Litrex Corporation Achieves Milestone Shipment of 50th Inkjet Printer; Milestone Illustrates Widespread Acceptance of Inkjet Printing as a Manufacturing Technology for Large-Area Displays and Electronics.PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Litrex Corporation shipped its milestone 50th inkjet printer A printer that propels droplets of ink directly onto the medium. Today, almost all inkjet printers produce color. Low-end inkjets use three ink colors (cyan, magenta and yellow), but produce a composite black that is often muddy. , a Generation 2, to a major institute for developing a wide variety of LCD manufacturing applications. This shipment solidifies Litrex's leadership in the development of inkjet printing systems for new electronics manufacturing This article presents a typical manufacturing process of an electronic assembly. Component manufacturing Components such as resistors, capacitors and integrated circuits are generally made by specialized contractors. applications. Litrex's current printers are the most advanced inkjet systems for precisely depositing an array of high-value materials, including electronic polymers, nano-metals, and biomaterials. Currently 25 companies worldwide are utilizing Litrex printers for materials deposition in industries such as OLED (Organic Light Emitting Device, Organic Light Emitting Diode) A thin film light-emitting technology that is expected to compete with LCD and plasma TVs as well as LCD monitors and readouts. , organic semiconductors, and LCD manufacturing. David Orgill, Litrex CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , said, "Manufacturers are realizing that with the rapid increase in substrate sizes in LCD manufacturing, along with intense price competition, it is becoming cost prohibitive to continue using technologies such as photolithography. Inkjet deposition of materials offers significant cost savings in both tool capital costs as well as on-going operations." Inkjet printing of full color displays is also widely seen as the key to production of low cost, larger displays utilizing the benefits of OLED technologies. One of Litrex's parent companies, Cambridge Display Technology (Nasdaq:OLED) is a pioneer in the development of light emitting polymers (P-OLEDs) which are thin, lightweight and power efficient organic diodes that emit light when an electric current flows. Litrex's other owner is ULVAC, Inc. (TOKYO:6728) of Japan, a leader in vacuum deposition Vacuum deposition is a process used to create a thin layer of a substance (a coating) on a solid object (the substrate). The substrate is placed into a vacuum chamber and a small amount of the coating material is vaporized into the chamber. for displays. "Our tools can deposit materials within 15 micron precision -- a resolution that meets many manufacturing requirements," stated Litrex CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , David Albertalli "As long as a material can be solution processed; it is a candidate for inkjet printing." About Litrex Corporation Founded in 2001, Litrex Corporation is the leading pioneer in precision inkjet systems for manufacturing the next generation of electronics and color displays. Litrex products are proving critical for manufacturing polymer organic light emitting displays (P-OLED), the latest breakthrough in "plastic" flat panel color displays. This revolutionary approach dramatically reduces manufacturing costs and processing steps, and enables economical manufacturing of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color LEP (Light Emitting Polymer) An organic polymer that glows (emits photons) when excited by electricity. LEP screens are used to make organic LED (OLED) displays and are expected to compete with LCD screens in the future. See OLED. displays, even at large sizes. Litrex is located in Pleasanton, California, where it maintains its headquarters, research and development, and manufacturing offices. |
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