Packaging
Plextronics Wins Technical Development Materials Award from IDTechEx at the 2008 Printed Electronics USA Conference
Monday 15. December 2008 - Plextronics, Inc. -- an international technology company that specializes in printed solar, lighting and other organic electronics -- was awarded the 2008 Technical Development Materials Award by IDTechEx. The company was presented with the honor at the Printed Electronics 2008 Awards dinner in San Jose on December 3.
A panel of judges, which was comprised of an independent international advisory board, was charged with finding the most impressive material development in all of printed electronics during the last 12 months. Plextronics’ launch of its Plexcore(R) PV 1000 and Plexcore(R) PV 2000 ink systems for use in research-scale printed solar cell development was chosen as the winner.
Andy Hannah, President and CEO of Plextronics, said, “We are very proud of this new ink system — it enables our customers access to the materials and technology that can help them consistently achieve state-of-the-art OPV efficiencies, potentially nearing world-record champion results.”
Developed around Plextronics’ organic photovoltaic technology — which was certified by NREL earlier this year at 5.98 percent efficient — next generations of the Plexcore(R) PV ink systems will be designed for use in pilot and early manufacturing lines, further advancing commercial production on an industry-wide level.
Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, had this to say about the Plextronics win: “The materials developed by Plextronics are clearly world-class and are helping the industry as a whole to accelerate OPV development efforts,” he said. “The company is at the forefront of organic material development, and is consistently building on its core strengths of materials and process technology. I expect we’ll continue to see this kind of innovation from Plextronics.”
Hannah also added, “To have our efforts recognized by IDTechEx is extremely gratifying for us. This is an exciting day for our company and, most importantly, for all of our employees whose hard work, ideas and dedication are responsible for creating award-winning products.”