Dresden

The world's first Speedmaster XL 162-8P from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) was recently taken into operation at the online print shop unitedprint.com SE in Radebeul near Dresden. Heidelberg unveiled the Speedmaster XL 145 and XL 162 at drupa 2008 which are now also available as large-format presses with tried-and-tested perfecting technology from Heidelberg. Furthermore, an innovative delivery concept has been added for sheet formats 6 and 7B. unitedprint.com SE - the parent company of the online print shop print24 - uses the Speedmaster XL 162-8P primarily for high-quality commercial work and mixed forms in short runs. The combination of

More than 750 people from 31 countries attended the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe conference and exhibition in Dresden, Germany in early April. The event, which is the largest on the topic, hosted the annual awards to recognise outstanding achievement in the industry.

Thin Film Electronics, an Oslo, Norway-based company with R&D facilities in Linkoping, Sweden, known as Thinfilm, and InkTec Co. Ltd, known as InkTec, have together made a breakthrough in producing printed memory on flexible substrates. Here Dr. Peter Harrop of analyst IDTechEx, interviews Johan Carlsson, President and CEO of Thinfilm and Kwang-Choon Chung, President and CEO of InkTec, about the latest development.

Recently, the commercialization of printed electronics has progressed from conductive patterns to batteries, displays, sensors, resistors, solar cells, lighting and transistor circuits, increasingly in combination.

With the approval of the supervisory board, on February 6, 2009 Albrecht Bolza-Schünemann, president and CEO of German press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA), will hand over his financial responsibilities to Helge Hansen, a respected banker and business economist.

More than 600 delegates from 28 countries were in attendance at the recent IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe event held in Dresden. The event featured the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Awards in recognition of outstanding achievement, which were given at the gala dinner on April 7. The categories and winners were: • Technical Development Device Award Winner: LG Displays • Technical Development Manufacturing Award Winner: Hewlett Packard and PowerFilm Solar • Technical Development Materials Award Winner: Ciba • Best New Product Development Award Winner: PolyIC • Best Commercialization Award Winner: GSI Technologies • Printed Electronics Europe Champion: Wolfgang Mildner, CEO, PolyIC An independent panel of judges