10-01 :: January 2010
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QUE™ proReader © Plastic Logic
? Where do you see the printed and organic elec- ! Martin Jackson, VP, Plastic Logic: I think that
tronics industry in 5 years? we will see displays well established in a range of
products and the success in this space will enable
plastic/organic electronics to target other applica-
! Devin McKenzie, CTO, Add-Vision: Getting into tions. As our understanding improves and we make
biomedical, security products where it might have a broader range of devices then CMOS becomes pos-
a unique use: disposability/ultra low cost, large area sible and with CMOS comes the ability to integrate
health-related sensor integration, etc. displays more tightly. A range of interesting new ap-
plications will have emerged which need either the
! Andreas Meyer, Director, Ravensburger: Hope- flexibility, low cost of manufacture, large area opera-
fully, the first products will be successfully realized in tion or rapid customisation of organic electronics
mass production. Transport and logistics will always
be safe, and thus will be fully supported by printed ! Dr Andreas Rueckemann, CEO, Heliatek: There
electronics. The communication industry will help to is a great potential, matching roughly $300 billion in
fit our e-life-style in a creative way, with even a no- 2027, best described in the Strategic Research Agen-
ticable relaxation for instance in contact with public da that we have just finalized and officially handed
authorities. I also think environmental factors will over to the European commission. It comprises 5 are-
play more of a part. Printed and organic electronics as of organic and printed Electronics: lighting, OPV,
are beginning to contribute substantially to envi- Displays, Electronics and Integrated Systems.
ronment and will have begun to noticeably reduce
energy consumption.