Spoolex, a leading player in the converting industry, announces its participation in the 2025 edition of ICE Europe, taking place from 11-13 March in Munich. During the event, the company will showcase its latest innovations under its brands Calemard and Roll Concept. Calemard: Precision solutions for sensitive products Specialising in slitting and rewinding/spooling machines since […]
Read more »From 11 – 13 March 2025, the international converting industry will meet in Munich for the 14th edition of ICE Europe, the world’s leading marketplace to source bespoke converting solutions for flexible and web-based materials. For an initial preview of the event, we sat down for an interview with Patrick Herman, Event Director for Converting, […]
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Located in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, JD7 is a one-of-a-kind infrastructure project combining modularity, sustainability, and connectivity to foster collaboration between research and industry. Designed as a strategic hub for Swiss and European innovation, JD7 has reached a significant milestone with the granting of its building permit in December 2024, marking the start of its realisation phase. […]
Professor Luigi Occhipinti from the University of Cambridge will hold a talk at LOPEC 2025 in Munich. In his presentation, he will focus on sustainable wearable electronics. New materials as well as AI and efficient data processing are essential for that, as he emphasised in an interview ahead of the event. Professor Occhipinti, you are […]
Imec, partner in EnergyVille, in collaboration with the University of Cyprus, has demonstrated the long-term outdoor stability of perovskite solar modules. Mini-modules of 4cm², developed at imec/EnergyVille, were comprehensively evaluated over two years in real-world conditions in Cyprus, with a remarkable power efficiency retention of 78 percent after one year, which current perovskite solar modules […]
Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells made of stable materials and manufactured using scalable production processes are the prerequisite for the next technological leap in the photovoltaic industry. Over the past five years, six Fraunhofer Institutes combined their expertise in the Fraunhofer lighthouse project “MaNiTU” to identify the most sustainable paths for the market launch of such […]
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS, in collaboration with HOLOEYE Photonics AG, have developed a compact LCOS microdisplay with high refresh rates that enables improved optical modulation. LCOS microdisplays are characterised by their low power consumption, small size, and lightweight design. They are used in switchable adaptive optics, particularly as phase modulators, […]