Organic Electronics Association elects new Board of Directors – Philipp Weissel as board member confirmed
The General Assembly meeting of the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A) took place on June 22nd, 2009 at the VDM in Frankfurt /Main. The new board represents the new board represents the entire value chain of this emerging industry.
Chairman:
- Wolfgang Mildner, PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG, Deutschland
Vice Chairman:
- Andrew Hannah, Plextronics Inc., USA
Additional board members:
- Dr. Pierre P. Barthélemy, Solvay S.A., Belgien
- Prof. Dr. Reinhard R. Baumann, pmTUC, Deutschland
- Dr. Michael Heckmeier, Merck Chemicals Ltd., Großbritannien
- Woolas Hsieh, Solarmer Energy, Inc., USA
- Dr. Stephan Kirchmeyer, H.C. Starck Clevios GmbH, Deutschland
- Thomas Kolbusch, Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH, Deutschland
- Jaap Lombaers, Holst Centre, Niederlande
- Philipp Weissel, plastic electronic GmbH, Österreich
„In the past two years, we were able to significantly extend the international network of the OE-A. The OE-A already has more than 120 members from around the world and continues to grow,“ says Wolfgang Mildner, who has been leading the OE-A as Chairman since its inception. He was reelected to the position for an additional two years. „The new board reflects the international, global reach and membership structure of the OE-A.“
Andrew Hannah, the Vice Chairman, adds: “The OE-A is the leading industry association in this field – established and run by its members. By opening an OE-A office in North America last year, we took an important step to ensure that our members’ interests are represented on a global basis. I look forward to supporting the continued expansion of our network, especially in North America.“
Additional information on the numerous projects of the OE-A, such as the Roadmap, education and training programs, standardization, Demonstrator projects and public relations, can be found in the new OE-A brochure; it also includes an insert with a set of functional organic electronic components.
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Photo: The new board of OE-A (left to right):
Woolas Hsieh, Jaap Lombaers, Philipp Weissel, Wolfgang Mildner, Dr. Pierre P. Barthélemy, Andrew Hannah, Dr. Klaus Hecker, Dr. Michael Heckmeier, Barbara Fisher, Dr Stephan Kirchmeyer;
(Not pictured: Prof. Dr. Reinhard R. Baumann, Thomas Kolbusch)
