MEISSEN Manufactory and Fraunhofer COMEDD announce cooperation in the field of innovative porcelain luminaires
Craftsmanship Meets High-Tech
Dresden, 04 June 2012; The manufactory
MEISSEN and the Fraunhofer Center for Organic Materials and
Electronic Devices Dresden COMEDD announced today that they will cooperate in the
field of innovative porcelain luminaires. As early as the worldwide home
furnishing trade fair Salone Internazionale del Mobile in April 2013, the first
collection of MEISSEN HOME® using the Fraunhofer
OLED technology will be presented at Villa MEISSEN in Milano. OLEDs are organic
light-emitting diodes which as the first truly area light source will offer
completely new design possibilities.
With its new business
area MEISSEN HOME® the manufactory
MEISSEN presents itself as a full range supplier for high-end interiors. In
addition to floorings and wall coverings, furniture and fabrics, MEISSEN sees
potential for significant growth in the area of lighting.
‘In projects for interior
fittings, the investment share for lamps is frequently around 60%’ is how Dr.
Christian Kurtzke, MEISSEN´s CEO, explains the strategy. ‘I see – especially in
connection with the auspicious OLED technology – great potential, and I’m
confident that MEISSEN will in the long term be able to position itself as the
leading provider of porcelain lamps in the market. By bundling the competence
of two companies in Saxony, we will stand out clearly from our competitors, and
we will be able to offer not just beauty, but also impressive functions.’
Fraunhofer COMEDD is
one of the global leaders in the field of OLED technology. In addition to the
high energy efficiency of this form of lighting, which comes from thin
surfaces, organic light-emitting diodes
make a wide range of new uses possible, like dynamically controllable or transparent
light elements. ‘For us as an application-oriented technology centre, the
cooperation with MEISSEN offers the opportunity to combine the latest high-tech
innovations with unique craftsmanship’, declares Prof. Dr. Karl Leo, Fraunhofer
COMEDD’s director.
Porcelain
luminaires of the MEISSEN® Manufactory
TABOLA®
OLED lighting elements
About COMEDD:
In recent years,
Dresden has become a centre of research on organic semiconductor materials and
systems. In order to make the results useful for production, a further
optimisation of the production processes and the establishment and testing of
pilot production plants are necessary. For this reason, a Center for Organic
Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden (COMEDD) was established at the
Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS). COMEDD – by now a proper
subdivision of the Fraunhofer IPMS – combines research and development
activities for the production, integration, and technology development of
electronic construction components based on organic semiconductors. COMEDD’s
mission is the customer and use oriented research, development, and pilot
fabrication of new building block concepts and production methods for these organic
materials. COMEDD embodies a leading European production-related research and
development centre for organic semiconductors with a focus on organic
light-emitting diodes and vacuum technologies.
In several clean
rooms, COMEDD’s infrastructure consists of:
- a
pilot line for the production of OLEDs on substrates measuring 370 x 470 mm²,
- two
pilot lines for a 200 mm wafer for the integration of OLEDs on CMOS substrates,
and
- a
research line for roll-to-roll production on flexible substrates.
In this way, COMEDD
offers a wide range of research, development and pilot production possibilities,
especially for OLED lighting, organic solar cells, and OLED microdisplays.
Further information
about COMEDD is available from:
Fraunhofer IPMS
Tel.: +49 (0) 351/8823-238
Ines Schedwill Fax: +49 (0)
351/8823-266
Head of Marketing
COMEDD e-mail:
Ines.Schedwill@ipms.fraunhofer.de
Maria-Reiche-Str. 2 Internet: www.ipms.fraunhofer.de
01109 Dresden
Germany
About MEISSEN®:
The MEISSEN®
manufactory was established in 1710 by king August the Strong, the Elector of Saxony,
and is thus among the European luxury brands the one that can look back on the longest
tradition. The German luxury corporation today comprises the brands MEISSEN® Joaillerie,
MEISSEN HOME®, and MEISSEN® FINE ART/artCAMPUS.
In the course of the
opening of VILLA MEISSEN® in Milan this year, the company presented its new
MEISSEN HOME® Collectibles – not a collection, but a timelessly elegant
ensemble of collectibles for upscale interiors, carefully harmonised in terms
of style and colour. The elegant sofas, stuffed chairs, tables, and lamps, all
carefully crafted by hand, the dining porcelain, as well as the luxurious
fabrics, covers, and accessories form a journey through the era of classic
modern interiors of the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and 70s.
Just as with the
successful design of the MEISSEN® Joaillerie line, great care was taken to ensure
that each piece of the HOME Collectibles embodies MEISSEN’s ® DNA. The concept
of MEISSEN HOME® is inspired by the forms and decors found in MEISSEN’s
archive, which spans several centuries. Each piece in this ensemble thus
represents a part of MEISSEN’s unique artistic and cultural history.
To this day, MEISSEN®
is still owned by the State of Saxony. Its mark, MEISSEN’s famous crossed swords,
is one of the oldest continuously used trademarks in the world.
Further information
about MEISSEN® is available from:
A&C Media
Community e. K.
Telefon: +49 (0) 30 30106921
Fax: +49 (0) 30 30108027
E-Mail: tk@mediacommunity-berlin.de
Internet: www.meissen.com
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