• Association
  • About us
  • Board
  • Member Companies
  • Membership
• Services
  • Meetings
  • News & Information
  • Training
  • Fairs & Conferences
  • FPD Brochure
• Events
  •  
• General
  • Contact
  • Press
  • Links
  • Legal Statement
  • Imprint
• Member Area
  •  

Press

Recent press releases

• October 23th, 2009
  Materials and Production Equipment for flat panel display technologies of tomorrow

  Professionals of the European flat panel display industry meet for a symposium at PLANSEE in Reutte/Austria on December 3, 2009
  

  The cost effective mass production of efficient liquid crystal displays enabled the digital revolution in consumer electronics and information technology and the performance limits are far from being reached. Chances and challenges of this growing market for the European companies will be at the center of the discussions at the 32nd DFF meeting (German Flat Panel Display Forum).

  Right: Sputtering targets for the coating of displays, manufactured by Plansee (Picture source: PLANSEE).
  Left: Display application in the field of Digital Signage is a growing market (Picture source: Ströer AG).

  View full text (English, PDF, 50 kB)
  Volltext (Deutsch, PDF, 51 kB)
  Download presskit (ZIP, 3.2 MB, both German and English, including pictures)

• October 12th, 2009
  German Flat Panel Display Forum (DFF) elects new Board of Directors

  During the annual General Assembly in Munich on September 9, 2009, the members of the German Flat Panel Display Forum (DFF) elected a new Board of Directors. The acting Chairman Robert Isele is confirmed in his office. Dr. Joerg Winkler takes over the position as Co-Chairman from Peter Bullen, whose term ended after four years according to schedule.

  DFF Joint-Chairmen Dr. Joerg Winkler, Chair "FPD Technologies" (Plansee Metall GmbH; left) and Robert Isele, Chair "FPD Applications" (BMW AG).

  DFF Board Members (from left to right): Dr. Joerg Winkler (Plansee Metall GmbH), Hartmut Heske (Sharp Microelectronics Europe GmbH), Gildas Sorin (Novaled AG), Otto Bader (AEG Gesellschaft für moderne Informationssysteme mbH), Robert Isele (BMW AG), Wolfgang Mildner (Poly IC GmbH & Co. KG), Dr. Juergen Wahl (Optrex Europe GmbH), Prof. Karlheinz Blankenbach (University Pforzheim) and Dr. Werner Becker (Merck KGaA).

  View full text (English, PDF, 45 kB)
  Volltext (Deutsch, PDF, 45 kB)
  Download presskit (ZIP, 1.5 MB, both German and English, including pictures)

Press Archive

• June 29th, 2007
  German Flat Panel Display Forum (DFF) elected a new Board of Directors

  During the General Assembly of the DFF in Frankfurt on June 20, the German Flat Panel Display Forum, a working group within the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), elected its new Board of Directors. The new Board confirmed the two presiding Chairmen, Peter Bullen and Robert Isele, for a second period in office. Dr. Eric Maiser (VDMA) stepped down as Managing Director after seven years.

  DFF Board Members (from left to right): Dr. Juergen Wahl (Optrex Europe GmbH), Gildas Sorin (Novaled AG), Robert Isele (BMW Group), Wolfgang Mildner (Poly IC GmbH & Co. KG), Dr. Susanne Bieller (DFF Secretariat), Peter Bullen (i-sft GmbH), Dr. Joerg Winkler (Plansee GmbH) and Dr. Werner Becker (Merck KGaA).
  

  Download presskit (ZIP, 2.3 MB, both German and English)

• August 17th, 2006
  DFF Board Appoints Robert Isele as new Chairman "FPD Technologies"

  At the last meeting of the DFF Board on July 7, Robert Isele (BMW AG) was elected as new DFF chairman "FPD Technologies". Mr. Isele will share the chairmanship with Peter Bullen (i-sft GmbH), who is responsible for "FPD Applications".
  Mr. Isele follows Dr. Hermann Schenk, who was active already for the founding of DFF and co-chaired the association since 2003. Dr. Schenk took over a new position at a company outside the DFF membership and therefore resigned from his responsibilities at the forum. The DFF Board thanked Dr. Schenk for his great contribution in recent years, and wished Mr. Isele a successful start.

• June 20th, 2005
  Hermann Schenk and Peter Bullen new DFF-Chairmen

  During its General Assembly last May in Dresden, the German Flat Panel Display Forum (DFF), a working group of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), elected its new Board of Directors with Dr. Hermann Schenk and Peter Bullen acting as Joint-Chairmen.

  New DFF Board (from left to right): Dr. Herman Schenk (Covion Organic Semiconductors GmbH), Peter Bullen (i-sft GmbH), Robert Isele (BMW Group), Gildas Sorin (Novaled GmbH), Dr. Jürgen Wahl (Optrex Europe GmbH), Dr. Werner Becker (Merck KGaA), Wolfgang Mildner (Poly IC GmbH & Co. KG), Prof. Karlheinz Blankenbach (University of Pforzheim), and Dr. Eric Maiser (DFF General Manager).

  Download presskit (ZIP, 3.5 MB, both both German and English)

• November 11, 2004
  Towards a Permanent European Platform for Advanced Displays

  

  A consortium of six European organisations, led by DFF, announced today that they have started ADRIA (Advanced Displays Research Integration Action), a network project to enhance the competitiveness of the European advanced displays community. Funded by the European Commission, ADRIA aims to create a "one stop shop" for modern information display technologies and applications for Europe.

  Download Presseinformation (PDF, 114 kB, German)
  Download Press release (PDF, 95 kB, English)

• August 30, 2004
  DFF appoints Prof. Ehrfeld as Honory Chairman

  In December 1998, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ehrfeld started an initiative to develop future perspectives for a German flat panel display industry, gathering 24 renowned organizations. This was the cornerstone of the DFF, the German Flat Panel Display Forum, which was founded in February 2000.

  Download Presseinformation (Personalie) (pdf, German)
  Download Press release (pdf, English)