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OSIA Winners 2008
The 2008 Organic Semiconductor Industry Awards (OSIA), sponsored by cintelliq and in association with OSA Direct,
were presented by Craig Cruickshank, cintelliq CEO, at the Organic Semiconductor Conference (OSC-08) Networking Dinner in Frankfurt, Germany, on 30 September 2008.
Winners of the OSIA 2008 awards: (from left to right) Keith Rollins of DuPont Teijin Films, Craig Cruickshank of cintelliq, Joanne Wilson of the Holst Centre (on behalf of Maria Peter), Peter Visser from the Olla Project and David Sime of Soligie
The winners, selected by the independent panel of judges were as follows:
Research & Development Award
 The Olla project won the Research and Development award for developing and promoting OLED technology for lighting applications on a global scale The judges were particularly impressed by the Olla project because it:
- Showed pioneering commitment to the continual promotion of OLED technology for lighting applications - a catalyst for global research and development on OLED lighting
- Developed innovative solutions to a range of challenging problems for developing a large area white OLED with 50.7 lumen per Watt, > 10,000 hrs lifetimes, that included
- encapsulation, ITO-free white OLEDs, light out-coupling, OLED modelling, and proposing standards
- Demonstrated that it is possible to successfully deliver results within a multi-partner project
Peter Visser (left), project manager of the Olla project, receives the Research and Development award from Craig Cruickshank (right) of cintelliq.
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Runners up:
- Add-Vision Inc. for developing a low-cost, flexible P-OLED technology which has high functionality, uses print-based toolsets, and offers early commercialisation opportunities;
- PARU Co. for using an R2R gravure printer, pad printer and inkjet printer to completely print antenna, rectifier and ring oscillators and then successfully demonstrating a 13.56MHz operated 1-bit RFID tag
Start-up of the Year Award
Soligie, a developer of printed electronics products, won the Start-up of the Year award. The judges felt that Soligie stood out from the other nominations in this category because it has:
- Made great technical and commercial progress throughout the past year
- Developed a business model that encourages partnerships
- Provided a means for companies without their own production facility to enter the market
- Attracted lead customers
- The potential to become a market and/or process technology leader
David Sime (left) of Soligie receives the Start-up of the Year award from Craig Cruickshank (right).
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Runner up:
- Unidym, a company which manufactures and licenses carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and related technology.
Product of the Year Award
DuPont Teijin Films (UK) Ltd won the Product of the Year award for a range of PET and PEN flexible substrates. The judges selected DuPont Teijin Films over the other nominations in this category because it has:
- Developed innovative solution to a challenging problem
- Provided a key component tha has enabled the commercialisation of early products based on organic electronics
- Made commitment in investment and scale-up in support of a young industry
Keith Rollins (left) of Dupont Teijin Films receives the Product of the Year award from Craig Cruickshank (right) of cintelliq.
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Runner up:
- BIOIDENT Technologies Inc. for PhotonicLab™ Platform.
Peer-Review Paper Award
 The award for the Best Peer-Review Paper at OSC-08 was won by Mária Péter, François Furthner, Bas van der Putten, Gerwin Gelinck, Erwin Meinders, from the Holst Centre, Tom Geuns from Philips Research Europe, and Wim de Laat from ASML, for the paper "Advances in lithographic patterning of micron-sized features on flexible substrates".
The OSC-08 Peer Review Committee selected the paper by Mária Péter et al from all those submitted to the peer review track at OSC-08 because it demonstrated a major contribution to the on-going development of organic electronics on flexible substrates; and demonstrated that it was possible to achieve better than 0.5um resolution on flexible substrates by lithographic patterning
Maria Peter (right), of Holst Center/TNO, receives the Best Peer-Review Paper award from Craig Cruickshank (left) of cintelliq.
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Runners up:
- PE Khokhlov, A Krivoschepov, Pavel Lazarev, and V Utochnikova from Carben Semicon Ltd for the paper "Ribtan - a new graphene-based material for electronics"
- Prof Dr Meinhard Knoll, from the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Muenster for the paper "A Self-writing Smart Label".
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