic displays (OLED), organic photovoltaics (OPV), printed RFID tags and smart packaging, functionalized textiles and many other, futuristic applications.
The worldwide Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A), official industrial sponsor of LOPE-C, sees organic and printed electronics shaping up as a huge market with a potential volume in the billions of dollars - complementing traditional electronics with innovative future applications.
Plastics with Conductive Surface CoatingsA rapidly expanding partial market of organic electronics is the functional surface treatment of plastic materials, covering them with extremely fine-grained, highly transparent particulates of conductive materials - metals, conductive polymers, or (still in the experimental stages) ultra-thin layers of carbon nanotubes.
For the conductive coating of plastic materials, there is an exciting new approach: metallic layers of silver or copper, structured as tiny grids with micrometer dimensions. Such extremely fine metallic grids are highly transparent and nearly invisible to the human eye. They make perfect coatings for large-area electrodes of capacitive or resistive touch sensors and displays.
Touch sensors are currently enjoying dynamic market growth. This year, in the estimate of Korean market researcher Displaybank, sales volume will almost double, from US$ 6bn, to more than US$10bn. By 2014, more than half of all mobile data appliances will offer touch functionality as a standard convenience.
Functional coating of transparent films with conductive metallic grids or conductive polymers is an attractive alternative to the established technology of conductive ITO (indium tin oxide) layers. ITO tends to be brittle. It is best used on glass substrates, and is less well suited for light-weight and flexible touch displays and solar cells. Processing is rather complicated. Additionally, some market observers are foreseeing supply chain problems for indium, says Dr. Stephan Kirchmeyer of Heraeus Clevios, the leading producer of conductive polymers.
Application-specific LayoutThe main applicative advantage of plastic films with conductive coatings is their individual layout and application-specific structuring. Additionally, conductivity can be tuned accurately to the intended use. Even applications such as window heaters in automobiles are feasible.
The large numbers of companies participating in the development of conductive surface coating, says Dr. Wolfgang Clemens of PolyIC, shows that organic and printed electronics is up to the specific requirements of current and future users. "Conductive coatings are what today's market demands. The industry is moving ahead at full speed. Our longer-term goals are being energetically pursued as well."
Conductive polymers as coating materials are showing similar progress, especially in the etching of surface structures. Until recently, conductive polymers would show as slight color variations. A new etching technology, developed at Heraeus Clevios, deactivates the conductive polymer rather than removing it. This creates invisible structures – an important feature of capacitive touch sensors.LOPE-C 2011, the worldwide get-together of the industry, held June 28 to 30, 2011, at Frankfurt, Germany, will broadly feature the new conductive coatings for touch displays and solar cells. At the exhibition, they will be shown as marketable products. The conference will highlight the state of the art and discuss the market trends.
For more information on LOPE-C and to register please visit: www.lope-c.com
The latest OE-A Video 'Printed Electronics - Ready to Go!' gives an insight into the fascinating world of organic and printed electronics:
About LOPE-C
http://www.vdma-webbox.tv/english/filmdatabase/printed-electronics-ready-to-go.htmlLOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) is the leading, fully industry-sponsored annual conferences and exhibition of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C presents the economic trends and the scope of scientific achievements in the field. The convention focuses on the production and application of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C is jointly organized by the Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A) and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH.
About OE-AFormed in 2004 as a Working Group within VDMA (German Engineering Federation), the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is the foremost professional body representing the worldwide organic and printed electronics industry. With more than 170 members throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, OE-A represents the entire industrial value chain. www.oe-a.org
About Mesago Messe FrankfurtMesago, founded in 1982 and based in Stuttgart, is one of the world’s leading organisers of special interest exhibitions, conferences and seminars. The company belongs to the Messe Frankfurt international network, employs 60 staff and annually organises exhibitions and conferences all over the world attracting over 2,500 exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors (www.mesago.de).
Press Information:Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Contact: Mrs Astrid Wille
Phone: +49 711 61946-26
Fax: +49 711 61946-93
E-mail: astrid.wille@mesago.com
Internet: www.mesago.deFor queries regarding OE-A, please contact:
Dr. Klaus Hecker, Managing Director
OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association)
A working group within VDMA
Phone: +49 69 66 03-13 36
E-mail: klaus.hecker@vdma.orgAuthor:
Werner Schulz
Phone: +49 (0) 30 81 05 89 59
press@lope-c.comCaption:
Conductive and transparent plastic film with metallic grid patterns for flexible touch display sensorsSource: PolyIC
Transparent conductive films enable interactive touch screens
Source: with courtesy of Apple
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Large-area Organic and Printed Electronics Convention: LOPE-C 2011 sets new record
Frankfurt, Germany, 13 April 2011: LOPE-C (Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention), the premier conference and exhibition of the worldwide organic and printed electronics community, is steering towards a new record in 2011. More than 95 companies are expected to exhibit on the greatly expanded floorspace of 1,300 square meters at the Messe Frankfurt Forum, Germany.
