OSC-08: Top organisations recognised with Organic Semiconductor Industry Awards 2008



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Register to attend Call for papers Programme Speakers Exhibition Seminars Press Venue and travel About OSC-08 Resources Keep me posted	Press release Top organisations recognised with Organic Semiconductor Industry Awards 2008 Cambridge, UK, 7 October 2008: The winners of the Organic Semiconductor Industry Awards 2008 were announced on 30 September at the Organic Semiconductor Conference (OSC-08) in Frankfurt, Germany. The Organic Semiconductor Industry Awards (OSIA), sponsored by cintelliq and in association with OSA Direct, are open to all organisations operating in the organic semiconductor and organic electronics industry. The 2008 awards were presented by Craig Cruickshank, CEO of cintelliq and chairman of the awards panel, at the OSC-08 Networking Dinner on the evening of 30 September. Craig Cruickshank said, "This year's award winners are each playing an important role in the development and commercialising of organic semiconductor technologies. Their efforts will lead to new and exciting applications." He added, "Each of this year's winners has achieved their success through the development of valuable partnerships and collaborations, an encouraging approach to building a new industry that others may be inspired to follow." The winners of OSIA 2008, selected by the independent panel of judges, were as follows: Start-up of the Year award Soligie, a developer of printed electronics products, won the Start-up of the Year award. The judges felt that Soligie stood out from the other nominations in this category because it has: Made great technical and commercial progress throughout the past year Developed a business model that encourages partnerships Provided a means for companies without their own production facility to enter the market Attracted lead customers The potential to become a market and/or process technology leader Runner up: Unidym (manufactures and licenses carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and related technology). Research and Development award The Olla project won the Research and Development award for developing and promoting OLED technology for lighting applications on a global scale The judges were particularly impressed by the Olla project because it: Showed pioneering commitment to the continual promotion of OLED technology for lighting applications - a catalyst for global research and development on OLED lighting Developed innovative solutions to a range of challenging problems for developing a large area white OLED with 50.7 lumen per Watt, > 10,000 hrs lifetimes, that included: encapsulation, ITO-free white OLEDs, light out-coupling, OLED modelling, and proposing standards Demonstrated that it is possible to successfully deliver results within a multi-partner project Runners up: Add-Vision Inc. for developing a low-cost, flexible P-OLED technology which has high functionality, uses print-based toolsets, and offers early commercialisation opportunities; and PARU Co. for using an R2R gravure printer, pad printer and inkjet printer to completely print antenna, rectifier and ring oscillators and then successfully demonstrating a 13.56MHz operated 1-bit RFID tag Product of the Year award DuPont Teijin Films (UK) Ltd won the Product of the Year award for a range of PET and PEN flexible substrates. The judges selected DuPont Teijin Films over the other nominations in this category because it has: Developed innovative solution to a challenging problem Provided a key component tha has enabled the commercialisation of early products based on organic electronics Made commitment in investment and scale-up in support of a young industry Runner up: BIOIDENT Technologies Inc. for PhotonicLab™ Platform. Best Peer-Review Paper award The award for the Best Peer-Review Paper at OSC-08 was won by Mária Péter, François Furthner, Bas van der Putten, Gerwin Gelinck, Erwin Meinders, from the Holst Centre, Tom Geuns from Philips Research Europe, and Wim de Laat from ASML, for the paper "Advances in lithographic patterning of micron-sized features on flexible substrates". The OSC-08 Peer Review Committee selected the paper by Mária Péter et al from all those submitted to the peer review track at OSC-08 because it demonstrated a major contribution to the on-going development of organic electronics on flexible substrates; and demonstrated that it was possible to achieve better than 0.5um resolution on flexible substrates by lithographic patterning Runners up: PE Khokhlov, A Krivoschepov, Pavel Lazarev, and V Utochnikova from Carben Semicon Ltd for the paper "Ribtan - a new graphene-based material for electronics"; and Prof Dr Meinhard Knoll, from the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Muenster for the paper "A Self-writing Smart Label". Cruickshank said, "cintelliq established the OSIA awards in 2006 to encourage and recognise the organisations and individuals who are leading the way in this emerging industry. cintelliq is committed to helping the industry develop, and rewarding innovation, good practice and achievement with our annual awards is just one of the ways in which we do this." The members of the OSIA 2008 judging panel were: Dickon Pinner, McKinsey & Co Chris Smart, Acacia Capital Partners Mark Hartney, FlexTech Alliance / US Display Consortium (USDC) Sir Robin Saxby, Arolla Partners Craig Cruickshank, cintelliq For more information on the awards visit http://www.cintelliq.com/osia Photographs can be downloaded from: http://www.cintelliq.com/osia/images-2008.htm 7 October 2008	Gold sponsors: Silver sponsors: Bronze sponsors: Association sponsors: Media sponsors: