references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message plastic logic germany founded 2000 2000 founders richard friend henning sirringhaus stuart evans headquarters dresden germany products development and manufacture of glass free flexible epd website www.plasticlogic.com plastic logic germany develops and manufactures glass free flexible plastic electrophoretic displays epd based on a proven licensed organic thin film transistor otft technology 1 2 in its purpose built factory in dresden germany . originally a spin off company from the cavendish laboratory at the university of cambridge the company was founded in 2000 by richard friend 3 henning sirringhaus 4 and stuart evans 5 and specialised in polymer transistors and plastic electronics . in february 2015 the company announced that the technology development and manufacturing parts of plastic logic would be separated and would go forward as independent companies in order to generate focus while addressing a range of opportunities available in identified markets . 6 flexenable was created from plastic logic s people and its technology assets in cambridge uk . 7 8 the manufacturing plant in dresden germany which develops manufactures and sells a range of flexible epd operates independently under the name plastic logic germany . 9 plastic logic germany s flexible plastic display plastic logic germany in dresden plastic logic opened the first mini fabrication plant on november 11 2003 in cambridge uk . 10 a factory for the mass production of the display units was opened on september 17 2008 in dresden germany . 11 plastic logic announced its first plastic screen device on november 30 2004 to be used by siemens communications in their mobile devices . 12 this was followed by the announcement of an ereader called the que proreader . however by august 2010 they had cancelled the que proreader . 13 in september 2011 the company announced plastic logic 100 aimed to bring e textbooks to russian schools . 13 in january 2011 the company received 280m in venture capital 230m into the equity of plastic logic from rusnano and 50m from oak investment partners a multi stage venture capital firm . 14 in may 2012 plastic logic revealed a plastic inside strategy selling its plastic back planes sensors and tags for customers to incorporate into other products . 15 on may 17 2012 plastic logic announced that they were abandoning plans to manufacture their own e reader devices focusing instead on licensing their existing technology shutting down their us office in mountain view california and reducing staff elsewhere . 16 17 18 19 in july 2012 plastic logic demonstrated a flexible display that was 130 m thick as well as the first flexible plastic display that can play colour video animation content at 12 frames per second 14 fps in black and white driven by otfts organic thin film transistors . 20 plastic logic also demonstrated several product concepts including an ultra thin e paper companion device for a smartphone . the 10.7 touchscreen pane for viewing of webpages and documents was designed for easier reading of content than on the screen of a smartphone . 21 22 bbc click featured plastic logic s technology in a report on going paperless in july 2012 . 23 24 contents 1 technology 2 flexible displays 3 the que proreader 4 plastic logic 100 5 see also 6 references 7 external links technology edit plastic logic germany licenses technology from flexenable ltd s technology platform based on organic thin film transistors otfts enabling electronics to be manufactured on flexible or plastic sheets 25 to make flexible plastic electrophoretic displays epd in a full range of sizes . these daylight readable displays are designed to be lightweight thin and robust with low battery consumption . the company claims they have lifetimes of over five years and more than 10 million page updates . 26 the same technology can also be used for non display applications . 27 one example is the world s first flexible image sensor on plastic which was jointly developed by isorg and plastic logic and showcased at lope c in june 2013 . 28 in january 2013 the company won the flextech alliance s flexi 2013 r & d award for innovation in flexible display manufacturing . this was in recognition for the development of a scalable manufacturing process for integrating a colour filter array on a flexible plastic display . 29 other companies recognised by the flextech alliance included corning inc. and american semiconductor . flexible displays edit plastic logic germany develops and manufactures flexible plastic displays for third party end devices . 30 because the displays are made of plastic they are resistant to breaking and are designed for use in robust mobile devices . 31 in march 2013 the readers of the german electronic products magazine elektronik voted plastic logic s flexible colour display optoelectronic product of the year 2013 . 32 33 at the international ces in las vegas at the beginning of january 2013 the company announced the tablet computer product papertab the result of a collaboration between intel plastic logic and the human media lab of queen s university ontario canada . 34 35 powered by an intel core i5 processor the papertab incorporates a flexible 10.7 plastic display developed and manufactured by plastic logic . the interface is gesture controlled allowing the user to change a view or action a command by bending a screen corner or tapping one screen on another . 36 37 multiple papertabs can be used to display data side by side as a virtual desktop displaying media such as emails and larger images simultaneously . 38 39 40 41 plastic logic germany also supplies larger displays which can be used as e paper or a companion device for a smartphone . 42 further uses include enabling a large form factor flexible and lightweight ereader . 43 in march 2013 toppan printing co. ltd and plastic logic demonstrated the first large area flexible electrophoretic digital signage prototype at retailtech in tokyo japan . 44 the 42 prototype consisted of 16 10.7 plastic logic monochrome flexible plastic displays tiled together in a 4x4 configuration for use in applications with close viewing distances . 45 the power consumption of the displays was also demonstrated for disaster ready applications in areas prone to natural disasters such as the post earthquake society of japan . 46 plastic logic germany has also shown concept designs enabled by its smaller displays such as wearable computers for use in sports health and medical applications . 47 48 the que proreader edit the que proreader was a first generation e reader product from plastic logic . the final version of the product was presented during a public event at ces january 2010 . 49 the product was cancelled on august 2010 without ever shipping with the firm noting that we recognize the market has dramatically changed and with the product delays we have experienced it no longer make sense for us to move forward with our first generation electronic reading product . 50 plastic logic 100 edit plastic logic 100 was an electronic textbook which was intended for educational use . its availability was announced by plastic logic on september 12 2011 . beginning later that month a shipment of devices was scheduled to be used on a trial basis in selected schools in russia which were planning to be pioneering the electronic textbook program . the plastic logic 100 used plastic based e paper technology . the device employed a 10.7 glare free shatterproof and anti fingerprint display as well as a touch based ui . the storage limit was 4 gb and the device was running windows ce on an 800 mhz processor . the battery was intended to last a week under regular use which includes reading underlining and annotation of text . due to the company s strategy change announced in may 2012 the device was 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neat someday but not right now . 8 january 2013 . revolutionary paper tablet computer reveals future tablets to be thin and flexible as sheets of paper . 7 january 2013 . papertab the paper thin flexible tablet prototype that wants to replace paper video . 7 january 2013 . thin flexible papertab to redefine the tablet . 9 january 2013 . plastic logic proposes a futuristic kind of paper . 9 january 2013 . british company reveals bendable tablet . 8 january 2013 . tablet enthralls ces 2013 by treading thin line between computers and paper . 7 january 2013 . ces 2013 hottest gadgets at the show . 10 january 2013 . plastic logic flexible smartphone epaper companion hands on . 28 june 2012