Hasselt University partners with KBA for printed electronics project

At the official launch on November 17 of Lumoza, a joint spin-off from Belgium’s Hasselt University, nanotechnology research institute IMEC and screen printing company Artist Screen, Koenig & Bauer (KBA) was chosen as the project’s technology partner for print.  

The new company specializes in large-format screen-printed electronics for novel forms of packaging and advertising. Potential applications include wafer-thin, luminous animated billboards or DVD covers that display special light effects in the dark. The effects, which are created by dielectric barrier layers between the individually applied inks, open up new perspectives in product marketing and presentation for both indoor and outdoor advertising and the packaging industry.  

Negotiations for a sheetfed offset press, custom-engineered to meet Lumoza’s specific needs, are said to be at an advanced stage.