Press Releases

Plastic Logic announces Richard Archuleta as CEO and Stratton Sclavos joins its Board of Directors

  30 October 2007

Cambridge, UK – October 30, 2007 – Plastic Logic today has announced that the company’s Board of Directors has appointed Richard Archuleta to the position of Chief Executive Officer and member of the company’s Board of Directors. In addition, the Board of Director’s has appointed Stratton Sclavos as a Non-Executive Director.

 

  

Plastic Logic Appoints Vice President, Manufacturing for Dresden Operations

  03 September 2007

Dresden, Germany; Cambridge, UK – 3rd September 2007 - Plastic Logic announced today the appointment of Konrad Herre as Vice President, Manufacturing for Dresden operations. Mr. Herre will be responsible for the Plastic Logic team in Dresden and oversee the extensive ramp-up, as well as the subsequent production process in the Dresden fab, including business partnerships. Mr. Herre’s appointment marks a decisive step in the intensive build up of Plastic Logic’s German subsidiary. Following the laying of the foundation stone in May and last month’s topping-out ceremony, the construction of the production facilities is well on the way to completion in December of this year.

 

  

Plastic Logic Appoints Director of Quality

  03 September 2007

Dresden, Germany; Cambridge, UK – 3rd September 2007 - Plastic Logic announced today the appointment of Klaus Hermann as Director of Quality. In this role, Mr. Hermann will look after quality assurance and management for all of Plastic Logic's display module operations. Whilst he will be based in Dresden, Mr. Hermann’s responsibilities span Plastic Logic's Cambridge and Dresden locations. He joins the team at an important time in the company’s growth. Following the topping-out ceremony last month, Plastic Logic is well on schedule to begin with production in the middle of next year.

 

  

Silicon Saxony continues to grow: Foundation stone laid for Plastic Logic factory in Dresden

  23 May 2007

World's first series production of electronic paper displays to be in Dresden
Production to start with 140 workers in 2008

Dresden, Europe's leading research and microelectronics location, has once more won the day in global competition between top locations. Its latest success: the British company Plastic Logic Limited, a spin-out from Cambridge University, is currently building a new production site for a total of 96 million euro between the AMD microchip fab and Dresden airport. From 2008, a new generation of flexible displays, known as "electronic paper displays" (e-paper displays) will be produced in series at the factory; a global first.

 

  

Plastic Logic raises $100 million to enable the first “take anywhere, read anywhere” electronic reader products

  03 January 2007

Cambridge, UK – 3rd January 2007 – Plastic Logic announced today that it will build the first factory to manufacture plastic electronics on a commercial scale. The facility will produce flexible active-matrix display modules for ‘take anywhere, read anywhere’ electronic reader products. It will utilize Plastic Logic’s unique process to fabricate active-matrix displays that are thin, light and robust; enabling a reading experience closer to paper than any other technology.

 

  

Plastic Logic to show high resolution flexible active-matrix display at Plastic Electronics 2006

  23 October 2006

Plastic Logic will reveal its latest 150ppi SVGA flexible active-matrix display technology at the Plastic Electronics 2006 conference in Frankfurt this week.

 

  

Life is Flexible – new flexible display concepts from Plastic Logic
SID – Booth 1722 – San Francisco – June 6-9

  06 June 2006

Cambridge, UK & San Francisco, CA – 6 June 2006 – Five exciting new product concepts from Plastic Logic will be on show at SID this year with the theme that “Life is Flexible”. They all incorporate Plastic Logic’s radical new flexible display technology.

 

  

Plastic Logic joins more than 20 leading publishers in collaborative eNews project on mobile e-reading

  06 February 2006

Cambridge, UK – 6 February 2006 – Plastic Logic announced today it is joining forces with more than 20 international publishing houses in a unique three-year initiative under the leadership of Ifra, the world’s leading organization for newspaper and media publishing.

 

  

Oak Investment Partners joins Plastic Logic Series C funding

  20 December 2005

Cambridge, UK – 20 December 2005 – Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics, announced today a further and final closing of its Series C funding with an investment by Oak Investment Partners, a premier Silicon Valley venture capital firm.

 

  

Plastic Logic Fabricates Largest Plastic Active-Matrix Display

  06 December 2005

Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics, announced today that it has developed the world's largest flexible organic active matrix display.