Three months before the three-day event opens on June 28, 2011, the exhibition space booked is up by 20% compared to last year's (2010: 1,100 sqms). Numerous important exhibitors have booked larger spaces this year and there are plenty of companies exhibiting for the first time, among them Agfa, Konarka, printechnologics or KIMM, contributing to the substantial increase in exhibition space.
LOPE-C addresses the major economic trends and technological topics in the rapidly emerging organic and printed electronics industry. The latest progress in the hot topic “organic photovoltaics” will be showcased by numerous products. Another key theme is organic and printed electronics applications in the automotive industry: luminous OLED thinfilms, printed cost-effectively roll-to-roll are opening up vast new design dimensions for cockpit and interior designers.
The LOPE-C Exhibitor Forum, an integral part of the exhibition floor, offers visitors an exciting discussion platform where companies presenting their latest developments will be fielding questions from the audience.
Noted conference speakers reflect industry trendsTaking place 28 to 30 June 2011, the LOPE-C conference, with over 150 expert presentations by industry leaders and technologists, offers a unique insight into the latest achievements in organic and printed electronics.
The conference opens on 28 June with detail-packed, hands-on short courses and a Business Conference. Leading companies, such as Sumitomo Chemical (J), New Venture Partners (UK), Airbus (D) or Plastic Logic (D) will discuss market-entry strategies and commercial opportunities in organic and printed electronics.
Plenary presentations, opening the morning sessions, and featuring noted experts and business leaders, will alert the attendees to timely trend-setting topics. In the main technical conference leading companies, such as Plextronics, Solamer, PolyIC, 3M or Merck will introduce their latest R&D results and product developments in five parallel seminar tracks. Poster sessions and an Investors’ Forum complete the LOPE-C conference program.
For more information on LOPE-C and to register please visit: www.lope-c.com
See the latest OE-A video: 'Printed Electronics - Ready to Go!'. It presents the movers and shakers of the industry and offers a glance of the future world of organic and printed electronics:
About LOPE-C
http://www.vdma-webbox.tv/english/filmdatabase/printed-electronics-ready-to-go.htmlLOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) is the leading, fully industry-sponsored annual conferences and exhibition of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C presents the economic trends and the scope of scientific achievements in the field. The convention focuses on the production and application of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C is jointly organized by the Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A) and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH.
About OE-AFormed in 2004 as a Working Group within VDMA (German Engineering Federation), the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is the foremost professional body representing the worldwide organic and printed electronics industry. With more than 170 members throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, OE-A represents the entire industrial value chain. www.oe-a.org
About Mesago Messe FrankfurtMesago, founded in 1982 and based in Stuttgart, is one of the world’s leading organisers of special interest exhibitions, conferences and seminars. The company belongs to the Messe Frankfurt international network, employs 60 staff and annually organises exhibitions and conferences all over the world attracting over 2,500 exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors (www.mesago.de).
Press Information:For information on LOPE-C, contact
Ms. Astrid Wille
Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Rotebühlstr.83-85,
70178 Stuttgart, Germany
Phone: +49 711 61946-26
Fax: +49 711 61946-93
E-mail: astrid.wille@mesago.com
Internet: www.mesago.deFor queries regarding OE-A, please contact:
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Dr. Klaus Hecker, Managing Director
OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association)
A working group within VDMA
Phone: +49 69 66 03-13 36
E-mail: klaus.hecker@vdma.org - Wednesday, March 30, 2011
OLED Lighting: From Spotlights to Walls of Light
Stuttgart, Frankfurt, March 30, 2011: OLEDs – organic light emitting diodes – are capturing the creative fantasies of progressive light designers. Lightweight panels or "light tiles" composed of extremely thin functional layers on plastic or glass substrates make exclusive, futuristic looking OLED luminaires for home or office use. They are offered as commercial products by large vendors like Osram and Philips. OLEDs give off a pleasant warm-white light; they can be tuned to individual color temperatures and dimmed. And they are "instant-on": at their full brightness right after flicking the switch.
