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Messe Düsseldorf and the European Specialist Printing Manufacturers Association (ESMA) are working together to give a platform to the field of printed electronics 10 May 2013

Swedish lighting company Wästberg has introduced Winkel w127, a dimmable table lamp manufactured in glass-reinforced bio-sourced polyamide 14 February 2013

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PolyOne's Therma-Tech compounds are being used by Finnish company Kruunutekniikka, a manufacturer of solid-state LED lighting systems 15 October 2012

An EU-funded project called COLAE (Collaboration in Organic and Large-Area Electronics) is aiming to speed up the commercialisation and adoption of organic and large area electronics within Europe 12 October 2012

Steinbichler Optotechnik of Germany says its new 5 megapixel sensor for 3D data capture, the Comet L3D 5M, offers improved camera resolution for a higher level of surface detail 30 May 2012

Arkema and French public research body CEA (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives) have extended their existing collaboration in photovoltaics to the field of micro-electronics and organic electronics. 25 April 2012

At the Materialica 2011 fair in Munich in October, Germany-based LED Linear won the silver product award category for its Venus Led light strips. 7 December 2011

Italian home appliance manufacturer Indesit has recently unveiled plans to set up a new plastic components plant in Lodz, Poland. The company aims to invest at least €30m and create over 250 new jobs at the factory. 1 December 2011

Polycarbonate producers Mitsubishi Engineering Plastics (DSM's former PC business) and Styron are both supplying polycarbonate for the housings of domestic smart meters. The electricity meters have been, or are being, installed in various roll-out programmes by utility companies in many parts of the world, substituting conventional meters 9 November 2011

Sabic Innovative Plastics says its Lexan and Cycoloy materials are used in the award-winning ResMed S9 series of sleep apnea devices 8 November 2011

BASF is supplying a special hydrolysis resistant grade of its Ultradur PBT resin for the control housing of the Bosch ESP9 electronic stability programme (ESP) system. The Ultradur B4333G6 HR grade of 30% glass fibre reinforced PBT can be laser marked and welded, says BASF, which has not revealed the moulder of the housing 8 November 2011

Dow is adding capacity for its Enlight-brand polyolefin encapsulant films in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, and Schkopau, Germany. 4 August 2011

Chinese refrigerator maker Haier will take delivery of 20 Kiefel thermoforming machines this year to support market growth and new model introductions. 6 September 2010

Polymer materials giant Bayer MaterialScience has joined the Holst Centre to develop smart polymer-based flexible electronics. 13 July 2010

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• Lanxess details plans for pigment plant in Ningbo 22 May 2013
• Weiss plans new expansion at Hungarian plant 23 May 2013
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