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October 25, 2008 Sunnyvale CA - Citala and BASF are collaborating on the development of thin, flexible, readable, high resolution Active Pixel Display™ for the emerging E-book and E-signage markets. BASF has developed a flexible back-plane transistor layer and integrated it with Citala’s front-plane APD™ flexible display. Working samples were demonstrated at the OSC ‘08 (Organic Semiconductor Conference ‘08) conference in Frankfurt, highlighting the advantages of combing the two flexible technologies into an integrated high resolution flexible reflective display.
Dr. Peter Eckerle of BASF Future Business GmbH presented in the conference the initial results and actual working samples of the active matrix display development collaboration between BASF and Citala. In his presentation, Dr. Eckerle pointed out that “combining Citala’s flexible display with BASF’s TFT technology presents a great opportunity by enabling large area flexible displays”.
Notes Ronen Lin, Citala’s CEO said: “This is an important milestone in Citala’s strategic roadmap. Together with our technology partners, we plan to complete the development of high resolution, active matrix flexible reflective display before the end of the decade.”
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company. BASF porduct portfolio ranges from oil and gas to chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fine chemicals. BASF has more than 95,000 employees and posted sales of almost €58 billion in 2007. BASF plans to invest € 1,450 billion in R&D in 2008. (www.basf.com).
A leader in flexible displays, Citala is the pioneer of the Active Pixel Display (APD™)—a flexible reflective display that represents a paradigm shift in the display arena. The company’s proprietary technology offers a host of benefits, including true flexibility to capture limitless design opportunities. Moreover, its thin and flexible displays offer exceptional reflective readability, low power consumption, and interactive capabilities. Citala’s flexible display technology enables the creation of innovative products across a wide range of markets such as smart cards, portable electronics, home appliances, health care, handheld devices, sports equipment, and more. Citala is the first in the display industry to leverage a roll-to-roll manufacturing process, which enables the cost-effective, high-volume production of customized displays. Citala is privately held and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with a wholly owned subsidiary located in Sunnyvale, California. (www.citala.com).
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