The Leading-Edge Cluster Forum Organic Electronics in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region combines scientific excellence with economic power, in order to make use of the potential for innovation and growth in the future technology Organic Electronics. It is a cooperative network which currently consists of three DAX-listed companies, eight international corporations, six mid-sized companies and nine research institutes and universities, including two elite universities. The partners from science and business work closely together along the entire length of the value chain, from the research and development of new materials, to the conception of devices and systems, and the marketing of applications and services. This type of cooperation is unique in the world. In autumn 2008, the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) named the cluster the winner of their leading-edge cluster competition. This is linked to the funding of the cluster partners' research projects to the tune of around € 40 million over five years. Experience the Leading-Edge Cluster Forum Organic Electronics in film here.
What is Organic Electronics?
Organic electronics is a future-oriented green technology involving environmentally-friendly energy generation, economical energy use and the manufacture of electronic components in a way which protects resources, using conducting and semi-conducting plastics.
Leading-Edge Cluster Forum Organic Electronics - Background
As part of the leading-edge cluster competition held by the BMBF, those companies, universities and research institutes in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region who were conducting research in the area of organic electronics were able to come together in a close-knit research community with jointly defined goals and a joint strategy.
Competence Centers
Five competence centers are to be set up in the shared research and development laboratory of the cluster partners in the InnovationLab facilities, in order to answer fundamental technological questions about organic electronics.
Research Areas:
Research Projects
With the help of the funding from the leading-edge cluster competition, numerous future-oriented research projects are being implemented in the Forum Organic Electronics cluster, which will have a decisive impact on the progress of development of new technologies.