A New Type of Light SourceWith these basic properties, today's OLED lighting offers an outlook on an absolutely new type of light source: OLEDs are no spotlights; they need no reflectors or lenses to bundle and direct light beams onto the objects to be illuminated. Instead, they are large-area luminous surfaces flooding a room with diffuse, non-glare light. OLED panels are extremely thin - they will be easily embedded in walls, ceilings, windows, room dividers, car cockpits – turning them into luminous objects of their own.
Consequently, large-area OLEDs panels made from organic functional materials are triggering a second revolution in lighting technology: After the - ecologically mandated - end of incandescent light bulbs, which radiated more heat than light, and the subsequent transition to gas discharge and energy saving fluorescent lamps, the time has come for LEDs and OLEDs to shine. They port the principles and achievements of solid-state technology and its famed learning curve of exponential innovation and cost degression to a new generation of energy-efficient and eye-friendly lighting systems.
For display purposes, OLEDs are already widely present: in millions of mobile phones they serve as bright and color intensive screens, and TV sets equipped with OLED displays or OLED backlights for LCD-screens are on their way to the markets. Next in line is OLED lighting.
Luminous Efficacy and Lifetime on the RiseOLEDs are superbly qualified as efficient sources of light. Already today, in commercially available products, they realize a luminous efficacy of 23 lumens per watt, at a development goal of 100 lm/W. Lifetime is up to 5,000 hours; three years from now it will be three times as much. Large, transparent OLED modules having an active light area of 1 square meter are expected to evolve within a year though the German BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) public/private partnership project TOPAS 2012.
OLED light sources are manufactured without the use of mercury. Thus they fulfill the European RoHS regulation of eliminating toxic ingredients. OLED lighting needs no encasing or cooling devices. Currently they are measuring less than 2 millimeters thick when fully encapsulated. Next step is thin flexible films, which can be formed and bent into any shape to form luminous objects of their own.
Technology Roadmap for OLEDsThe official roadmap of OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) sees the current uses of OLED lighting primarily in the high-end segments of exclusively designed luminaries as a market entry strategy. Over the next five years according to OE-A, OLED light tiles and large-area architectural lighting panels will further develop to enter the building material and industrial markets. From 2018 onwards OE-A expects low-priced standard OLED light fixtures to be available in various configurations and specifications as a universal illumination technology.
“The first solid-state lighting products are reaching the market," says Andy Hannah, CEO of Plextronics, a U.S. vendor leading the industry in providing key materials technology, such as functional inks used as efficiency increasing hole injection layers, for the mass printing of OLEDs. "That is clearly an indication of imminent widespread commercialization. Serving this enormous market will require large-scale production, which is only attainable through solution processing. Our new materials will enable our customers to manufacture high-quality lighting devices at the lowest cost."
Osram, through its LED subsidiary Osram Opto Semiconductors will be the first large European lamp manufacturer to invest more than Euro 50 m in an OLED pilot manufacturing line in Regensburg, Germany, and further development of commercial OLED lighting. Already in 2008, Osram showed their first designer-style OLED luminaires. "For mass market applications," says Karsten Heuser, General Manager OLED at Osram, "light designers, besides a fascinating technology, need reliability and stable specifications. Our OLED lighting product families offer exactly that." Last month, Osram introduced two new OLED lighting panels, one round, the other square, mirrored or transparent, resp., in the off-state. With these panels, OLED designers will gain further creative dimensions to realize the light of the future.
OLEDs at LOPE-C 2011At LOPE-C 2011, the worldwide get-together of the organic and printed electronics industry, taking place June 28 to 30, at the Messe Frankfurt fairgrounds in Frankfurt, Germany, OLED lighting will have a prominent place, with a special conference session dedicated to discussing the latest developments and market trends. At the collocated LOPE-C 2011 exhibition, OLED lighting will be shown and demonstrated as commercial products.
The latest OE-A Video 'Printed Electronics - Ready to Go!' gives an insight into the fascinating world of organic and printed electronics:
About LOPE-C
http://www.vdma-webbox.tv/english/filmdatabase/printed-electronics-ready-to-go.htmlLOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) is the leading, fully industry-sponsored annual conferences and exhibition of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C presents the economic trends and the scope of scientific achievements in the field. The convention focuses on the production and application of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C is jointly organized by the Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A) and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH.