 

  

Plastic Logic Series C reaches $24 million with investment by BASF, Intel, Morningside and Quest for Growth

  30 November 2005

Plastic Logic Series C reaches $24 million with investment by BASF, Intel, Morningside and Quest for Growth

 

  

Plastic Logic to develop flexible displays for NTT DoCoMo

  17 October 2005

 

  

Plastic Logic named Start-Up of the Year at Electra 05 – the European Electronics Industry Awards; Hermann Hauser receives Lifetime Achievement Award

  29 September 2005

London, UK – 29 September, 2005 – Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics technology, announced today that it had been named as Start-Up of the Year at Elektra 05 - the European Electronics Industry Awards held earlier this week in London. A record-breaking 700 executives from across Europe gathered to celebrate the electronics industry, and to mark the achievements of its leading companies and individuals.

 

  

Plastic Logic named as one of the top ten companies most likely to transform our world

  16 August 2005

Cambridge, UK – 16 August, 2005 – Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics technology, announced today that the Harvard Business School Alumni Club of London had named it as one of the top ten companies most likely to change our world in the next five years.

 

  

Plastic Logic Opens 350mm (14”) Prototype Line

  24 May 2005

Society for Information Displays (SID) – Booth 309 – Boston – May 22-27

Boston, USA – May 24, 2005 – Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics technology, today announced the opening of its new multi-million dollar prototyping facility alongside the company’s existing R&D and office facilities in Cambridge, UK.

 

  

Siemens Venture Capital and Mitsubishi join Plastic Logic in $8Million First Closing of Next Funding Round

  25 January 2005

Cambridge, UK – 25th January 2005 – Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics technology today announced an $8 Million first closing of its next round of private funding. New participants include Siemens Venture Capital GmbH and Nanotech Partners (an international nanotechnology fund established principally by Mitsubishi Corporation) who join the company’s existing investors to provide funds to enable further expansion.

 

  

Plastic Logic and E Ink Demonstrate Flexible Displays with Printed Electronics

  06 December 2004

Affordable Plastic Displays on the Horizon

Cambridge, UK – 6 December 2004 – Plastic Logic of Cambridge, UK and E Ink of Cambridge, MA, USA today announced a non-exclusive agreement to co-operate on the design and fabrication of flexible all-plastic electronic displays.

 

  

Plastic Logic to develop flexible displays for Siemens Communications

  30 November 2004

Cambridge, UK – 30th November 2004 – Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics for flexible display backplanes and sensors, announced today it has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with Siemens Communications, one of the largest players in the global telecommunications industry, to develop flexible displays for Siemens mobile devices. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

 

  

Plastic Logic takes key role in €24Mn EU NAIMO project on smart materials for plastic electronics

  07 June 2004

Cambridge – June 8, 2004 – Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics, today announced its participation in NAIMO – an EU-funded Integrated Project aimed at developing a new range of nanoscale smart materials for use in plastic electronics which will be applied in a range of products from flexible electronic paper displays to RFID tags and sensors.

 

  

Cathy Curling Joins Plastic Logic as Chief Technology Officer

  24 May 2004

Seattle – May 24, 2004 – Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics technology, announced today that it has expanded its senior management team with the appointment of Cathy Curling as Chief Technology Officer.

 

  

Sir Alec Broers joins Plastic Logic as Chairman

  22 March 2004

Cambridge – March 22, 2004 – Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics, today announced that Sir Alec Broers has joined its board as non-executive Chairman.

 

  

Plastic Logic takes leadership role in €24Mn EU project on plastic electronics for RFID

  11 March 2004

Cambridge – March 11, 2004 – Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics, today announced its participation in PolyApply – an EU-funded Integrated Project aiming at a new generation of low-cost devices which integrate a range of electronic capabilities, including computation, sensing, and information storage with RFID contactless communication technologies.

 

  

Plastic Logic named as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum

  23 December 2003

CAMBRIDGE, UK – 23 December, 2003 – Plastic Logic, the leading developer of plastic electronics technology announced today that it had been named as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Stuart Evans, Plastic Logic CEO, will attend the Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland 21-25 January 2004. He will participate in a panel (Friday 23 January 10.45-12.00 at Congress Centre – Pischa) on Demystifying Innovation, which will include discussion on plastic electronics and other ground-breaking developments with enormous potential for society.

