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Organic and Printed Electronics Presents its Enormous Potential at LOPEC 2014
LOPEC 2014, the 6th International Exhibition and
Conference for the Printed Electronics Industry, has fulfilled this aspiration of the printed electronics industry and improved on its already successful record with more than 2,000 participants — an
increase of over 10% — as well as strong growth in exhibitor and exhibition space numbers.
“We need platforms like LOPEC to make new technologies visible for the end market," said Khalil Rouhana, Director in the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology of the European Commission summarising his impression of this year’s LOPEC. "The EU is supporting Research & Development and innovations in printed and organic electronics with 70 million euros in 2014 and 2015 — this underlines the importance of this new technology.”
Wolfgang Mildner, LOPEC Chair and OE-A Vice Chair Europe, revelled: "LOPEC has shown that the subject of printed electronics is becoming more mature and increasingly finding its way into application industries such as pharmaceuticals, automotive, consumer electronics and packaging. There were numerous examples of specific applications at the trade fair." Thomas Kolbusch, Exhibition Chair LOPEC and Vice President of Coatema, added that "besides concrete applications, a lot more machines for mass production could be seen here live in operation."
LOPEC is highly regarded internationally: over 50% of visitors came from abroad. Besides Germany, the top five countries were the UK, France, the USA, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan. For the first time, LOPEC hosted large delegations from Taiwan and Singapore with leading representatives from industry and research. Dr. Reinhard Pfeiffer, Deputy CEO of Messe München, commented: "The growing number of visitors and the high proportion from abroad show that LOPEC is the most important platform for printed electronics worldwide." The event also recorded strong growth in exhibitor numbers: 139 companies from 18 countries, an increase of 26%. And in terms of exhibition space, there was another 26% increase.
Andreas Gryglewski, responsible for Business Development at Bosch Rexroth Plastic Electronics, confirmed that LOPEC is important across many sectors: "Many visitors come from different industries and use the event to find out how printed electronics is going to change traditional industries." LOPEC already met this
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