Power Paper, an Infinity Group portfolio company, and GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced today that the companies have signed an agreement to jointly develop self-powered OLED lighting devices. Using low-cost, high volume manufacturing processes, these devices could be deployed in a wide variety of environments from military ships to night-time jogging vests. The collaboration is supported by an Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD Foundation) program.
John Ouseph, GE Commercial & Industrial Business Programs Manager at GE said, “Our goal is to design lighting products that are less intrusive, have greater flexibility and can be easily installed or modified based on changes in the application. We will build a product that costs less, consumes less energy with improved reliability and resists vibration and shock. Mobile, remote-powered light strips are a natural extension of GE’s lighting portfolio, and Power Paper is uniquely positioned to supply thin film, flexible batteries for this application.”
Will enable thin, flexible strips of light where no power source is available Search and rescue missions, naval applications, civilian safety – all potential areas where this technology can be applied.
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