 

  

Plastic Logic opens the world’s first Plastic Electronics Mini-Fab

  11 November 2003

CAMBRIDGE, UK – 11 November, 2003 – Sir Richard Friend FRS and Dr Herman Hauser OBE today officially opened the world’s first Plastic Electronics Mini Fab at the Cambridge Science Park. The building contains Plastic Logic’s new facility for the fabrication of Plastic Electronics.

 

  

Plastic Logic announces the expansion of its senior management team

  27 August 2003

Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics technology, announced today that it has expanded its senior management team with the appointment of Simon Jones, Vice President of Business Development and Bridget Kerle, Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel.

 

  

Plastic Logic Chief Scientist Professor Richard Friend FRS Knighted in Queen`s Birthday Honours List

  16 June 2003

Professor Richard Friend, Plastic Logic founder and Chief Scientist has been knighted for services to physics. The award was announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

 

  

Plastic Logic and Gyricon Media showcase world’s first bistable reflective display driven by an inkjet printed active matrix backplane at SID ‘03

  20 May 2003

Baltimore – May 20, 2003 – Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics technology, and Gyricon Media, the provider of SmartPaper™ reusable display material, announced today that they have created the world’s first bistable reflective display driven by an inkjet-printed active matrix backplane.

 

  

Plastic Logic showcases inkjet printed active matrix backplane technology at SID ‘03

  20 May 2003

Baltimore – May 20, 2003. Plastic Logic, the leading developer of plastic electronics technology, will be showcasing the latest advances in inkjet printing of active matrix backplanes for flat panel displays. Its technology is compatible with glass and flexible substrates, as well as large area applications.

 

  

Simon Segars joins Plastic Logic Board of Directors

  07 April 2003

Plastic Logic, announced today that Simon Segars (aged 35) had joined its board of directors as an independent non-executive director

 

  

Plastic Logic Completes £8.75 Million Funding with Second Closing

  25 November 2002

Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics technology, announced today a £2.45 million second closing of its first round private financing. With a first closing of £6.3 million announced earlier this year, the total amount raised in this round is now £8.75 million. Participants in the second closing were Bank of America Capital Partners (Chicago, Illinois, USA), Yasuda Enterprise Development Company (Tokyo, Japan), St John’s College (Cambridge, UK) and Steve Kahng (Palo Alto, California, USA). The company’s existing lead investors are Amadeus Capital Partners (London & Cambridge, UK) and PolyTechnos Venture-Partners (Munich, Germany).

 

  

Plastic Logic to Appear on the National Geographic Channel in "Fantastic Plastic: A Future Near You"

  02 August 2002

A two-part series about innovative plastics will be shown on the National Geographic Channel in the UK this month. Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics technology, is featured in “Fantastic Plastic: A Future Near You” airing at 8pm on 14 August 2002.

 

  

UK Prime Minister Blair Recognises Plastic Electronics as Disruptive Technology

  23 May 2002

Prime Minister Tony Blair has given a wide ranging speech at the Royal Society outlining the importance of science to the country’s continuing prosperity. Mr. Blair recently saw a demonstration of some of the pioneering work being done in Cambridge and said, “Imagine a thin, flexible sheet of plastic coated with flexible semiconductors. This kind of disruptive technology may create whole new industries and products we can’t begin to imagine.”

 

  

Plastic Logic Completes £6.3 Million First Round Funding

  17 April 2002

Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics technology, announced today that it has successfully raised first round private financing of £6.3 million. The round was led by PolyTechnos Venture-Partners (Munich, Germany). Founding investors Amadeus Capital Partners (London and Cambridge, UK) and The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Michigan, USA) also participated.

 

  

Plastic Logic and Cambridge Display Technology to Cooperate in Polymer Organic Electronics

  04 March 2002

Plastic Logic, a leading developer of plastic electronics technology, and Cambridge Display Technology (CDT), the owner and leading developer of light emitting polymer (LEP) technology, have signed an agreement to cooperate in polymer organic electronics.

 

  

Plastic Logic wins the Wall Street Journal European Innovation award for Base Technologies

  19 November 2001

The Wall Street Journal Europe announced today that Plastic Logic Limited has won an inaugural Technology Innovation award in the category of Base Technologies.

 

  

Plastic Logic and Epson partner to speed development of plastic electronics.

  16 July 2001

Plastic Logic Limited, the Cambridge University spin-out that aims to make plastic electronics pervasive, announced today that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Seiko Epson Corporation.