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The Zumtobel Group, the Austria-based lighting manufacturer, is planning to join forces with Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and several employees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) in Dresden, to found a joint venture company by the name of Ledon OLED Lighting GmbH & Co. KG. With 13,000 employees, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is the leading organization for applied research in Europe.
Ledon OLED will be focusing on the development and production of light modules based on OLEDs, and aims to set up a team of 10-15 highly qualified specialists in its initial year.
The company will be based in Dresden, a key location for OLED technology in Europe. Ledon OLED will be drawing up a strategic agreement with Fraunhofer Gesellschaft that governs pilot production on the Fraunhofer IPMS pilot line in Dresden - see Fraunhofer opens Center for Organic Materials and Electronic Devices in Dresden (Nov 2008). This "world-beating" production line can turn out high-efficiency OLED panels on 370 x 470 mm2 substrates with a cycle time of three minutes.
The Zumtobel Group already has a strong focus on LEDs through its subsidiaries Ledon Lighting and TridonicAtco Optoelectronics. Thorn Lighting, a UK-based subsidiary of Zumtobel, has been involved in the development of OLEDs for several years |
