Fraunhofer FEP

Fraunhofer FEP (The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology) is a research institute that focuses on innovative solutions in the fields of vacuum coating, surface treatment and organic semi­conductors.

The core competences technologies for the organic electronics and IC/system design are electron beam technology, sputtering, plasma-activated deposition and high-rate PECVD. The Fraunhofer FEP offers a wide range of possibilities for research, development and pilot production, especially for OLED microdisplays, organic and inorganic sensors, optical filters and flexible OLED lighting as well as the processing, sterilization, structuring and refining of surfaces.

The Fraunhofer FEP's aim is to seize the innovation potential of organic electronics, the electron beam and plasma technology for new production processes and devices and to make it available for its customers. COMEDD (the Center for Organics, Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden), established in 2009 as a department of the Fraunhofer IPMS, was turned into an independent Fraunhofer Institute in 2012 and now it is a business unit at Fraunhofer FEP.

In 2013 COMEDD started to produce OLED lighting samples (including transparent ones) and offer these under the TABOLA brand. In July 2013 we published a spotlight article on COMEDD detailing their recent technologies and products. The TABOLA panels are no longer in production.