About OE-AFormed in 2004 as a Working Group within VDMA (German Engineering Federation), the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is the foremost professional body representing the worldwide organic and printed electronics industry. With more than 150 members throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, OE-A represents the entire industrial value chain. www.oe-a.org
About Mesago Messe FrankfurtMesago, founded in 1982 and based in Stuttgart, is one of the world’s leading organisers of special interest exhibitions, conferences and seminars. The company belongs to the Messe Frankfurt international network, employs 60 staff and annually organises exhibitions and conferences all over the world attracting over 2,500 exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors (www.mesago.de).
Press Information:Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Contact: Mrs Astrid Wille
Phone: +49 711 61946-26
Fax: +49 711 61946-93
E-mail: astrid.wille@mesago.com
Internet: www.mesago.deFor queries regarding OE-A, please contact:
Dr Klaus Hecker, Managing Director
OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association)
A working group within VDMA
Phone: +49 69 66 03-13 36
E-mail: klaus.hecker@vdma.orgAuthor:
Werner Schulz
Phone: +49 (0) 30 81 05 89 59
press@lope-c.comCaption:
OSRAM's PirOLED Luminaire
Source: Osram Opto Semiconductors
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Plenary Sessions look to the future
Stuttgart, Frankfurt, 14 March 2011: The LOPE-C conference on 29th and 30th June will open with plenary sessions on up-to-the-minute and future-oriented topics delivered by top experts in the field. LOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) is the world-wide leading annual conference and exhibition on organic and printed electronics and is taking place this year from June 28-30, 2011 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
The following topics and speakers have been confirmed:
BMW Group, Germany
Mr Robert Isele, Manager Perceived Value
“Flexible Electronics as a Key for a New Experience of Value” Drzaic Consulting Services, USA
Dr Paul Drzaic, President
“Where Is My Flexible Display?(!)” Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE), Korea
Dr Young-Sup Joo, Managing Director
“Global Collaboration Initiatives for the Successful Commercialization of Printed Electronics” OE-A, Germany
Mr Wolfgang Mildner, Chairman
“Printed Electronics – Ready to go” Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH, Germany
Dr Karsten Heuser, Director & General Manager OLED
“Ignition sequence starts. OLED Lighting ready for take off?” Samsung Electronics, Korea
Dr Jong Min Kim, Vice President of Product Planning Division
“Printable and Flexible Electronics for the Future Applications” University of Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Takao Someya, Professor
“Ambient electronics using printed organic transistor”The conference presentations will showcase the latest developments in organic and printed electronics. Subdivided into Business-, Technical- and Scientific-Conference, the event offers tailored know-how to the participants. Short courses, poster sessions and an investors’ forum complete the sector overview provided by the event.
Exhibition with new exhibitorsThe organizers expect a significant further growth in exhibitors and visitors. Numerous companies use the leading position of LOPE-C for the world premier of their products and developments.
At June 29 -30, international companies and research companies like Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH, 3D-Micromac AG, Du Pont Teijin Films Ltd., Heraeus Clevios GmbH, FUJIFILM Dimatix Inc., Merck Chemicals Ltd., Plextronics Inc., PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG or SunaTech Inc. present their products and solutions. Target group are users from energy production, the consumer and packaging industry, logistics, automotive and medical technology.
Numerous new exhibitors like Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Microchem Corp. or InkTec GmbH show a spectrum of from novel devices, advanced materials and production methods up to end-user applications.
Further details about the conference and exhibition are available at: www.lope-c.com
The latest OE-A Video ‘Printed Electronics - Ready to Go!’ gives an insight into the fascinating world of organic and printed electronics:
About LOPE-C
http://www.vdma-webbox.tv/english/filmdatabase/printed-electronics-ready-to-go.htmlLOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) is the leading, fully industry-sponsored annual conferences and exhibition of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C presents the economic trends and the scope of scientific achievements in the field. The convention focuses on the production and application of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C is jointly organized by the Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A) and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH.
About OE-AFormed in 2004 as a Working Group within VDMA (German Engineering Federation), the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is the foremost professional body representing the worldwide organic and printed electronics industry. With more than 150 members throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, OE-A represents the entire industrial value chain. www.oe-a.org
About Mesago Messe FrankfurtMesago, founded in 1982 and based in Stuttgart, is one of the world’s leading organisers of special interest exhibitions, conferences and seminars. The company belongs to the Messe Frankfurt international network, employs 60 staff and annually organises exhibitions and conferences all over the world attracting over 2,500 exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors (www.mesago.de).
