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IMID: Merck puts the spotlight on licristal®, liquid crystal mixtures as advanced PS-VA material and licrivue®, a range of ready-to-use reactive mesogen formulations with its advantages for 3D displays over conventional LCD technologies
Darmstadt, Germany, October 11, 2010 – Merck KGaA announced today that it will be exhibiting at the IMID / IDMC / Asia Display 2010 from October 11 to 15, 2010 in Seoul (Korea). The global pharmaceutical and chemical company will be highlighting its innovative products for the display and lighting segments, focusing on new technologies for 3D displays.

With the opening of a new research center, the pharmaceutical and chemical company Merck is underscoring the importance of chemical research at its corporate headquarters in Darmstadt. German Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kley, Chairman of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, officially opened the Material Research Center (MRC) in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Federal State of Hesse Volker Bouffier as well as about 300 other guests. The research and development center comprises two six-story buildings as well as a pilot plant with a cleanroom and offers 340 employees a modern working environment.

For SID Display Week in Seattle (May 23-28, 2010), Merck KGaA has selected the heading green³ to denote the extent to which its materials help the environment. Specifically, green³ stands for producing eco-friendly materials, enabling eco-friendly manufacturing processes, and reducing the energy consumption of the devices that contain them.

Merck KGaA and Plastic Logic GmbH today announced plans to jointly develop, test and commercialize Merck’s new organic semiconductors in Plastic Logic’s displays. The production and launch of these new materials are planned for 2011.
Merck recently invested in the expansion of the Chilworth Technical Centre, its chemicals research site in Southampton, UK, by adding new laboratories to intensify

Merck KGaA and DELO Industrial Adhesives announced today
that it has launched a project called “New materials for OLEDs from solutions” (NEMO) together with renowned partners from industry and science. The objective of this project, which is being co-funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is to develop innovative, soluble materials for use in large-area organic light-emitting diode components for
devices such as televisions, electronic traffic signs or lighting systems. The total budget amounts to around € 32 million.

Merck show liquid crystal mixtures and OLED materials at IMID 2009 Korea.

Merck displayed OLED materials. Based on Merck’s background, the company designs and manufactures OLED materials for better performance in display and lighting application. With a partnership with Samsung and LG, Merck will continue to lead the future display market.

Merck is the leading in R&D, manufacture and marketing of materials for Organic Light Emitting Diode displays and light sources.

The chief of the chemical industry from Merck Bernd Reckmann says in an interview that Merck is working on future technologies like photovoltaics, OLED Technology and LEDs. The advantages of Merck is that at this markets we have similar customers as at the LCD industry.

Merck KGaA is presenting the latest developments in organic electronics and innovative printing applications at LOPE-C
2009 – “Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention” taking place in Frankfurt from June 23 to 25, 2009.