FlexEnable Announces Breakthrough in Manufacturability, Cost and Performance for Flexible Displays

FlexEnable Announces Breakthrough in Manufacturability, Cost and Performance for Flexible Displays

CAMBRIDGE, England, May 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

    FlexEnable, the leader in the development and industrialisation of flexible
electronics, is announcing a technology breakthrough for the manufacture of full colour,
organic liquid crystal displays (OLCD), making the manufacture of glass-free LCDs both
practical and cost-effective for the first time.

    FlexEnable has developed the only technology that enables the manufacture of a TFT
array directly on ultra-low cost plastics such as TAC (tri-acetyl cellulose); the same
films commonly used as a base for polarisers and compensation layers in everyday LCDs,
resulting in the lowest cost process for flexible displays. This is made possible by the
low temperature manufacturing process for the TFT array and will enable better front of
screen performance than amorphous silicon.

    The company will be showcasing a full colour, conformal IPS OLCD next week at SID
[http://www.displayweek.org ] in San Jose; a display which is not only light and thin but
also extremely robust. This demonstration of OLCD follows earlier demonstrations of truly
flexible OLED, EPD and image sensors. FlexEnable's suite of capabilities provides display
manufacturers with options to upgrade their existing fabs: the company has created
FabEnable [http://www.flexenable.com/Partnering ], a package of IP and services to
transform the economics of existing fabs, for example by targeting under-utilised
capacity. FlexEnable is already working with display makers to demonstrate the economic
benefits of converting to this truly flexible array technology.

    Indro Mukerjee, Chairman FlexEnable said: "By bundling our profound know-how and
experience in the industrialisation of flexible electronics, FlexEnable has created
FabEnable, delivering significant returns to display makers through the upgrade of
conventional FPD lines. We enable FPD manufacturers to upgrade and diversify their
existing lines with truly flexible electronics, bringing transformational economics to the
manufacture of plastic displays in general."

    FlexEnable's Strategy Director, Paul Cain, will be speaking in the Wearable-Flexible
Market Focus conference on 4 June.

    About FlexEnable

    FlexEnable, based in Cambridge, UK, has developed the world's first flexible
transistor technology platform; the key to truly flexible and cost effective electronics
over large and small surfaces. With over a decade of experience, IP development and
technology awards, FlexEnable works together with customers to drive innovation across
flexible sensors, smart systems and video-rate displays. FlexEnable's technology platform
enables new mobile and wearable products as well as sensor arrays and structural
electronics that bring an extra dimension to the IoT (Internet of Things). Customers
include OEMs, component manufacturers and materials suppliers. Information on our
partnering offerings, ProductEnable(TM), MaterialEnable(TM) and FabEnable(TM), can be
found on http://www.flexenable.com.

    Companies interested in working together with FlexEnable should contact
info@flexenable.com.

FlexEnable

CONTACT: Members of the press are also invited to meet with the team at SID and see our full colour OLCD and other prototypes enabled by FlexEnable's revolutionary technology platform. For an appointment, please contact info@flexenable.com.  Media Contact: Rachel Trovarelli, +49-351-88344-120, pr@flexenable.com