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February 7, 2025 | OE-AEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
The members of the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) appointed Dr. Alain Schumacher, IEE, as the new Chair of the Board of Directors at the end of January. Dr. Luke Pan, Brilliant Optoelectronic Technology is the new Vice Chair for Asia. Dr. Carsten L. Herzhoff, Lohmann, and Dr. Chloé Bois, ICI, are elected as Vice Chair Europe and North America respectively.
Chair
Dr. Alain Schumacher, IEE (LU)
Vice Chair Asia
Dr. Luke Pan, Brilliant Optoelectronic Technology (CN)
Vice Chair Europe
Dr. Carsten L. Herzhoff, Lohmann (DE)
Vice Chair North America
Dr. Chloé Bois, ICI (CA)
Additional members of the board
- Paweł Czabak, LC Elektronik (PL)
- Dr. Jérôme Gavillet, CEA Liten (FR)
- Prof. Jukka Hast, VTT (FI)
- Dr. Stijn Gillissen, Henkel (DE)
- Thomas Kolbusch, Coatema, (DE)
- Chuck Milligan, Flexenable (UK)
- Prof. Ullrich Moosheimer, University of Applied Science Munich (DE)
- Dr. Ofer Shochet, Copprint (IL)
- Eisuke Tsuyuzaki, Bayflex Solutions (US)
- Prof. Jeroen van den Brand, Holst Centre (NL)
Dr. Alain Schumacher thanked Stan Farnsworth, PulseForge, for his six years of leadership at OE-A board of directors. “With his experience in marketing and passion for deep-tech, Stan strongly inspired the OE-A community to enhance out of the box and market-oriented thinking, focusing on challenges and opportunities of printed electronics. Under Stan’s leadership the OE-A working group marketing was established, reflecting the growing importance of market-related tasks and topics for our industry to support members’ marketing efforts.
“For years, printed electronics has been playing an increasingly important role in our daily lives. Market studies predict a continued strong growth over the next decade. Advances along the entire value chain from research to production technologies and new market trends, together with the shift to a circular economy are driving disruptive innovations and creating numerous applications within the sweet spot of printed electronics. I look forward to strengthening OE-A’s position as the leading international industry association together with the new board,” says Schumacher “and support LOPEC, as the premier global marketplace for the flexible and printed electronics industry."
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