Fraunhofer Forms Alliance With 9 German Companies to Promote OLED Lighting

Fraunhofer joined with nine German companies to launch an alliance for promoting OLED lighting solutions, said the supplier of R&D services in a Tuesday announcement. The OLED Licht Forum, as the group will be called, brings together members that are “united in their passion” for OLED lighting, “with all of its unique facets and application possibilities,” said Fraunhofer. “The forum unites expertise and interests of science, research and technology,” and “aims to be key partner and central contact for OLED lighting technology,” it said. The group “seeks to develop and utilize OLED for future lighting solutions” through dialogue and “expert exchange as well as through the organization of conferences, lectures and institution visits,” it said. Other forum founding members are Apeva, BASF Coatings, Emde, HEMA, Irlbacher, Merck, OLEDWorks, Osram and Walo-LT. All the founding members “make great contributions to the OLED technology in areas such as research and development, supply chain, and OLED lighting panel manufacturing,” said Fraunhofer.