Press Information:Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Mrs Astrid Wille
Phone: +49 711 61946-26
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E-mail: astrid.wille@mesago.com
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Dr Klaus Hecker, Managing Director
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E-mail: klaus.hecker@vdma.org - Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Printed Electronics Powers ‘Car of the Future’
Stuttgart, Frankfurt, February 22, 2011: Organic and printed electronics is well on its way to mass markets. Cost-efficient roll-to-roll printing drives electronic systems for consumer goods and industrial control to ultra-compact layouts and energy efficiency. The ‘car of the future’ will sport elegant and ergonomic cockpit designs with embedded illumination, displays and touch sensors. Thin yet highly brilliant OLED backlights will be glued directly to the car’s body. LOPE-C 2011, held June 28 to 30 in Frankfurt, Germany, features automotive electronics as a timely agenda.
‘Car of the Future’The topic ‘Car of the Future’ imposes no limits to fantasy: electric and/or hybrid drives, hydrogen or fuel cells come to mind - even the classical if CO2-optimized combustion engine. Amid all these, one thing is clear: electronics will play a lead role. Novel illumination systems, ‘smart textile’ seats, solar cell generators, and more. Above all: new information systems will bring revolutionary changes to the car’s interior, interactively networking driver and vehicle with ambient traffic flows - in a delicate balance of assistance and autonomy.
The road ahead to the automotive future is printed electronics, based on flexible substrates of functionalized polymer films. Printed electronics covers large areas while being less than a millimeter thin. By mid-decade there will be fully integrated, smooth and aesthetically pleasing interiors with embedded displays and switches. They will show only when needed and activated by slight touch.
Brilliant Displays and Touch SensorsThe decisive advantage of printed electronics: it makes brilliantly colored displays and capacitive touch sensors to be integrated in the curved surfaces of the car’s interior: dashboard, central console, seats, ceiling, armrests, kick plates, and more – positioned exactly where they provide touches of luxury and add ergonomic value.
Thus, the bulky rims and knobs of the past are gone - mutating to smooth operating surfaces for highest functionally and perfect, futuristic cockpit designs. A forerunner of these ideas is the Porsche Cayenne. In 2008, automotive supplier Schreiner PrinTronics based in Oberschleissheim near Munich, Germany, demonstrated its core competency of functional printing by fitting the show car’s interior with blue light emitting electroluminescent films – creating a distinctive ambient light experience.
Significant Gains in Packaging DensityUtilized as embedded displays and switches, printed films are less than 2 millimeters thick, when including protective lamination and graphical overlays for crisp text and animated gauges, brightly colored indicators and touch-operated switches. They are fitted on the car’s curved or bent interior surfaces. This also pertains to the exterior: very thin yet brilliant OLED backlights are directly glued to the car body. Printed conductors connect with the car’s electrics. No screws, no parts protruding to the densely packed innards. A decisive gain of usable space.
Longer LifespanA special advantage of capacitive touch sensors is that they are proximity switches. They can be activated by gestures, not to distract the driver’s attention. Of course, for vital functions they work by applying definitive pressure to a marked area with visual and/or auditory feedback.
The crucial factors that speak for printed switches are their robust behavior and long service life, says Judith Ihle, Product Manager at Schreiner PrinTronics: "The number of possible activations is significantly higher than those of mechanical switches. The sensor function of printed films is not subject to wear."
Organic Electronics Drives IT and DesignBMW, ten years ago the first European car maker to offer a head-up display based on laser projection onto the windshield, thus creating the first free-form display integration, regards printed electronics a vast opportunity. "Printed and organic electronics has the potential for realizing illumination embedded in the design and significantly more brilliant displays than doable with LCD screens", says Robert Isele, at the BMW Group in Munich responsible for the perceived value of the car interior.
"Flexible displays and sensors can easily functionalize the complicated geometries imposed by car designers. Plastic electronics introduces a significantly higher degree of freedom in system layout and space-saving integration." Not just in premium cars, but especially in smaller model series. At LOPE-C 2011, Isele will present a keynote "Flexible Electronics as Key for a New Perceived Value of the Car Interior."
Over the mid term, Isele says, LCD and laser projection will hold on to their positions before functionalized printed films will take over. "Integration of functional elements at minimal space constraints, low energy consumption and simplified assembly has the highest priority."
