<s>
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
Germany	O
develops	O
and	O
manufactures	O
electrophoretic	O
displays	O
(	O
EPD	O
)	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
organic	O
thin-film	O
transistor	O
(	O
OTFT	B-Algorithm
)	O
technology	O
,	O
in	O
Dresden	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
technology	O
development	O
and	O
manufacturing	O
parts	O
of	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
would	O
be	O
separated	O
and	O
would	O
go	O
forward	O
as	O
independent	O
companies	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
generate	O
focus	O
while	O
addressing	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
opportunities	O
available	O
in	O
identified	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
manufacturing	O
plant	O
in	O
Dresden	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
which	O
develops	O
,	O
manufactures	O
and	O
sells	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
flexible	O
EPD	O
,	O
operates	O
independently	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
opened	O
the	O
first	O
mini-fabrication	O
plant	O
on	O
November	O
11	O
,	O
2003	O
in	O
Cambridge	O
,	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
announced	O
its	O
first	O
plastic	O
screen	O
device	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
Siemens	O
Communications	O
in	O
their	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2011	O
the	O
company	O
announced	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
100	O
aimed	O
to	O
bring	O
e-textbooks	O
to	O
Russian	O
schools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2011	O
the	O
company	O
received	O
$280m	O
in	O
venture	O
capital	O
:	O
$230m	O
into	O
the	O
equity	O
of	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
from	O
Rusnano	O
and	O
$50m	O
from	O
Oak	O
Investment	O
Partners	O
,	O
a	O
multi-stage	O
venture	O
capital	O
firm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
revealed	O
a	O
‘	O
Plastic	O
Inside’	O
strategy	O
–	O
selling	O
its	O
plastic	O
back-planes	O
,	O
sensors	O
and	O
tags	O
for	O
customers	O
to	O
incorporate	O
into	O
other	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
17	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
abandoning	O
plans	O
to	O
manufacture	O
their	O
own	O
e-reader	O
devices	O
(	O
focusing	O
instead	O
on	O
licensing	O
their	O
existing	O
technology	O
)	O
,	O
shutting	O
down	O
their	O
US	O
office	O
in	O
Mountain	O
View	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
and	O
reducing	O
staff	O
elsewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
demonstrated	O
a	O
flexible	B-Application
display	I-Application
that	O
was	O
130µm	O
thick	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
flexible	O
plastic	O
display	O
that	O
can	O
play	O
colour	O
video	O
animation	O
content	O
at	O
12	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
(	O
14fps	O
in	O
black	O
and	O
white	O
)	O
,	O
driven	O
by	O
OTFTs	B-Algorithm
(	O
organic	O
thin	O
film	O
transistors	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
also	O
demonstrated	O
several	O
product	O
concepts	O
including	O
an	O
ultra-thin	O
e-paper	O
companion	O
device	O
for	O
a	O
smartphone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
10.7	O
”	O
touchscreen	B-Device
pane	O
for	O
viewing	O
of	O
webpages	O
and	O
documents	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
easier	O
reading	O
of	O
content	O
than	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
of	O
a	O
smartphone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBC	O
Click	O
featured	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
's	O
technology	O
in	O
a	O
report	O
on	O
"	O
going	O
paperless	O
"	O
in	O
July	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
Germany	O
licenses	O
technology	O
from	O
FlexEnable	O
technology	O
platform	O
based	O
on	O
organic	O
thin	O
film	O
transistors	O
(	O
OTFTs	B-Algorithm
)	O
,	O
enabling	O
electronics	O
to	O
be	O
manufactured	O
on	O
flexible	O
or	O
plastic	O
sheets	O
,	O
to	O
make	O
flexible	O
plastic	O
electrophoretic	O
displays	O
(	O
EPD	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
full	O
range	O
of	O
sizes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
example	O
is	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
flexible	O
image	O
sensor	O
on	O
plastic	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
jointly	O
developed	O
by	O
ISORG	O
and	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
and	O
showcased	O
at	O
LOPE-C	O
in	O
June	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
won	O
the	O
FlexTech	O
Alliance	O
's	O
"	O
FLEXI	O
2013	O
R&D	O
Award	O
"	O
for	O
innovation	O
in	O
flexible	B-Application
display	I-Application
manufacturing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
Germany	O
develops	O
and	O
manufactures	O
flexible	O
plastic	O
displays	O
for	O
third	O
party	O
end-devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
readers	O
of	O
the	O
German	O
electronic	O
products	O
magazine	O
Elektronik	O
voted	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
's	O
flexible	O
colour	O
display	O
"	O
Optoelectronic	O
Product	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
2013	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
International	O
CES	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
announced	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
product	O
PaperTab	B-Device
,	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
collaboration	O
between	O
Intel	O
,	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Human	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Lab	I-Device
of	O
Queen	O
's	O
University	O
(	O
Ontario	O
,	O
Canada	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Powered	O
by	O
an	O
Intel	B-Device
Core	I-Device
i5	O
Processor	O
,	O
the	O
PaperTab	B-Device
incorporates	O
a	O
flexible	O
10.7	O
”	O
plastic	O
display	O
developed	O
and	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
PaperTabs	B-Device
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
display	O
data	O
side-by-side	O
as	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
,	O
displaying	O
media	O
such	O
as	O
emails	O
and	O
larger	O
images	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
Germany	O
also	O
supplies	O
larger	O
displays	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
e-paper	O
or	O
a	O
companion	O
device	O
for	O
a	O
smartphone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
Toppan	O
Printing	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
and	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
demonstrated	O
the	O
first	O
large-area	O
,	O
flexible	O
electrophoretic	O
digital	O
signage	O
prototype	O
at	O
RETAILTECH	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
42	O
"	O
prototype	O
consisted	O
of	O
16	O
10.7	O
"	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
monochrome	O
flexible	O
plastic	O
displays	O
,	O
tiled	O
together	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
4x4	O
configuration	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
applications	O
with	O
close	O
viewing	O
distances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
Germany	O
has	O
also	O
shown	O
concept	O
designs	O
enabled	O
by	O
its	O
smaller	O
displays	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
wearable	B-Operating_System
computers	I-Operating_System
for	O
use	O
in	O
sports	O
,	O
health	O
and	O
medical	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
QUE	O
proReader	O
was	O
a	O
first	O
generation	O
e-reader	O
product	O
from	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
100	O
was	O
an	O
"	O
electronic	O
textbook	O
"	O
which	O
was	O
intended	O
for	O
educational	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
availability	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
on	O
September	O
12	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
100	O
used	O
plastic-based	O
e-paper	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
storage	O
limit	O
was	O
4GB	O
and	O
the	O
device	O
was	O
running	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
on	O
an	O
800MHz	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
