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August 2010: CPI’s Printable Electronics Facility is to aid the manufacturing process of the UK's first printed lighting panel

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is supporting an initiative to develop the UK's first printed lighting panel. The initiative has received government funding and will officially start in November this year.

The manufacturing process to make a polymer light-emitting diode (PLED) luminaire will be proved and tested at CPI’s Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC). PETEC is one of two technology business units that form part of CPI and is a UK national prototyping facility for the development and commercialisation of printed electronics. The manufacture of the PLED will be made possible by the installation of a large-area coating line at PETEC in early 2011.

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July 2010: Printable Electronics future looks bright after Government investment

CPI (The Centre for Process Innovation) which designed and manages the National Centre for Printable Electronics (PETEC), is pleased to hear the Government's plans to invest £8.4m in Plastics Electronics (PE).

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June 2010: Progress on the Development of the National Centre for Printable Electronics - Issue 1: June 2010

An update on the progress of the Printable Electronics Technology Centre expansion.

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June 2010: PETEC announces plans for a combined OLED Lighting and OPV panel line for Q4 2010

The Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) has announced plans for a new prototyping line to support the lighting and Organic Photovoltaic sectors. The new line is targeted at industries needing large area coating capability alongside the need for reproducible uniform and low defectivity thin film coating onto glass and plastic substrates.