Information and Control DisplayBMW is introducing an exciting new, alternative drive control system, called "Vision ConnectedDrive". It’s a free-form display embedded in a flat screen like a tablet PC, realizing novel design features. As the main information monitor it will emulate the car’s drive-relevant instruments. Multiple layers of transparent OLED films allow for displaying simultaneous information. "Display and illumination, realized as free-form design," Isele says, "is the core application of flexible plastic electronics." Unfortunately, laser projectors are rather voluminous. "Future driver assistance systems need adequate information methods for intuitive interaction."
LOPE-C 2011: the Future of AutomotiveAutomotive applications are among the key topics at LOPE-C 2011 held June 28 to 30, 2011, at Messe Frankfurt, Germany. Offering more than 150 conference presentations by leading experts from industry and research, LOPE-C represents the state and the trends of printed and organic electronics, including its applications, maintaining highest professional standards. With more than 850 conference participants and visitors expected and more than 85 exhibitors anticipated, LOPE-C 2011 is set for new records in attendance.
More about the fascinating world of organic and printed electronics in the new OE-A Video ‘Printed Electronics - Ready to Go!’
About LOPE-C
http://www.vdma-webbox.tv/english/filmdatabase/printed-electronics-ready-to-go.htmlLOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) is the leading, fully industry-sponsored annual conferences and exhibition of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C presents the economic trends and the scope of scientific achievements in the field. The convention focuses on the production and application of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C is jointly organized by the Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A) and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH.
About OE-AFormed in 2004 as a Working Group within VDMA (German Engineering Federation), the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is the foremost professional body representing the worldwide organic and printed electronics industry. With more than 150 members throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, OE-A represents the entire industrial value chain. www.oe-a.org
About Mesago Messe FrankfurtMesago, founded in 1982 and based in Stuttgart, is one of the world’s leading organisers of special interest exhibitions, conferences and seminars. The company belongs to the Messe Frankfurt international network, employs 60 staff and annually organises exhibitions and conferences all over the world attracting over 2,500 exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors (www.mesago.de).
Press Information:Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Contact: Mrs Astrid Wille
Phone: +49 711 61946-26
Fax: +49 711 61946-93
E-mail: astrid.wille@mesago.com
Internet: www.mesago.deFor queries regarding OE-A, please contact:
Dr Klaus Hecker, Managing Director
OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association)
A working group within VDMA
Phone: +49 69 66 03-13 36
E-mail: klaus.hecker@vdma.orgAuthor:
Werner Schulz
Phone: +49 (0) 30 81 05 89 59
press@lope-c.comCaptions:
1. The Interior of the Porsche Cayenne Show Car Illuminated by Electroluminscent Films
2. Multifunctional Operating Surfaces Realized as Printed Films
Source: Schreiner PrinTronics
These hi-res pictures are downloadable from www.lope-c.comBMW Group:
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Hi-res pictures regarding this press release can be downloaded from www.press.bmwgroup.com - Monday, December 13, 2010
Call for Papers: LOPE-C 2011 offers attractive platform
Stuttgart, Frankfurt, December 2010The Call for Papers for the scientific conference of LOPE-C 2011 is now open. LOPE-C is the premier annual international conference and exhibition for organic and printed electronics and will take place from 28 – 30 June 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany. The deadline for abstract submissions is January 28, 2011.
LOPE-C conference represents the most important forum for presenting and discussing recent research results and reports. LOPE-C covers the entire industrial value chain: academic research, industrial R&D, manufacturing, roadmapping, standardization and end-user considerations. The combination of exhibition and conference offers important value added benefits to the participants.
The Scientific Board under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Reinhard Baumann, Head Printed Functionalities, Fraunhofer ENAS, Germany, invites to submit contributions to the following topics:
Materials
organic, inorganic, carbon and nano materials, semiconductors, conductors, dielectrics, substrates Devices
transistors, diodes, sensors, circuitry, power sources, backplanes, photovoltaics, lighting, memory, displays, smart textiles and further applications Device and Circuitry Design, Simulations Printing, Patterning Technologies and Appropriate Equipment
traditional printing processes (gravure, flexo, offset, screen etc), coating technologies, ink-jet, laser patterning, large-area patterning techniques, nano patterning technologies, Micro- and dip-pen and further technologies Products
all products with integrated large-area electronics Quality Control in Production LinesOE-A is proud to support participating academic researchers, especially young scientists from universities and research organizations, through a reduced delegate rate of 410 Euros for the main conference.
