■Exhibition Report　Shape of exhibitions of electronics category is reported quickly.

nano tech 2018
New infrastructures for flexible device appeared on the scene one after another

NEPCON JAPAN 2018/35th ELECTROTEST JAPAN/19th IC & Sensor Packaging Technology EXPO/19th ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS & MATERIALS EXPO/PWB EXPO 19th Printed Wiring Boards Expo/8th FINE PROCESS TECHNOLOGY EXPO
New barrier film against water vapor was exhibited for a flexible device

■Conference Report　Shape of conference and lecture meeting is reported quickly by digest base.

The 65th Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) Spring Meeting 2018
Device reliability of OLED and oxide-TFT are enhanced by various methods

New Technology Presentation Meetings!-Green Nano Technology
Washable ultra-thin type organic solar cell has been proposed

■Tokyo Electron Announces New Building Construction
■TOKYO OHKA KOGYO Investments in Pixelligent Technologies
■JX Nippon Mining & Metals and Japan Bank for International Cooperation Acquire Germany's H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium
■Idemitsu Establishes a Local Subsidiary Related to OLED Materials Business in China
■Hitachi Chemical Builds a New Factory in Taiwan to Manufacture Advanced Functional Laminate Materials for PCB
■AGC Establishes Marketing Base in Myanmar
■Showa Denko Opens Its Subsidiary's Branch in Wuhan to Sell High-purity Gases
■Showa Denko Expands High-Purity Hydrogen Bromide Plant
■NSG Develops World's Thinnest Transparent Electro-conductive Coating Glass
■JX Nippon Mining & Metals purchases H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH
■Mitsubishi Electric to Expand Lineup of TFT-LCD with Projected Capacitive Touch Panels for Industrial Application
■SCREEN Prepares to Establish Joint Company to Manufacture Display Production Equipment in China