Technology's Edge

Innovations in Print

At the official launch of Lumoza, a joint spin-off company from Belgium's Hasselt University, the IMEC nanotechnology research institute, and screen printing company Artist Screen, it was announced that Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) has been chosen as the technology partner for print. The new company specializes in large-format screen-printed electronics for novel forms of advertising and luxury goods. Potential applications include wafer-thin, luminous animated billboards or DVD covers that display special light effects in the dark. The effects, which are created by dielectric barrier layers between the individually applied inks, open up new perspectives in product marketing and presentation for both indoor and outdoor advertising and the packaging industry.