All authors (industry and academia) of papers accepted in the scientific review process will qualify for the academic delegate rate of 410 Euros.Further details about the conference and exhibition and the online submission form for submitting an abstract are available on:
www.lope-c.com.
About LOPE-CLOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) is the leading, fully industry-sponsored annual conferences and exhibition of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C presents the economic trends and the scope of scientific achievements in the field. The convention focuses on the production and application of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C is jointly organized by the Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A) and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH.
About OE-AFormed in 2004 as a Working Group within VDMA (German Engineering Federation), the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is the foremost professional body representing the worldwide organic and printed electronics industry. With more than 140 members throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, OE-A represents the entire industrial value chain. www.oe-a.org
About Mesago Messe FrankfurtMesago, founded in 1982 and based in Stuttgart, is one of the world’s leading organisers of special interest exhibitions, conferences and seminars. The company belongs to the Messe Frankfurt international network, employs 60 staff and annually organises exhibitions and conferences all over the world attracting over 2,500 exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors. www.mesago.de
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Contact: Mrs Astrid Wille
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OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association)
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Email: klaus.hecker@vdma.org - Monday, September 27, 2010
LOPE-C 2011: Mesago Messe Frankfurt joins as co-organizer
Stuttgart, Frankfurt, September 2010LOPE-C (Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention), the world’s leading industry meeting point for organic and printed electronics will be co-organised in 2011 by Mesago Messe Frankfurt. The event will take place from June 28-30, 2011. “We are delighted to have found a very experienced and committed partner in Mesago. We look forward to working together to create an even more successful LOPE-C”, commented Dr Klaus Hecker, Managing Director of the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) in Frankfurt. The OE-A established LOPE-C in 2009 as a key platform for this newly emerging industry.
A technology with huge potentialThe organic and printed electronics are on the verge of achieving mass production with huge technological and economic potential. “It is an exciting time for us to be organising LOPE-C together with OE-A as a portal to the future. Our know-how in organising events in key technology sectors will be of huge benefit”, remarked Johann Thoma, Managing Director of Mesago Messe Frankfurt.
Rapid development of conference and exhibitionThis year has already seen LOPE-C expand considerably, with more than 850 visitors from 34 countries as well as double the exhibition space of last year, and a total of 89 exhibitors. The increasing number of participants from the industrial end user branches including print, packaging and electronics as well as the numerous presentations given by consumer product manufacturers such as Nokia, Sony and Samsung, the automotive manufacturer Fiat and publishers like Gruner & Jahr and Bauer highlight the already advanced development of organic and printed applications. “It’s now time for the organic and printed electronics sectors to forge ties. That’s why we set up the LOPE-C as a long-term and important platform for industry and science, investors and end-user communities”, promised Udo Weller, Division Manger of Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH with responsibility for LOPE-C.
About LOPE-C
The latest information on the conference and exhibition is available at: www.lope-c.com.LOPE-C (Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention) is the leading, fully industry-sponsored annual conferences and exhibition of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C presents the economic trends and the scope of scientific achievements in the field. The convention focuses on the production and application of organic and printed electronics. LOPE-C is jointly organized by the Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A) and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH.
About Organic and Printed ElectronicsOrganic Electronics is based on conductive polymers and small molecules of the organic chemical. The combination of conductive polymers and inorganic materials with printing technologies is enabling thin, lightweight and extremely cost-effective electronic systems.
About OE-A
Current market drivers are organic photovoltaic and flexible batteries, OLED lighting, displays, logic and memory components, sensor arrays and RFID tags. First products, such as OLED displays, OPV, Smart Cards and RFID antennas, super-flat batteries, glucose test strips and interactive games are already commercially available. Flexible and rollable displays and fully printed RFID tags are expected to appear on the market soon.Formed in 2004 as a Working Group within VDMA (German Engineering Federation), the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is the foremost professional body representing the worldwide organic and printed electronics industry. With more than 140 members throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, OE-A represents the entire industrial value chain. (www.oe-a.org)
About Mesago Messe FrankfurtMesago, founded in 1982 and based in Stuttgart, is one of the world’s leading organisers of special interest exhibitions, conferences and seminars. The company belongs to the Messe Frankfurt international network, employs 60 staff and annually organises exhibitions and conferences all over the world attracting over 2,500 exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors. (www.mesago.de)
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