The network OLAB was founded as a joint union of fourteen partners in cooperation with Philips Lighting in Germany

Organic LEDs are a fundamentally new, energy-efficient light technology for illumination solutions. With the successful development of a basic technology for the production of such light elements, the first branches of application start emerging.  Out of this network, exhibition pieces shall be worked out through shared projects for the production of prototypes for light application in the industry with the focus on image processing.

The innovation forum "Application of OLED for Illumination", which took place on the 20^th and 21^st of february 2008 in Jena, was important groundwork for the preparation and the successful start of the network OLAB.

There will be an international platform for the exchange of information from producers and future operators of OLED as illumination for industrial applications (image processing, microscopy, Medicine, Automotive).

Within the network, innovative projects will be jointly conducted.

Since November, 2011 the network OLAB is presented as a ZIM NEMO-example for success by the project executing organization.

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