wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources plextronics news newspapers books scholar jstor free images september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message plextronics type private industry solar energy printed electronics founded 2002 headquarters pittsburgh pennsylvania usa key people andrew w. hannah president and chief executive officer ; richard d. mccullough ph.d. chief scientist ; william snyder vice president of core services and chief financial officer ; james dietz vice president of business development ; shawn p. williams ph.d. vice president of technology products organic solar cells oled lighting conductive inks organic semiconductive polymers number of employees 68 2009 website www.plextronics.com plextronics inc. was an international technology company 1 that specializes in printed solar lighting and other electronics . headquartered in pittsburgh pennsylvania the company s focus is on organic solar cell and organic light emitting diode lighting specifically the conductive inks and process technologies that enable those and other similar applications . it is an r & d spin off from carnegie mellon university . 2 based on technologies developed by richard d. mccullough . printed electronics comprise next generation light power and circuitry products including flexible displays plastic solar cells organic field effect transistors and organic rfid tags . plextronics vision is to enable 15 billion printed electronic devices by 2015 . 3 on august 21 2008 plextronics was honored by the pittsburgh business times as one of the region s 100 fastest growing companies and the fastest growing in the manufacturing transportation category . 4 contents 1 funding 2 technology 3 see also 4 references 5 external links funding edit in 2007 plextronics completed a 20.6 million series b financing 5 led by solvay north america investments llc a member of the solvay group an international chemical and pharmaceutical group headquartered in brussels . significant investments were also received from applied ventures firelake capital management birchmere ventures draper triangle ventures and newlin investment company . in 2009 plextronics has closed a 14 million series b 1 financing round which was led by solvay north america investments llc a member of the solvay group . this marks solvay s second investment in plextronics in three years raising the belgian chemical firm s stake to 12 million and making it the largest minority shareholder in the printed electronics materials development company . in mid 2011 solvay provided 15 million eur 10 million in a series b 2 financing round to the company . this financing will support the acceleration of plextronics technology development and delivery of its innovative products to a growing base of global customers . solvay is plextronics largest minority shareholder . plextronics has raised a total of 41 million in equity capital since 2002 . 6 technology edit printed electronics takes advantage of printing technology to manufacture electronic devices including printed organic solar cells radio frequency identification tags and flexible displays . plextronics creates materials that enable the commercialization and manufacturing scale of this emerging technology . 7 the company s plexcore technology is solution processable inks for printed electronics either conductive photoactive or semi conductive . the inks are tunable to provide customized solutions . clarification needed plextronics focuses on polymer design and ink formulation as well as device physics and analysis . in 2009 the ceos of pittsburgh pa headquartered plextronics westinghouse allegheny energy eqt consol energy and bpl global announced that they have founded the u.s. center for energy leadership uscel . the mission of the group is to establish a stable energy environment for the u.s. that includes energy independence stable energy pricing and a portfolio approach to meeting increasing energy needs . uscel will also advocate for new and innovative technological developments that will impact all of these areas . the group will also work to address specific governmental policy investment and technology issues that have direct bearing on the energy industry . in march 2014 solvay sa an international chemical group headquartered in brussels has completed the acquisition plextronics inc. to bolster its organic light emitting diodes oled electronic display technology and launch a new development platform with a strong asian foothold . as part of its expansion into the rapidly growing oled market solvay is setting up a new electronics laboratory at its research center at ewha woman s university in seoul city south korea . the lab will bring its advanced solutions closer to market and speed up joint development activities with customers as well as with existing and potential partners . see also edit conductive ink imec multi junction poly 3 hexylthiophene p3ht polymer references edit pittsburgh goes global . pop city . 2008 08 13 . retrieved 2008 08 18 . next generation dye sensitive & organic pv part 1 . renewable energy world.com . 2008 07 24 . retrieved 2008 08 18 . plextronics inc. about us . retrieved 2008 08 18 . business times honors pittsburgh s 100 fastest growing companies . pittsburgh business times . 2008 08 21 . retrieved 2008 08 26 . curry jennifer 2007 08 21 . plextronics lands 20.6 m in new venture funding . pittsburgh business times . retrieved 2008 08 18 . plextronics inc. media relations . retrieved 2008 08 18 . next generation dye sensitive & organic pv part 1 . renewable energy world.com . 2008 07 24 . retrieved 2008 08 18 . external links edit 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